Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 261
is home to the post-office or the raih-oadstation or the church. Wherever he goes, hecounts; and because he knows how many stepshe takes and how long his stride is, he knowshow many feet or yards or miles it is fromone point to another. He has acquired thehabit of pacing off exactly 30 inches at… … THIS IS A LONG STRIDE FOR SJIALL BOYS every fourth step. He starts in thus: Oneby Jingo, two by Jingo, etc., putting a footdown at each syllable. When he gets up intohigher numbers, he changes it to: Twenty-two by gum, twenty-three by gum, etc., orOne hundred and eight, one hundred and nine,etc.,…
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