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"We were a fine team last year," agreed Clowes, "and especially strong on the left wing. By the way, I see you've moved Barry across." "Yes. Attell can't pass much, but he passes better from right to left than from left to right; so, Barry being our scoring man, I shifted him across. The chap on the other wing, Stanning, isn't bad at times. Do you remember him? He's in Appleby's.
Appleby's rheumatism. His mother saw that he was growing restless and that his cheeks were flushed, so she asked Aunt Mariah to come over to her room to look at some calico she had been buying. When they had gone Teddy lay for a time enjoying the silence of the room, but after a while it began to seem too still and the clock ticked with a strange loud sound.
Appleby's made a hundred and fifty odd, shaping badly for the most part against Wyatt's slows. Then Wain's opened their innings. The Gazeka, as head of the house, was captain of the side, and he and Wyatt went in first. Wyatt made a few mighty hits, and was then caught at cover. Mike went in first wicket. For some ten minutes all was peace.
Another such affair, which I had a short time afterward, near the Bowery lane, and in which I shot a Captain Appleby's ear off, was attributed by my mother to the same cause; but the real reason was that the fellow had uttered an atrocious slander of Philip Winwood in connection with the departure of Phil's wife.
You may think you're smart, but you'll find that th' law's smarter than any of ye!" threatened the farmer, as he turned aside with a scowl. "Nice sort of chap not," murmured Tom, as he strode on, his companions hurrying to catch up to him. "I should say so," agreed Jack. "Why, any fellow might lose his pin not necessarily at Appleby's hay stacks and that, in his eyes, would make him guilty.
He swears he didn't mean to get the thing spotted, but I knew he did." "Where did you scrag him!" "In the dormitory. He chucked it after the third round." There was a knock at the door. "Come in," shouted Dunstable. Buxton appeared, a member of Appleby's house. "Oh, Dunstable, Appleby wants to see you." "All right," said Dunstable wearily. Mr. Appleby was in facetious mood.
"I mean that Sam isn't such a loon as to get off the road on to Appleby's land just by mistake, or because it was dark." "You mean he went there purposely?" "I sure do." "What for?" and Tom gazed curiously at his chum. "That's what I've got to find out. He had some object, and I shouldn't be surprised but what it was you, Tom." "Me?" "Yes.
"That ear of yours," said Linton with satisfaction, "will be about three times its ordinary size tomorrow. And it always was too large. Good night." On his way back to Seymour's Mason of Appleby's, who was standing at his house gate imbibing fresh air, preparatory to going to bed, accosted him. "I say, Linton," he said, " hullo, you look a wreck, don't you!
Appleby's delicious homey doughnuts." It was easy to win Mrs. Carter, in imagination. Sitting by himself in the rose-arbor while Mother served their infrequent customers or stood at the door unhappily watching for them, Father visualized Mrs.
One shot fired there will tell them what you want them to know. Robertson's will fire twice for Appleby's to hear, and Appleby's will send on the message to Dopple's. There are six posts between here and the South Fork, so when the folk at Frew's hear seven shots they will know that the war is on the Rappahannock." I recognized old Lawrence's hand in this.
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