Aboard the Mavis : it is told in this book how five boys and five girls cruise in the schooner "Mavis" about the east end of Long Island, and how, in (1880)
Markham, Richard. · New York : Dodd, Mead, and Co. · leaf 120
up, he directed us to carry a few loads down tothe river, and place them in a light bateau which belonged tous, and was fastened to the shore, at the meadows bank, nearthe ferry. The first time I went down alone, and soon unloadedthe contents of the wagon. The distance I had to go was abouta… … BRANT. was a board fence, and a few bars were usually placed acrossthe road. The second time, having some heavier articles tocarry, I was accompanied by my father. As we approached the 122 A SUDDEN ALARM. fence, which he had left down, we saw the third bar across theroad, so as effectually to…
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