Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 360
owballs at the blazing roof. Suddenlythe engine arrived, but it stopped at the gate, and nearly burned through, but still standing. Thehouse had been saved by snowballs. The Widow Lawson said she was tired outwith shaking hands with everybody, and shethanked General Michael OToole again and… … FIGHTING THE FIRE WITH SNOWBALLS. every man and boy left the ropes and joined in thegreat snowball fight. Ah ! The smoke is going down. The snowcannonade is too much for the fire. It hissed andsputtered, and at last went out, while white cloudsof steam took the place of the brown smoke. Thewind…
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