Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 664
hen too hardly pressed. Noweasel, while he lives, ever loses his head completely. Only now the marten ran moreand more wildly, relying on straight speed andoverlooking many a chance for a puzzling dou-1)le which would have given him a breathing-space. The imperturbable black-cat noted this,and… … HIS BODY WHIZZEDTHBOCGH THE AIB est tree, A bent spruceleaned out toward the lonenee. With a living leap, the marten reachedthe spruce and flashed up the trunk with nevera look behind. His crafty pursuer saw hischance. Landing in a broad crotch of thespruce, with a flying take-off he launched…
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