Our boys; what they can do and how to do it (1893)
Stoddart, William, [from old catalog] comp · New York, Hunt & Eaton; Cincinnati, Cranston & Curts · leaf 112
boys collected in our yard to see the Festina start on hertrial trip. We had carefully lowered our wonderful creationto the ground and had spent half a day in putting everythingin perfect running order. The steering gear was tested andthe ropes wet to take up all slack, every part of the… … To say that Jack and I were proxid would be stating the casevery mildly. We were so puffed up that it is a wonder we wereable to enter the narrow doorways. We walked about with allthe importance of railroad magnates, inspecting the car know-ingly and making curt replies to the volleys of questions…
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