In the Sunk Lands — page 109: what you’re looking at

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ANS eo IN THE SUNK LANDS. CHAPTER IX. PATTY—ABANDONED. A rioop of light streamed forth when my captor threw open the door of the little cabin in the clearing. I had good cause to be astonished, for before me was a sight that seemed little less than a vision. Directly opposite the door was a huge: fireplace, piled high with great hardwood knots, that threw a bright glare on every nook and cranny in the cabin. Standing before it, with her hand resting on a rough pine table, was a girl of perhaps fifteen. Her hair was a gold color, curly, but reached only to her shoulders. She had blue eyes, rather brown complexion, fine features, and was dressed in a skirt com- posed of doe-skin and a zouave jacket of comicbooks.c