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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 112

An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 112 — Brownies planTo finish what the first began. And every skillful stroke that fellWithout exception counted well.While some were spiking planks and beams.The calkers stuffed the yawning seams, And poured the resin left and right,To make her stanch and water-tight.A crowd were busy bring-ing nails.And… … With axes, hammers, saws, and rules,Dividers, squares, and boring tools,The active Brownies scattered round,And every one his labor found. Some fell to chopping down the trees,And some to hewing ribs and knees;While more the heavy keelson made,And fast the shapely hull was laid.Then over all they…

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