Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 65
zzle of JerryAhershaws horse-pistol leveled at his head. He drew sharply back. His eyes went swiftlyround the room, and finally rested on the Vi- The Lost Empire, etc. The Vicomte sprang down from the chair, laugh-ing and swinging the bell-rope in his hand. Andthe old Squire took him by the throat… … WHATS THIS? CRIED SIR MICHAEL. WHO, IN THE NAME OF PERFIDY, ARE YOU comte, who still stood with his back against thedoor. Ring for help, he whispered. I will, answered the Vicomte, so softly thatneither of the men could possibly have heard. He passed swiftly round the room, taking aknife from his…
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