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Identifier: stnicholasserial372dodg (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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set vertically into themasonry. From the window he could see thatthe room was in a house which was built uponthe city wall; and the open country came up closeunder the window, which was fully thirty feetfrom the rocky and uneven ground below. Suddenly he saw a shadow cast on the floor;he glanced up, and beheld a Moor leaning overthe parapet above and coolly surveying him. Achmed returned the mans stare, and hestroked his black beard and became talkative.I have waited for you. You acted wisely ingoing to the sherif of Wezzan, but you actedfoolishly in following a strange guide among thedark streets of Fez. Then Achmeds suspicions were confirmed.This was the Russians confederate; and he hadentrapped him (Achmed) and would hold himuntil Petrovsky should return from Wezzan. The day passed, and night came; and stillhe sat there, buried in despair. At length, weariedand worn out, he slept, awaking often to a senseof his miserable plight. It was during one of THE YOUNG WIZARD OF MOROCCO 1023
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these periods of waking that he suddenly hearda sound of somebody whistling. He sprang to hisfeet, for the sound was familiar; he ran to thenarrow barred window and listened. Ah, there itcame again. He recognized it. It was the littlecadence or refrain which Ted had taught him atTangier; yes, it was the signal cadence. Againit rose on the still air, and Achmeds heart gavea great throb of hope, for he knew that faithfulTed Leslie was seeking him. And he responded,as the two had often practised it in their journey-ing across the desert wastes. ^E ^ =3?=qz qS=it ACHMED ESCAPES FROM HIS PRISON. (SEE PAGE IO24.) once the answering call came up to him,and now nearer. Ted had cleverly made him out.How long he had been tramping around the out-skirts of the city, under the walls, and patientlytrying the signal agreed on, Achmed knew not;but he did know that the brave, res-olute American lad had taken theone chance left him ; and that chancehad proved wonderfully successful.Yes, thanks be to Al

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