Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 73
r duress. Oh, look not so inno-cent ! Thee knew all along thee was sending meinto a trap. Thee saucy jade! But his anger scarce made any impression uponme then; for I felt sure that, if Mrs. Mummerhad not looked for the ring, it was because itwas not there. She knew that Mark Powell haddone… … Oh, t is likely I d go back there ! he fairscreamed. Yea, after fleeing for my life fromthem. Does thee know how they set upon me ?That they tried to keep me till I said where theewas? That they were going to beat me into tell-ing them, and that it was through sheer luck Iescaped? Oh, I 11 take…
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