Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 366
neend, gently pounded on the other with a tack-ham-mer, until he had flattened it out into a rivet-head ;then reversed the hammers and made a head onthe other end. Finally, as he had no vise or hand-screws, heplaced a strip of wood on each side of the mendedround, tied a piece of strong cord in a… … THE BOYS CARRY AWAY AUNTmercys CHAIRS FOR MENDING. would call a couple of tourniquets, to hold his workfirmly together while the glue was hardening. Ned and I had watched all these operations withintense interest. I tell you what it is, said Ned, Fay some-times makes mistakes when he goes sailing…
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