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There was also a sister, whom, truth to tell, he objected to more than her maternal relative, for she was distinctly professional, not to say loud, and the little mannerisms which were so taking in his inamorata were very much the reverse in Miss Saidie Blackall.
At last, Blackall bethought him of backing against a tree. Unfortunately for the young naturalist, one with some stout branches grew near, and Blackall backed up to it, till he bumped it with such force that he very nearly broke both his back and his head, and he was very soon fain to let go.
"I'll see you at Jericho, and ten thousand leagues further, rather than lift a finger to obey one of your commands. There, you've got my answer." "Then take that," exclaimed the bully, bestowing a thundering lick on poor Tom's ear. "How do you like the taste of that? Will you obey me now?" Blackall generally played with his victims as a cat does with a mouse before destroying it.
The strongest hoops were used, and if a hoop was once down, the owner was obliged to retire from the field. Just as they were about to begin, Blackall passed by. Dawson instantly called to him "I say, Blackall there's a good fellow do come and be our captain. Here's my biggest hoop it's a stunner! Under your guidance it is sure to gain us the victory."
If Bella Blackall goes on a singing at the Hempire, you mark my words, she'll sing herself into 'eaven." A week went by slowly: the hours crept like snails, and yet the days were surely slipping away, bringing nearer and nearer the one which was to give Sir John Chetwynd his second wife.
Treason! treason!" was the reply, accompanied by loud laughter from all the party. The gag was quickly produced; but as Blackall found it being adjusted, his courage, or rather his obstinacy, gave way. "What is it, do you say, that you want of me, you fellow?" he asked, in a very much humbled tone. Ernest repeated the terms he had before proposed.
He is of no other earthly use. I'll give you leave to thrash him as much as you like; it will save me the trouble, and I shall be much obliged to you." It might well save Blackall trouble; for had he ventured to touch Ellis, he knew full well that he should have got into it. "Yes; if Ellis is his name, I am certain it is him," observed Barber, as Ellis drew nearer.
"Now at him again, Tom, and don't let him go till he has promised never to attack you more," said a voice, which Blackall recognised as that of Gregson. However, Tom was this time too much hurt to get up, and he lay moaning on the grass, anxiously wishing that some one would come to his rescue. Gregson had, it appears, been up in a tree hunting for young squirrels and various insects.
Blackall and Lemon, indeed, made it understood that they only joined as leaders, and on no account for their own amusement, while there were a good many small boys who were considered too weak to take part in so rough a sport. The armies were drawn up in double line, one at each end of the gravel playground.
Blackall came forward as the chief on one side. He called over the names of a number of boys, but only a few of the younger ones joined him. He remarked that they were entirely Dawson's companions. Another big fellow stood up to lead on the opposite side, but so few consented to play that he was obliged to throw up his leadership.
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