Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 164
I never dreamed that any-thing made of wood could be so sleek. I THE BABYS ADVENTUROUS DAY AND MINE! 151 lifted up the baby and made a frantic effortto keep my balance. In vain! Out went myfeet, and down we both went sprawling. Itseemed to me we did nt stop until we had shottwenty feet out into the… … l LIFTED HIM OUT OF THE WATER AND SWAM AROUND TO THE LANDING-PLACE water—at least his head — and swam aroundto the landing-place and scrambled ashore. Then he began roaring again. He was ntthe only one who roared either, for the boat-house was filled with people. It was usuallyempty at that hour of…
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