Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 137
gaspedas he shot down hundreds offeet. The parachute had notopened! Suddenly it flared outand Peter almost fell off hisperch as he said. The para-chute seemed to remain sus-pended in the air for a moment.Then the ground began to riseto meet him. The next thing heknew he shot through a big oaktree… … reccue him, Peter calmlytook his Ponds Extract bot-tle from his pocket andtreated his scralclies andbruises in a very matter offact manner, greatly to theadmiration of the Frenchsoldiers gathered below.Tha^^ks to the repeated useof Ponds E.xtract he couldsoon use his arms and legswithout hearing…
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