Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 480
hoved through ca and cb. A peawas placed in the opening d, and allowed to rundown till it touched the whalebone spring belowc. The end of the whalebone was pressed up-ward through b, and the pea went spinning away. WORK AND PLAY FOR YOUNG FOLK. 947 A simple hollow tube of alder was also used as… … none of ourfire - crackersthis day. Weas to be pre-sented withan old rifle-barrel, and itwas indeed aprize. Therewere three ofus, and thebarrel wastherefore cutinto threepieces by afile. Thencame the hardest workof all, for each of the three boys wanted the rearend of the barrel, on which there was…
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