Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 584
e kitchenand the kettle hanging on thecrane. Then I set my can onone of the logs, where the flameswould curl under the bottom andabout its sides, and sat down ona cricket to see what the steamwould do. The hard maple-wood burnedwith a strong flame, and filled theroom with a pleasant odor.The… … COW-NOSED SKATES. the bnck floor, with hot ashes and burning coals on my body and legs.The oil-can was found, twisted and torn all out of shape, in themeadow, an eighth of a mile away. It had gone up the wide chim-ney and over the orchard. I was so badly burned that I did notget the whipping my…
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