Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 299
n outside the front door, while oneof. the constables and the other gentleman en- flocked to the West End, to amuse themselves _after the boisterous fashion of the day, leavingthe narrow city streets deserted and dark aspitch; for the hanging lamps were few and farbetween, and people for the most… … AS QUICK AS THOUGHT, HE HAD CAUGHT THE TORCH FROM ROLANDS HAND, AND DASHED ITINTO THE CONSTABLES FACE. tered an adjacent street and stationed themselvesin the back yard of the Olde House. Thereby, ifAbershaw were inside, escape was rendered im-possible; and, after giving the constable and…
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