Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 668
e rapidly, untilthere came a time when the side of the graythroat lay before him for a second unguarded.It was enough. With a pounce like the strokeof a coiled rattler, the pekan sprang, and adouble set of the most effective fighting teethknown among mammals met deep in the lynxsthroat. With all of… … FOR A MOMENT THK BIG BLACK WEASEL AND THE BIG GRAY CAT FACED EACH OTHER cutting teeth had severed the tendon of a hindleg, while his curved claws slashed deep intothe soft inner flank. The great cat screechedwith rage and pain and sheer astonishment.As he landed, the crippled leg l)ent under…
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