Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 699
rock. Be-yond it was only sky. The sand seemed to reachthe cliff and stop in a sudden, firm line. Thehope and joy in Jack almost choked him. Whatcould this be but the ends of the earth and thecastle of the giant Riverrath? The dark began to come, and it was the lastedge of twilight when Jack began… … so JACK SET OFF FOR THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. he could make out an iron grating with bars asthick as tree trunks. That is the castle gate, thought Jack. Sohe whacked at the bars, blow after blow, till hecould hear the echoes go booming down the hallinside. There was the loud, slow grating of alock,…
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