Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 694
struck the platform. I have noclear idea of just what happened, the fall or thekick must have partially stunned me. They toldme afterward that the stone struck almost ex-actly at its center upon a string-piece at the edge of the platform. It quivered there uncertainlyfor a moment, as if undecided… … INSTINCTIVELY, I SCRAMBLED BACK TO THE REAR END OF THE SLAB. blocked by the traffic. Instinctively, I scrambledback to the rear end of the slab. I say instinc-tively, because, if I had thought a moment, Ishould have realized how foolish it was for mewith my flys weight to attempt to swing…
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