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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 54 CHAPTER IV. FIRE IX THE PASTURE. A Few days after Rollo's father gave him the instructions on the subject of combustion which are contained in the last chapter, Rollo saw Jonas going across the yard about the middle of the afternoon, with a lantern i: i his hand. Of course Rollo called out to him with the usual question in such cases, ? Where are you going, Jonas? I'm going out into the pasture to set some heaps on fire. Well, said Rollo, and 111 go too. Rollo ran into the parlor to ask his mother if he might go too. He happened to meet his father just coming in at the front door. He accordingly asked him instead. Yes, said his father, but I'm rather afraid to have the heaps set on fire this afternoon. I am afraid that the fire will run. Run ? repeated Rollo. Yes, replied his father. Tell Jonashe must be very careful not to let the fire get away from him. Rollo ran off in pursuit of Jonas. When lie got to the back yard again, he saw Jonas going down the lane almost out of sight. Jonas said Rollo, calling out as loud as he could, Jo?nas So saying, he ran off after him. He clambered over the great gate which led into the lane, because he thought that he could climb over it quicker than open it. As soou as he reached the ground on the other side, he ran on, calling out, ? Jonas Jonas But Jonas did not seem to hear him. At any rate lie did not stop. On the contrary, Rollo was himself stopped, by hearing a voice behind him, as if near the house, calling, ? Rollo Rollo Rollo turned to see who it was. It was his cousin James, who was running towards him with all speed. Rollo waited for him to come up. James tried to open the gate, but could not. Climb over, said Rollo. So James climbed...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217106184 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217106188 |
| Weight | 0.54 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.37 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 160 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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