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Once in a while my father had some piece | Once in a while my father had some piece | ||
of business to do which | of business to do which of a more [[con..?]] had to be done by water. | ||
The Sunbeam was kept tied up at one of the docks | The Sunbeam was kept tied up at one of the docks | ||
and when the steam was up he would have the | and when the steam was up he would have the | ||
mate blow his whistle to call my mother who | mate blow his whistle to call my mother who | ||
collected us and hurried down the | collected us and hurried down the [[tar?]] back | ||
road past the machine | road past the machine shops and the shingle | ||
mill to the last slip where the Sunbeam was | mill to the last slip where the Sunbeam was | ||
waiting for us, her white paint clean and her | waiting for us, her white paint clean and her | ||
brass shining. Then the lines were | brass shining. Then the lines were cast and the | ||
water began to boil over the propeller as we | water began to boil over the propeller as we | ||
glided away from the docks, out into open water. | glided away from the docks, out into open water. | ||
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of strong brown tea. Once in a while my father had some piece of business to do which of a more con..? had to be done by water. The Sunbeam was kept tied up at one of the docks and when the steam was up he would have the mate blow his whistle to call my mother who collected us and hurried down the tar? back road past the machine shops and the shingle mill to the last slip where the Sunbeam was waiting for us, her white paint clean and her brass shining. Then the lines were cast and the water began to boil over the propeller as we glided away from the docks, out into open water. My father up in the wheel house behind us, turning the great wheel which kept us on our course. Although nobody thought much about such things in those years before the First World War when there was first Theodore Roosevelt and then William Taft holding the reins of American government, life in the North Woods offered a detailed model of paternalistic management. The Company