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Suppose just suppose..." With milder weather, cricket had come into fashion, and on the occasion of the first pavilion tea the Blues turned up in force. Thomasina sat perched in manly attitude on the corner of the table, where, as it seemed to the onlooker, every possible hindrance was put in the way of her enjoyment of the meal.
The children were already over at the Cove, with Eliza, running about in their little blue bathing-suits, though they generally went in only ankle deep. Edna could swim well, and Cricket had made good progress in the last week. Eunice took to the water as naturally as a duck, and, strange to say, had learned to swim well, before Cricket did.
In harbour I live in the cabin. Of course, wherever the "Southern Cross" goes I go too, and I am a most complete skipper. I feel as natural with my quadrant in my hand as of old with a cricket bat.
And this morning the young villain thinks he will play me a trick, so he put two marbles in my boots. He must have done that in the early hours before you were awake! Bobby's face was a study. Delight, horror, and confusion was depicted on it. He looked at Nobbles thoughtfully, then he announced: 'I didn't reely fight the cricket bat, I only felt him! 'But I am talking of Nobbles.
We might have one every week, and get subscribers," added Cricket, ambitiously. "Subscribers!" groaned Edna, "and print a copy out for each one? Not if I know myself. It's too warm weather." "Well, then, we might hand the one around to the subscribers, and each one could pass it to the next, like a Magazine Club," said Edna. "No," said Eunice. "Don't let us have subscribers, or anything like that.
Everything in the little house became hushed; the little lamp before the icon glowed and glimmered, the funny innocent little pair slept the sound sleep of the just, amidst the fragrant scent of musk and the chirping of the cricket. To these two odd little people, or poll-parrots as Paklin called them, who were taking care of his sister, he now conducted his friends.
And every time he heard Simon Screecher's unearthly wail he shivered so hard that his fiddling actually seemed to shiver too. Mr. Meadow Mouse inquired regularly whether Chirpy had hit upon any plan. And at last Mr. Meadow Mouse announced that he would have to think of one himself. So he sat down and looked very wise, while Chirpy Cricket fiddled for him, because Mr.
She read him likewise the new numbers of the periodical tales, as well as the particulars of the rowing matches and cricket matches, overcoming for his sake her dislike to touching Elliot's sporting newspaper.
She said, "Not while you are here." World said, "It's a match." Consequences, "He sailed for Africa next morning," etc. One of the company being appointed to represent the Cricket, seats himself in the midst of the other players, who are the Ants, and writes upon a piece of paper the name of a certain grain, whatever kind he pleases.
There were two or three social clubs in Silchar; horse and pony racing, polo, cricket and football filled the day, dinner and sociability the night; and what nights! The amount of liquor consumed at these meetings was almost incredible.
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