Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 255
e de-lighted with them, and hur-rahed and cheered at eachfresh burst. This was indeed a great surprise. What are they? Where did they come from?How did the boys get them ? were the questionsthat went through the watching crowds, and itwas not long before the answer traveled frommouth to mouth: It s… … THE BOY FULTON S PADDLE-WHEEL BOAT, ON THE CONESTOGA. that when he was only ten he made his own lead-pencils, picking up any bits of sheet lead whichhappened to come his way, and hammering thelead out of them and making pencils that wereas good as any in the school. The fireworks were a great…
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