Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 540
ng wind was blowing. As he camedown to the river his feet splashed in shallow igos. WHEN THE ICE CAME DOWN. 389 water in the middle of the street. Severalwagons and carts passed him, laden with hastilypiled household goods. People along the riverfront were moving to higher ground. Just enough… … I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT WILLHAPPEN IN THE SPRING. At the bridge the ice was a choked mass,piled high under the arches, and dangerouslynear the tracks. He could hear the grindingand creaking of the great cakes, the suck andgurgle of the water beneath them, pushing toget down the river and…
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