What to do and how to do it; the American boys handy book (1920)
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 234
he boy disappearedBut so great was the distance that separated the two housesthat it was impossible for the old man to distinguish what sortof an instrument the mischievous lad used to propel thefine shot so far and with such force. The youngster was at lastwaylaid, and the mystery solved. The… … Spring Shot-gun. 2o6 Summer, elastic material, one end of which is armed with a large quiUfcorked at its lower end. When the quill is filled with fine bird-shot and the end ofthe stick grasped by the left hand, the contents of the quill canbe thrown an amazing distance by bending the quill end…
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