Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 382
ed to warn seamen of a chain of dangerous rocks — keys, they callthem — a little to the north of me. That, ofcourse, would have been a useful enough occu-pation for any self-respecting buoy, but I soonfound that I was wasting my energy in clang-ing away at my bell with nobody but the wavesand the… … NOT more than a vessel or two in a month. ought not any longer to bury myself in thisway. If I could have been of any use I wouldnot have cared. They promised their help.So in a few days the wind came hurrying 872 THE BELL-BUOYS STORY. [Aug. down from the west, and a little later thewaves came…
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