Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 710
flight so swift and silentthat not until the shadow of death fell upon theteal did the latter even know that he was beingpursued. Then, indeed, he squawked in mortalterror and tried desperately to increase a speedwhich already seemed impossible. Yet ever theshadow hung over him like a black shroud,… … NOT UNTIL THE SHADOW OF DEATH FELL UPON THE TEAL DID HE KNOW THAT HE WAS BEING PURSUED 1064 HIGH SKY changed from a live, vibrant, arrow-swift bird toa limp mass of fluttering feathers which droppedlike a plummet through the air. With a rush,the duck-hawk swung down after his dead quarryand,…
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