Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 313
ay to fix them, and we 11 be twenty miles awayby that time. Now we 11 tie the youngster, andget out. Often Alex had longed for some such adven-ture. The reality was anything but glorious. As It required but a few seconds to get it into hispocket, reach his knife, open it with his teeth,and a moment… … 1 .<*? ALEX PLACED THE KEY AND RELAY ON THE END OF A TIE. the two masked men roughly seized him, and pro-ceeded to bind him tightly to the chair in whichhe sat, the perspiration broke out on his forehead,and he thought he should choke for breath. But as soon as the two desperadoes had left,and…
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