Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 394
Evidently, said he, it must be followingme. But in this hewas mistaken, for he soon saw the knife flying about in all directionsthrough the air. Gracious ! exclaimed our hero, after gazingat it an instant. It seems astonishing, but theslight wind I make in swimming blows that knife about as though… … UP HE WENT, SPINNING LIKE A TOP. again, the knife remained suspended in mid-airat a distance of six feet from him. I cant understand it at all, said William,considerably puzzled. Of course, I know itwont fall toward me as fast as a knife usually 38o THROUGH THE EARTH. [Mar. falls to the ground, but…
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