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Updated: October 18, 2026
Him I now approached, and taking him aside, I first questioned him flatteringly about his age and the extent of his yearly recompense, and then casually inquired what in his language he would describe the nature of a cricket to be. "A cricket?" repeated the obliging person readily; "a cricket, sir, is a hinsect. Something, I take it, after the manner of a grass-'opper." "Truly," I agreed.
"He's a fair card, he is," replied the old man enigmatically. "Was it deliberate?" asked an ingenious youth. "Who shall say, my son?" replied the old trainer. "Only the grass-'opper what walketh the tiles by night same as the Psalmist says." The scramble and scrimmage at the first few fences resulted in plenty of grief.