Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 386
out his reappearance. A sudden impulse seizedAgusto. He was very goodat making things of wood.He had made a guitar athome that was the wonder ofthe mountain people. Thisinstrument, too, seemed awooden one. He would makeone like it. But he had notbeen able to see it close over and over to sec just… … A(iUSTO WATCHED HIM WITH BULGING EYES, AND LISTENED enough for that. Forgettinghimself completely, he stepped over the lowwindow-sill and reverently crept up to the mar-velous thing. He picked it up and turned it instrument on the table, and ran. As he reachedthe window-sill, he felt a hand on his…
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