Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 98
p, shouted : By gum ! they re bombarding the town ! Then he dropped his adze, and ran out of thedoor without waiting to take his hat. As heran, there sounded again the same dull, heavyreport—boom ! boom ! There was no more work in the cooper-shopsthat day. Beniah ran all the way home. Hisfather was… … the cannon again, and Beniah ran faster andfaster, his mouth all dry and clammy with fearand excitement. The streets were full of peo-ple hurrying toward the hills. When he gothome he found that no harm had happened,but the house was shut and all the doors locked.He met Mrs. Frist, and she told him…
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