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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 275

An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 275 — second after Tom had turnedthe handle of the hydrant that a stout stream ofwater gushed solidly from the end of the pipeand curved in a powerful arch toward the bankbefore them. Uncle Dick turned the stream upon the lowerend of the trench the boys had dug, and in a minute he had washed it out to… … IN A SECOND, CORKSCREW-WAS SOAKED THROUGH.(SEE PAGE 744.) into working order, ad-justing the curves andstraightening it, so theutmost force of watermight be available. When he had washedout their trench, Mr. Rapallo raised the nozle and carefully directedthe stream full at the center of the bank…

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