Penny Dreadfuls, 1916 · page 72 of 400
Tom Anderson, Dare-Devil: A Young Virginian in the Revolution — page 72: what you’re looking at
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This is a page of running prose from the penny dreadful "Tom Anderson, Dare-Devil" (page 56). The text describes a girl entering a loom-room—an old section of a house that resembles a ship in construction—which now appears strange and unfamiliar to her despite her familiarity with it. The passage emphasizes her nervous state through atmospheric language, noting how she seems compelled to enter "as if led by 'a spirit in her feet.'" The descriptive style employs nautical and architectural imagery to convey both the room's physical qualities and the girl's heightened emotional tension.
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56 Tom ANDERSON, DarE-DEVIL one section of the “old ship” as the youngsters of the house had always termed the loom-room. Stout as a ship, its cobwebbed beams. Smooth as delft, its cedarn walls. Yet, somehow, the familiar details of the old room had taken on remoteness, strangeness. Under the strain of suspense, nothing seemed wonted and natural to the girl — coming there as if led by “a spirit in her feet.” Gomichoo <S m