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  • "I think 'Rattletrap' would be a good name," said Jack.

    The Voyage of the Rattletrap Hayden Carruth 1897

  • There's my cousin Kate, who will spoon with me by the hour in a greenhouse, and dance as often as I like to ask her, but at the cover-side she is so ashamed of me she shuns me like the plague; and then, of course, next ball it is, 'Dear Harry, _do_ introduce me to Major Rattletrap,' or some such soldier officer, 'I like the look of him _so_ much.'

    Bluebell A Novel Mrs. George Croft Huddleston

  • [Illustration: Snoozer] "He's just the dog for the Rattletrap," said Jack.

    The Voyage of the Rattletrap Hayden Carruth 1897

  • September that the Rattletrap got away and left Prairie Flower behind.

    The Voyage of the Rattletrap Hayden Carruth 1897

  • After we got back to the Rattletrap we promised ourselves plenty of Sport the next day watching the freighters with their long teams and wagon trains.

    The Voyage of the Rattletrap Hayden Carruth 1897

  • We were not long in getting out, and discovered that the Rattletrap was capsized in the mill-race.

    The Voyage of the Rattletrap Hayden Carruth 1897

  • It was a little after noon when we drove into Deadwood -- the last point outward bound at which the Rattletrap expected to touch.

    The Voyage of the Rattletrap Hayden Carruth 1897

  • Of course the Rattletrap wasn't a boat which sailed on the water, though I don't know as I thought to mention this before.

    The Voyage of the Rattletrap Hayden Carruth 1897

  • Rattletrap was ready for the voyage, and we decided to start the next morning.

    The Voyage of the Rattletrap Hayden Carruth 1897

  • The Rattletrap itself had tried to run before the gale, but I had put on the brake and stopped it.

    The Voyage of the Rattletrap Hayden Carruth 1897

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