Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 462
ing, we set out that evening,planning to spend the night there. Arriving, we sta-tioned ourselves in a room on the first floor, and com-menced our vigil. Somehow, hard as I tried, I couldnot keep awake, and soon fell a victim to the sandman. I awoke to find Bob gripping my shoulder. He wasbeside… … AT WORK. BY DICKSON GRKEN, AGE 15. (HONOR MEMBER.) issuing from an upper room. Just at that moment ascream resounded throughout the house. Terror-stricken, we huddled closer together. Then we heardsome one descending the stairs, and a white figure ap-peared holding a bloody knife in one hand. It…
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