Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 151
a useless disfigurement to thecity; but it was near the Capitol, and it servedthe purposes of the pages. One morning about fifteen of the boys— all pages of the House — decided towhile away an hour or two upon the placidbosom of this canal. Finding a ricketyand abandoned raft, they boarded it… … THE CONGRESSMAN S TOBOGGAN BREAKS. strength, they attempted, with one herculean shove,to send the raft to land. But, alas, their effortwas too great. The raft capsized, and in an instantthe shipwrecked mariners were struggling with thewaves! When fished out, they were the most wretched-looking…
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