Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 338
idea was to getnear enough to catch the rope and try to pullJake to safe ground. She brought her quirtdown upon Billy. Go on! she commanded.There was a splash, a scramble, a sensation ofeverything going from under them; and the nextinstant she felt that Billy was swimming. He was keeping his head… … THERE WAS A SPLASH AND A SCRAMBLE. she felt a shock as Billys hoofs touched ground.With three wild springs he brought himself upan almost perpendicular bank and stopped short,trembling, exhausted. Esther slid from her sad-dle and sank upon the earth. She was weak withfright. For the moment she had…
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