Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 394
ne day the sun had risen dull and copperyas usual, no breeze had sprung up to relieve thestagnant heat, the windmill stood motionless,and Jed lay on the soft carpet of pine-needles,looking up at the branches of the trees outlinedagainst the sky. It was about two oclock inthe afternoon, and he was… … JED. air became cleared of smoke, so that for the firsttime in many days the sun shone brightly. Jed pondered to himself the reason for this,as he jumped up and ran down the windingsteps in the bank to pull the boat higher up onthe sand. For days the water had been sosmooth and glassy that he had…
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