p-p-pieces

Updated: May 7, 2025

"L-l-looked like they came near p-p-pulling you to p-p-pieces, Steve," remarked Toby, with a grin. "That's right," agreed Steve, frowning; "everybody tried to grab my hand at the same time, and me a telling them all the while I didn't have a thing to do with saving the child, only hauling on the rope. Say, I know now why you wouldn't go ashore, Max; you didn't want to be mobbed, did you?

Lawrence J. Leslie - Afloat on the Flood