Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 196
ward theloose horses. It was not so easy, for the trailwound round among hills and muskegs and waschoked in places with fallen trees, while some ofthe ponies were lazy and stubborn. Now andthen one would plunge into a thicket, and wewould have to chase him back into the trail. Weworked hard, for we… … 692 A STRANGE REFUGE We had not gone far when the smoke beganto be thicker, and I saw my father and uncle lookaround as if in fear. The fire comes fast, said my father. Theway is long. We crossed a deep valley, and when wemounted the slope beyond, we could see the smokepouring above the crest of…
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