Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 375
, he had therear axle jacked up on a barrel so that thewheels were a foot or so above the ground, andthere were almost tears in his eyes the first there was no place to put it on the buck-board. Sams cabin was by the river bank, surroundedby brush and undergrowth, so we boys all lenta hand to carry… … I SHOULD SAY SAM WAS MOVING AT THE KATE OF ABOUT ONE MILE AN HOUR. time he started the engine. The hind wheelsof that buck-board revolved so rapidly youcould nt see the spokes. Sam said he figuredthey were going at the rate of at least onehundred miles an hour, but that he would ntdrive the…
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