Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 312
y. It s queer, saidMerrill, telling me thestory, how peopleever built a steeplelike this one withouta window in it, or anair-passage, or any-thing for ventilation.Between the bell-deckand the cross therewas nt a single open-ing from the insideout, so I had to breakmy way through upnear the top.… … LOOKING FROM THE GROUNDBROADWAY, N pies would be pounding so I d have to comedown and rest. Of course the purpose of this hole that Iknocked through the steeple-top was to makefast ropes and pulleys, so my partner and Icould hoist ourselves along the outside, and nothave to climb up the inside…
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