Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 594
ble task of hanging on, all night long,to the feed-pipe of the light, fifteen feet abovethe ravening surf? No, not even that; for some- gale flared this column away in roaring whirls offire like a gigantic blowpipe in the hands of a madgiant. Merciful heavens! cried Buck. He realizedwhat might… … LET THE SHEET GO, THERE. LET GO ! thing up yonder warned Buck, numbed though hewas, that the light was flaring and whistling fartoo loudly. He smelled, too, a strange and omi-nous odor of escaping gas. What s happened here? cried he, in suddenfear. What s wrong with the old buoy? What had happened…
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