Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 505
e firelight glows onthe dusky faces of the women as they talk softly to-gether. Among them sits an Indian girl—a prisoner.She is to be the wife of that powerful chief yonder whoeyes her in greedy triumph. Ah, yes, but he does notknow that, at that very moment, her true lover waitsin the… … .V HEADING FOR AUGUST. BY EDITH MAYNE, AGE 13. (SILVER BADGE.) are no sooner out of sight, when a figure leaps out andgags the woman, leaving the girl free. It is over in amoment. Shots follow, unearthly cries echo and re-echo. But in the wonder of the night their light bark-melts away, on the…
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