Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 188
s no time to lose, and Lewisproposed to go over the line and repair thefault, which might, after all, be a trifle of de-fective insulation. He buckled on his linemans belt, stuck fullof pliers and nippers, hooked the climbing-irons into it, and put on a waterproof. In hispockets he had some small… … UP THIS POLE HE SCRAMBLED LIKE A MONKEY. in fact, he did not expect to find much of any-thing amiss till he entered the swamp. I 20 THE GROUND CIRCUIT. [Dec. The swamp looked very wet as he approachedit, and he found that it was as wet as it looked.The ground was firm enough under foot, atleast…
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