Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 514
cious row; And the style of punishment I 11 get, now, probable as not,Will be, just like my water-wheel, a sort of overshot. WATER POWER. 489 If t would only keep on raining,—d ye know? — I have a notionThis water-wheel of mine would make a good perpetual motion; But the bother is, a fellow cant… … If I take it down, they 11 all declare I ve gone and spoiled the pillar;And if I leave it where it is, I 11 hear from Aunt Priscilla ! Phew! Listen to the water-mill! and hear it spin and spatter!As long as I am having fun, perhaps it does nt matter; For if I was nt doing this, there really is no…
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