Identifier: stnicholasserial222dodg (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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///; of ahorse at speed,and felt hot breathon his Hanks asthe thoroughbreddrew alongside. Not the unmus-ical cry of Tomas,not the fierceshriek of the sav-age who in theold days rode him,— neither beatingwith knotted rope,nor cruel stroke ofsharpest spur,—could have gainedfrom the broncohorse the responsehe gave to thechallenge of thethoroughbred.The big headcame down closerto the ground, thehairy ears werelaid back till themane concealedthem, and thedeeplungs laboredas, through blaz-ing nostrils, thehorse sucked inthe strong saltbreeze. The excitementof the horse tookhold of his rider.The boy settledhimself firmly inhis seat, and benthis knees till thehair-rope cut into his flesh. He wound the bridle-rein aroundhis hands, and lifted his horses head with whatstrength was in him. He forgot the pain of the stinging air, and with wide-open and un-winking eyes steadily watched the road beforehim. A misstep might mean death to the horse orhis rider—it surely meant homelessness for the
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APACHE TOMAS PREPARES TWO-EYES FOR THE RACE. little mother and the rest. As the thoughtcame to him, Felipe crouched a little lowerover the broncos neck, and watched the road

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