Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 396
y work covered box behind and under the seat. Take at all on our bad roads, and it is hard to see a seat, please, on the right, while I turn this what fun there would be riding on a steam- crank. Dont be alarmed ; she will not start, roller. The old steam-carriages failed and This crank fits into a… … A RUNABOUT. bicycle wheels, no ball bearings, no rubbertires, and no good roads. To-day the con-ditions are just right. The bicycle taught uswhat to do, and on the smooth, hard asphaltstreet or the macadamized road we hear theelectric bell of the new carriage without horses. The carriage waits. Let…
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