Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 195
up some kind of der-rick, he tipped the boat so that the water shehad taken in at the stern ran out in front, andshe floated safely over the dam. This novelmethod of bailing a boat by boring a hole in her bottom fully established his fame at NewSalem, and so delighted the enthusiastic Offutthat, on… … BLACK HAWK. journey in safety. Lincoln returned by steamerfrom New Orleans to St. Louis, and from theremade his way to New Salem on foot. He ex-pected to find Offut already established in thenew store, but neither he nor his goods hadarrived. While loafing about, as the citizensof New Salem…
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