Miller, Olive Beaupré, ed, Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers), 1882-1945, illustrator · Chicago : The Bookhouse for children · leaf 130
ruptly to sawdust, springy and odorous with the sweet smell ofpine that now perfumed all the air. To the left Bobby could seethe shipyards and the skeleton of a vessel well under way. Fromit came the irregular Block! Block! Block! of mallets; and itswarmed with little, black, ant-like figures of… … which dwelt cars and great black and bay horses. The wildexultant shriek of the circular saw rang out. White plumes ofsteam shot up against the intense blue of the sky. Beyondthe piles of lumber Bobby could make out the topmasts of moreships. At the end of the lumber piles the road turned sharpto…
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