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Dabsters are little squares of cloth or skin laid under the knuckles when playing to keep them from being cut by constant contact with the hard ground. Marble Bag saves pockets and explains itself. According to quality, marbles are known as "agates," "crystals," "chinas," "alleys," "potteries," and "commies," or the cheapest and least prized.
Many friends were made and the boys spent more time on shore than aboard. There was tennis to be played, for one thing, and Phil, Steve and Joe were all dabsters at that game.
"That's a good hope," whispered Allen in Betty's ear. "They are dabsters when it comes to getting away with other people's property." The door bell rang out its noisy summons. Betty forestalled the maid on her way to the portal with a merry: "I'll go, Mary. It's probably one of the girls." It was not one of the girls only, but all three of them, and seemingly in the wildest excitement.
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