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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 213

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, bare and raggedagainst the steely blue sky; and of a suddenRanald hears, above the ceaseless whir of therunners, a dull, booming, crack ! crack ! that runsfrom under their very feet, seemingly clear acrossthe river. Now the runners crash lightly throughwindrow of ice, and the transparent… … THE ROAR AND RUSH OF THE WIND AND THE shrouds. You ballast the windward side nicelv.All ready? Mr. Havemeyer trims the jib, and Murat theyounger swings the stern around and pushes astep or two. The next instant they are on thewing. Ice-yachting is very new to the Dalzells. Thefirst things Ranald…

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