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Woodley be always in possession at Elmwood Church, where everyone seemed to be content with him. The Kentons went thither. It was hardly safe to abstain, for a fine upon absence was still the law of the land, though seldom enforced; and Dr.
Nor was he the only one of the eleven who did poorly. From the very first it was seen that Elmwood Hall had met her match. Her opponents scored a touchdown in the first five minutes of play, and this rather took the heart out of Tom and his chums. True they braced, and prevented any more scoring for the next two periods. Then came a chance fer them to rush the ball over the line.
They came in sight of the village green where the soldiers were refreshing themselves at what once had been the Elmwood Arms, for though not given to excess, total abstinence formed no part of the discipline of the Puritans; and one of the men started forward, and seizing hold of Steadfast by the shoulder exclaimed
Old Goody Grace, who had been with them through their mother's illness, had hobbled up on hearing the terrible news. She looked like a witch, with a tall hat, short cloak, and nose and chin nearly meeting, but all Elmwood loved and trusted her, and the feeling of utter terror and helplessness almost vanished when she kissed and grieved over the orphans, and took the direction of things.
"After what they did?" asked Jack. "Helping to capture and hold us fellows prisoners," said Tom bitterly. "We won't stand for it!" declared Bert vigorously. "I should say not!" came from Jack indignantly. "We will have to do something protest make a class matter of it. After what happened at the old mill, for those snobs to have the nerve to come back to Elmwood Hall. Why "
That same evening we set out on our wedding tour, while my mother and Flora, with Charley Gray, returned to Elmwood; and, after travelling for several weeks, we found ourselves at my mother's home, where we were to spend a few weeks longer before returning to the city, which was to be our permanent home. Soon after my return to Elmwood, I received an urgent message to visit Mr.
It was in the summer of 1865 that I came home from my consular post at Venice; and two weeks after I landed in Boston, I went out to see Lowell at Elmwood, and give him an inkstand that I had brought him from Italy.
"Then would I take the lady on for a short space to a good woman in Elmwood there.
From the top of the hill, beyond the cleft of the river Avon, he could see the smoke and the church towers of the town of Bristol, and beyond it, the slime of the water of the Bristol Channel; and nearer, on one side, the spire of Elmwood Church looked up, and, on the other, the woods round Elmwood House, and these ran out as it were, lengthening and narrowing into a wooded cleft or gulley, Hermit's Gulley, which broke the side of the hill just below where Steadfast stood, and had a little clear stream running along the bottom.
There was a crash as the two lines of players met, and then, struggling forward, tearing himself loose from restraining hands pushed, shoved and all but torn apart, Tom forced his way onward. His vision became black! His breath was all but gone, and then, with a last mighty heave, he shoved the ball over the last line. "Touchdown! Touchdown!" "Tom Fairfield's touchdown!" "Elmwood Hall forever!"
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