Jonas immediately began to pull the stern of the boat around with his paddle, so as to turn the head of it away from the quarter which the wind was blowing from and then the wind drove the boat along very rapidly over the waves, which curled and foamed on each side, driving onward with great fury., by Jacob Abbott *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK the grandfather clause ROLLO'S PHILOSOPHY.They were obliged to travel very slow, for the roads were not good.That morning, after they were all seated at the breakfast table, Rollo said to his father that he did not exactly understand what the grandfather clause sort of a motion the vibratory motion of the air was, after all.However, we'll go and see if we can get a boat.Rollo did the grandfather clause not understand Jonas's technical language very well.It is rather hard to understand, said his father.That, you see, was a progressive the grandfather clause motion.There, said his father.On the declivity of the grandfather clause a range of hills covered with forests they saw an unusual commotion among the trees.He found, however, as he drew near the point, that the waves were running by it, with great speed and force, down the pond.Then he and Rollo's mother went into the house, to see the grandfather clause if breakfast was not almost ready.Don't you hear a kind of a thumping sound? Yes, said Rollo, a great way off what is it? Look over across the pond there, said his father don't you see that man cutting wood? Yes, said Rollo that's what makes the noise.Yes, said his father that is, there is a vibratory motion of the air, a kind of quivering, which begins where the man is, and spreads all around in every direction, until it the grandfather clause reaches us.