Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 243
eard Father read-ing a piece in the newspaper about a church that•was struck by lightning, although it had a light-ning-rod. The reason was that the rod was brokenapart at one place, and nobody had noticed it, or if Exactly so, said Ned. And there you haveit—action and re-action. Thats the… … THE BOYS CONSULT JACK-IN-THE-BOX. they had, they did nt take the trouble to fix it.People are awful careless about those things. Andso they lost their church. Father says there are agood many things that spoil lightning-rods. Hesays, if there s rust in the joints they wont work. That s true, said…
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