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Title: I'm from Boston : scenes from the living past, illustrated by picture and story
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960
Subjects: Historic buildings -- Massachusetts Boston
Publisher: Boston : The Atlantic Monthly Press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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usiness^ was to carry up slates for the roof; and one day, when he was ^ at the far end of the building, the bell was rung a few minutes earlier than usual. The workmen, who were all in the secret,^ rushed to the tower and then to the stah-s, when Patrick looked ^ round and instantly guessed their intention. But determined not ^ to be last, he squatted down on a loose piece of slate and fear- ^ lessly slid off the roof into the burying-place, where he happened ^ to light; with the slate under him, in a sitting position, between 1 two gravestones, and wholly uninjured. I He sprang upon his feet and ran to the church door, where he met the conspirators at the foot of the stairs and triumphantlyclaimed his treat as usual. In the days that have come this early aviator and his triumphprovide refreshing thoughts. S-»--»--»-»^-4>4-4>-4-»>-»fg ! ;^f»-^-^-»-»^-»--»-»^^^^ ^^..».4>.4>.»^».4^^gr; 1^
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