Ashton, John, b. 1834 · London, Chatto and Windus · leaf 218
bring a tree home; so Tom went withhim and four other men. And when they came to the wood, they set the cart by thetree, and began to draw it by pullies; but Tom seeing themnot able to stir it, said aloud, stand aside fools—And set it onone end, and then put it in to the cart—There, said he,… … 197 So Tom took up a tree bigger than that on the cart, andput it on his shoulder, and walked home with it faster than thesix horses in the cart drew the other. This was the second instance of Toms shewing hisstrength j by which time he began to know that he had morenatural strength than twenty…
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