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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 247

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, quiver-ing with color, the beautiful eye gleaming at youfrom among them. My argonaut was far from bearing out its rep-utation for timidity. As I watched it, it wouldcome out of its shell, a dazzling symphony ofblue and silver, throw its graceful arms about,fasten the broad oar-like ones to the… … I IIJ. 3- lllK NAUrn.US drawing in us lliNlACLKSWHEN DISTURBED. all the time trembling flashes of color passing-over it, giving the impression of heat-lightning.Abruptly it would stop, contract, and so nearlyassume the colors of the bottom that it appeared to fairly melt into its surroundings and…

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