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Danger in the Dark - ZseZse

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DANGER IN THE DARK. 289<br />

"What a place for rais<strong>in</strong>g sheep!"<br />

"I fear <strong>the</strong>re's but little poetry <strong>in</strong> your soul, Mr.<br />

Wimple."<br />

"I subsist on someth<strong>in</strong>g more substantial."<br />

" Corn-beef and sour-crout, I imag<strong>in</strong>e ~"<br />

" They relish enough sight better to my taste than<br />

poetry."<br />

" Well, everyone to his taste."<br />

" As <strong>the</strong> lady said when she kissed her calf."<br />

" She kissed you did she ~"<br />

" I 'm no calf, I thank you."<br />

" Seen too many summers, I dare say'~"<br />

" Yes, he's a full-grown bullock," remarked Burbanks;<br />

"but I'm sorry he happens to be of <strong>the</strong> scrubbreed<br />

sort."<br />

"Now which way are we go<strong>in</strong>g to travel, Mr.<br />

Carleton i" <strong>in</strong>quired Mary.<br />

"~ight through <strong>the</strong> prairie-a westerly direction."<br />

"What, without any road ~"<br />

" We need none. Do you see yon largest grove, off<br />

to <strong>the</strong> right ~"<br />

" Yes; and it looks as if it might be <strong>in</strong>habited by<br />

fairies i"<br />

" We'll steer for that, through this sea of flowers<br />

and wav<strong>in</strong>g verdure."<br />

" How far do you reckon it ~"<br />

" About fifteen or twenty miles."<br />

"So distant i-it seems nearer. I should have<br />

guessed not more than three or four miles-five at <strong>the</strong><br />

outside."

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