Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 295
st Jeremiah besomewhere in sight, the boys climbed up on theengine and, as was their custom, wished Mr.Plumber, the engineer, universally known as Dad, and his fireman, a very polite Goodmorning, and then remained discreetly silent. They had long since learned not to ask per-mission to ride,— as… … WHAT WERE YOU KIDS DOING ON THAT ENGINE A FEW MINUTES AGO ? any slight assistance in the way of filling thewater-jug for the fireman, or handing a wrench orpiece of waste to the engineer when he was outon the ground, oiling up. They never felt secure,however, until the fireman told them to get…
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