Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 522
ale, gooseberry-green eyes did notsee them. It was evident that the great catwas hunting something. At the very end ofthe glade he crouched with every muscletense, head laid between his extended forepaws, while his long lithe tail swayed at theend with a gentle, waving motion. It was a far shot in… … 898 BOY SCOUTS IN THE NORTH; OR, THE BLUE PEARL in the long grass. Gradually the tail stiffened,until only the tip moved back and forth. Everymuscle of the cougar was taut and tense as itcrouched lower and lower. When the tailstopped moving, the spring would come. Judwaited until, in the wavering…
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