Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 461
rdon joustingat the unfairies that flibbertigibbeted over hisfeatures or sang in his ears or persecuted his legsor covered his beast, while he could do nothing tourge that stubborn animal to go on. For, unfortu-nately, the posture in which Taxi now found him-self with his feet braced wide, his head… … OUR GUEST BEGAN A RAPID BUFFETING OF HIMSELF, CRYING OUT: RESCUE ME! I M BEING SWALLOWED! two tubfuls, he was loth to resume motion.Furthermore, as each thwack of Mr. Gordonsswitch merely dislodged more mosquitos fromhis flanks, the intelligent beast regarded the beat-ing in the light of a kindness…
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