Identifier: stnicholasserial4311dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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g beast wereinclined to accept her invitation, for he silentlyglided along in front of her while the woods shel-tered them; but as they passed these and the fiillfury of the snow-laden wind struck them, hestopped, shook himself, and prudently retired tocover again. 19:6.) THROUGH THE STORM 419 Good night! called the girl. Come home avoid a swamp. Twenty rods ahead were thickto-morrow and I 11 give you some bones ! Then hemlocks again, part of the belt that began nearshe steadied herself for the real work that lay her own home and curved in a half circle be-before her. tween them and the fort. At the turn she real- As she had foreseen, the wind, being directly ized for the first time on what a night she was in line with the road, cleared the track of the abroad. The driving snow struck the side of new snow rather than drifted any into it, and, her face and stung and blinded her, and there blowing from behind her, assisted her progress, was no sign of a path to be seen among the drifts.
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HE SILENTLY GLIDED ALONG IN FRONT OF HEK WHILE THE WOODS SHELTERED THEM. though it more than once made her stagger. But She turned her back to the storm again as she she went on with an odd sense of freedom. A put on her snow-shoes, and drew her cap farther line of Kiplings that Jack liked to repeat came over her eyes. Then she slowly fought her way into her head, and her feet moved lightly to its in the direction of the dark wall that was often rhythm: entirely hidden, but which meant shelter for the And the Northern Lights come down o nights quarter mile of its width. She would have said To dance with the houseless snow. that it was hours before she reached it, for the wind seemed to be continually pressing her to one Fantastic ideas drifted through her mind. The side with invisible but irresistible hands; but at Northern Lights being unavoidably detained, last she was safe in its protection. She leaned she idly thought, I am the fortunate substitute against a tree-trunk for a minut

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