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Identifier: stnicholasserial31dodg (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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ilor. Just as he did so,Sailor barked again, and far off in the distancea faint whinny answered him. Gee-willikens, Christmas ! If that is ntNeds whinny I m a bluefish ! shouted Hart,and the next moment almost tumbled into alittle dell at the bottom of which a sight greetedhim that made him throw his cap into the airand simply yell. In a little cleared space, firmlytied to a tree, a dirty old blanket strapped uponhim, and the remains of his last meal scatteredupon the ground near him, stood little Ned,with Sailor licking his velvety nose and whiningover him as though he were a little puppy.The next second Hart had his arms aroundNeds neck, laughing, talking, asking questionsas though he were talking to a human beingwho could answer if he only would. And Nedvery nearly did, for the little fellows joy waspathetic to witness. When Hart had somewhat calmed down, hediscovered how Ned had been brought into hishiding-place, for at the other side of it there 1904.) DENISE AND NED TOODLES. 803
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SAILOR STOPPED FOR AN INSTANT, AND THEN, WITH A LOWBARK OF WARNING, SPRANG AFTER A MAN WHO SUD-DENLY APPEARED FROM THE UNDERGROWTH. were distinct traces of his hoof-marks, and Hartlost not a second more in untying the rope whichheld him and leading him out that way. It cameout upon the wood path somewhat below thepoints where Pinto had been waiting, but atHarts call Pinto came picking his way downthe path, and was greeted by his old friend witha joyous neigh. They had not gone far whenSailor gave signs of anger. He stopped for aninstant, and then, with a low bark of warning,sprang after a man who suddenly appearedfrom the undergrowth and was coming out ofthe wood to intercept Hart. Chapter IX. JOY TURNS POKEY DAFT. / F ff, Had not Sailor acted so promptly: one trembles to think what mighthave been the outcome of Harts adventure.But as the man bent down to avoid the low-hanging branches in entering the pathway,Sailor, now thoroughly aroused, sprang uponhim and bore him to the ground fa

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