Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 438
helaconic reply. I94] WITH MEN WHO DO THINGS 895 Where is Mr. Squires? demanded Mr.Hotchkiss. Over there, pointing to the thick of thecrowd. We elbowed our way through to him. Well, Squires, what are you doing here? Oh, hello, Hotchkiss ! I m in a peck of trou-ble. The tunnel is flooded, and a… … <-AIR-LOCK-^THE TUNNEL, AND WHERE THE WATCHMEN WERE TRAPPED What is the matter with your pumps? Wontthey work? Pumps! Why, I have five of them going fulltilt. But it s hopeless to try to pump against thewhole ocean. That broken sewer-main runs intothe East River below tide-level just beyond…
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