Female heroism, and tales of the western worldWesleyan-Methodist Book-Room, 2, Castle St., City Rd., E.C., 1880 - 212 pages |
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... soon as they were missed from the plantation the dogs would be put upon their trail ; but , with this preparation in their shoes , their feet would deposit no scent which the ferocious blood- hounds could recognize and follow . When ...
... soon as they were missed from the plantation the dogs would be put upon their trail ; but , with this preparation in their shoes , their feet would deposit no scent which the ferocious blood- hounds could recognize and follow . When ...
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... soon exhausted . By daylight they concealed themselves in the densest thickets and swamps they could find ; some- times lying for a whole day partly covered with water and mud nd surrounded with loathsome reptiles of different kinds ...
... soon exhausted . By daylight they concealed themselves in the densest thickets and swamps they could find ; some- times lying for a whole day partly covered with water and mud nd surrounded with loathsome reptiles of different kinds ...
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... soon be back with the food they required . Gathering from their host's manner and the caution he used that spies and foes might be lurking around , the fugitives maintained unbroken silence , even the little ones giving utterance to no ...
... soon be back with the food they required . Gathering from their host's manner and the caution he used that spies and foes might be lurking around , the fugitives maintained unbroken silence , even the little ones giving utterance to no ...
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... soon lost in forgetfulness : the first time for many weeks that they had been able to dismiss from their minds all fear of the bloodhound and the slave - hunter . All honour to the noble - minded pair who could thus receive and succour ...
... soon lost in forgetfulness : the first time for many weeks that they had been able to dismiss from their minds all fear of the bloodhound and the slave - hunter . All honour to the noble - minded pair who could thus receive and succour ...
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... set in , they arrived before morning in the city of Philadelphia and were consigned to the care of friends ready to counsel and aid them . In the city of Brotherly Love they soon found amongst 28 TALES OF THE WESTERN WORLD .
... set in , they arrived before morning in the city of Philadelphia and were consigned to the care of friends ready to counsel and aid them . In the city of Brotherly Love they soon found amongst 28 TALES OF THE WESTERN WORLD .
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