Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 146
ray of teeth andclaws. The rifle of the young manwas levelled in an instant, butJohn Days iron hand was asquickly uponhis arm. Bequiet, boy ! bequiet! ex-claimed thehunter be-tween hisclenched teeth,and withoutturning hiseyes from thebear. Theyremained mo-tionless. Themonster re-garded themfor a… … 122 The Animal Story Book his young companion; he again pressed it hard, and keptrepeating between his teeth, Quiet, boy!—keep quiet!— keep quiet! though the latter had not made amove since his first prohibition. The bear again low-ered himself on all-fours, retreated some twenty yardsfarther and…
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