Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 548
not quicken the slowly moving blood- streams in the boys benumbed arteries. Nothingbut violent exercise would do that. In his perplexity the Norwegian lad noticed acoil of rope protruding from under the seat ofthe sled. In that country every driver carriedsuch a coil against emergencies that may… … HE ATTICMPTKD TO W,\lvE HIM WALK. of the rings on the upright stake of the sled.Then he sprang into the seat, leaving his compan-ion lying in the road, and started the horses, hold-ing them to a walk for a few steps until the ropetightened and the inanimate body began draggingalong the snow-crust.…
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