. St. Nicholas [serial] . When, lo ! A burst of thunder-sound,—theengine drew up proudly,Close followed by the hose-cart; and direconfusion the master from his door-step by shoutingwildly, loudly,Was in time to stop the deluge, and t wasall that he could do. Straightway to the alarm he went, and captured Master Freddy,Who sobbed, I only gave it such a little, little jerk! I did nt mean to start it — just to try if it was ready ;I wanted — all I wanted was to see if it would work!

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