Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 436
oad, his eyes fixed on the wire overhead. Scarcely a mile distant Jack uttered an ex-clamation, and, running forward, caught up thesevered end of the telegraph line. A moments careful examination of the wireshowed it had been cut through with a sharp file.304 JACK HAS AN ADVENTURE 305 Yes;… … HE LOOPED THE TELEGRAPH WIRE OVER THE TOPMOST STRANDOF THE FENCE WIRE. grimly, turning to look about him. How couldhe fix the wire ? As the cut had been made closeto the glass insulator on the pole, only one of thetwo ends hung to the ground, and he at once sawthat he could not splice them. He…
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