Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 478
the sky. caused by increasing strain dueto an approaching storm. Thekites, which were at a greatheight, wavered, turned partlyaside, and started down rapidly.But they were so very high thatthe length and weight of thetwine which they were drag-ging delayed their descent.They caught the wind… … DIAGRAM SHOWING HOW EACH KITE LIFTS THE SLACKINC STRING OF THE KITE AHEAD OF IT. FLYING FIVE KITES TOGETHER. the telegraph-wire in which the twine yetremained entangled and out of reach. A stone to which a light string was fastened At the same place, two kites were flying from was thrown upward and…
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