Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 110
e get fastthere, anyhow ? What keeps him down ? Shenosed around the strings, scrutinized the stakes,and tried to step over the corpse, or whatever itmight be, in order to acquaint herself with theinterior mechanism of this novel kind ot trap.Perhaps she imagined it would take her only amoment, but… … ft -■ THE TRAP. broke from the cottage with a simultaneous rush,and, a second after, the population of the farmgalloped toward the trap, like race horses on thehome stretch. When the witch saw us come, the recollectionof her sins made her redouble her shrieks andstruggles, but she might as well…
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