Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 475
rew over the bank, and missed it;and then, to her horror, Charity saw the blackwater of the pool close over the shining pair. hold upon the tree, and went down with thechildren into the pool. But help was at hand. A dozen anxious facespeered over the hill-top, and strong men werehurrying down to… … CHARITY CLUTCHED THE GIRLS PRESS. Alive to the awful peril of the moment, Charityuttered piercing cries for help. But no one waswithin sight. She must save them herself. She ran down to the old tree that lay over thepool. She got out upon the trunk. She threwone arm around it, pressed her knees…
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