Dick Cheveley : his adventures and misadventures (1881)
Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880 · Philadelphia : Lippincott · leaf 166
though I lifted it as high as I could; andthen carrying it in my hands went back to the recess, and,eager to ascertain the height, I struck upwards. It atonce met with resistance, not as I supposed, from a beamor vaulted roof, but from some soft object. That softobject must be removed. I poked and… … Suddenly down came a shower of powder. Page ASryp, LK>ro-i AND A DELUGE OF FLOUR. 143 smell and feel, flour, though old and musty. The flourfilled my nose, eyes, and mouth, nearly suffocating me. I,however, willingly endured this dry shower-bath, for as itfell a glimpse of light came through a…
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