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He was nearly sixteen, big and strong of his age, and Cricket thought him the nicest boy in the world. She was not nearly so fond of Archie, who was a year younger than Will. He teased her more, was quicker-tempered, somewhat conceited, and rather liked to order the girls around. He was slight and small for his age, and he did not have his reddish hair for nothing.
Being captain of a scratch cricket team in the Tropics is no light task, I can tell you." A considerable crowd had gathered to see the conflict. The negroes sat and lolled round the ground, while, behind them, buggies and horsemen were drawn up. Conspicuous in that gay throng appeared the Captain of the "Rhine," seated on a brown horse, amid female equestrians.
Then come Jack and Noel they're fifteen and sixteen respectively, and one's at Osborne and one's at Dartmouth; all they seem to care about at present is sailing and fishing, and so we don't see much of them. Then there's Edward, he's about fourteen, I think; he's mad keen on cricket besides, he's got all the brains of the family. Then two cousins of ours, Nancy and Joan Green, are staying with us.
'It's this way, said Tony, 'all the House-prefects have been sent out to look for Thomson. He's not come back. 'Not come back, sir! 'No. Bit queer, isn't it? The last anybody saw of him was when he dropped out of the long race near Parker's Spinney. 'I seen him later than that, Mr Graham. He come on to the grounds while I was mowing the cricket field. 'Not really? When was that? 'Four.
The German authorities had not hired the entire race track from the Race Track Association so that I made a special contract with the race track owners and hired from them the in-field and other portions not taken over by German authorities. Here the prisoners had tennis courts and played hockey, foot-ball and cricket and held athletic games.
So I'll try another tack to keep you in evil odour, Mr. Bourne." Acton did not turn up at the nets that night, and when Worcester noticed this, Acton calmly sailed on his new tack. "What's the good of sweating away at the nets, Dick? I'll not get my flannels in any case." "Oh yes, you will. Bourne has said he's got nothing against your cricket."
Leonard's voice was still sounding, more monotonous than the voice of a cricket. Christophe did not hear it: he heard nothing. Night was fully come. Leonard stopped. Surprised to find Christophe motionless, uneasy because of the lateness of the hour, he suggested that they should go home. Christophe did not reply. Leonard took his arm. Christophe trembled, and looked at Leonard with wild eyes.
Then the sun would shine so hotly, and the flies tease, and the nasty cows had been all over the place where they generally played; so at last the game of cricket came to a stand-still till dinner-time; when, having left their bats and stumps in the field, they went in to the mid-day meal.
Wah-whoo-wah! wah-whoo-wah! Naughty, naughty Cricket! wah-whoo-wah!" shrieked Eunice, clapping her hands. But Edna instantly put her hands to her mouth to form a trumpet, and called with all her might: "Go back, Cricket! go back! You'll get aground." "Wah-whoo-wah!" came back faintly over the water, and they could see the little figure bend to the oar.
It is the same in games as in the class-room. If he is beaten in a race, it is because he has slipped in starting; if he is clean bowled first ball at cricket, it is because there was a lump in the grass just where the ball pitched; if he lets the enemy's halfback pass him at football, it is because he made sure Perkins had collared him otherwise, of course, he would have won the race, made top score at the wickets, and saved his goal.
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