Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 768
urried call broughta hundred more to reinforce our wearied ranks.It was as thrilling as real war. Five thousandbags of sand had been held in reserve for justsuch an emergency, and these were now rushedto the battle line. It was no simple matter to stagger along the (To be t parapet struggling under… … A MOUNTAIN OF ICE THREATENING TO OVERWHELM THE COFFER-DAM. of enormous sums of money. An hour or morewe struggled there in the night, until the squallsuddenly subsided. We were ready to drop fromexhaustion, and could scarcely stagger home, butour victory buoyed us. We had put up a bravefight, and,…
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