PEEP AT OUR NEIGHBORS. 99

Captain Ball built a saw-mill. Every-
body said he did it because he thought
he would have an easy time of it, sitting
still, all day long, and watching the
great logs as they moved slowly toward
the saw. But I don’t know how that
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When the mill was done, or when he
thought it was done, he got all the Wil-
low Lane men and boys together, to see
him let on the water, and saw the first
log. Well, the water was let on, and
the wheel went round. .But for some
reason or other, the saw would not go.
Tt would not stir an inch. You could
not imagine a more obstinate saw than