Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 922
gher andhigher, until, towering over the side of the 1922] THE INCA EMERALD 639 boat, showed the fixed, gleaming eyes andthe darting forked tongue of a monstrous ser-pent. Paralyzed by his horror for all snakekind for a moment, the old man could notmove, and held his breath until the blooddrummed… … TOWERING OVER THE SIDE OF THE BOAT—A MONSTROUS SERPENT for the automatic revolver which he wore inthe wilderness, night and day, strapped therein a water-proof case. Sucuruju! Sucuruju! Sucuruju! shout-ed Pinto, aroused by Juds yell. TheSpirit of the River is upon us! and hegrasped his machete just…
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