Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 149
obsti- was backward, and entirely of her own ac-cord. The surprise was that the sails, whichup to this time had whizzed round and roundever so rapidly, had suddenly ceased to revolveat all, so that the propeller-boat of a momentago was transformed into a sail-boat in everysense of the word. Now, in… … nate fellowsjust pushed intothe breeze withgreater speed. Yes;the more the wind endeavored to blow themback, the more they forged ahead against it! Soon, when the sounds of cheers and fish-horns announced that the leader had startedfor home, there was another surprise. It wasnot because she had…
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