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Title: The king of Gee-Whiz
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923 Nesbit, Wilbur D. (Wilbur Dick), 1871-1927 Cesare, Oscar Edward, 1885-1948
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Publisher: Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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CHAPTER VI THE JOURNEY THROUGH THE AIR Hurry, hurry, mamma! cried the Twins. Letus go. :< But how can we go? asked the Widow Pickle ofthe Private Secretary, as she stood holding the secondbox of powder in her hand. I suggest, madam, said the Private Secretary, thatyou might put a little of the first powder, the blue one,in the engine. The Widow Pickle placed a pinch of the pale-bluepowder upon a certain portion of the little boat, and, toher great surprise, it began to grow before her eyes. 22 THE JOURNEY THROUGH THE AIR It grew and it grew, slowly but steadily, until it waslarge enough for either of the Twins to get into. In amoment more it would have been too large to pass outof the window; and as the Widow Pickle saw this, shewas about to brush off the rest of the powder. Stop! cried the Private Secretary. The windowwill not make the slightest difference in the world.Quick, madam! Get in with the second box, or it willbe too late. Indeed, the engine inside the boat now began to

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