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It was waged by both sides with equal animosity and equal vigor; only Hodge's bony hand made by far the most telling blows on Gammer Gurton's mass of flesh, and was always certain, wherever he struck, to hit some spot of this huge mass; while Gammer Gurton's soft hand seldom touched that thin, threadlike figure, which dexterously parried every blow.
They were discussing the morrow, which logically led to a consideration of the ice-pack, among other things, and thence to Cap'n Barney Hodge's ill luck. "Take a hard and early winter," old Bill Darragh, the dean of the boatmen, was saying, "then a thaw in the middle o' December, and then a friz-up, and ye git conditions that ain't propitious, as ye may say, fur towboatmen nur fur us, neither."
If the other fellows had but stuck by us as well, we'd have made a clean sweep of the canting dogs." Hodge's eloquence was checked by the not unwelcome offer of a drink of cider. "Seems quiet enough down there," said Nanny Lakin, peering wistfully over the valley where the shadows of evening were spreading. "Mayhap if I went down I might find out how it is with my poor lad."
It was a duplicate of Hodge's drive over center field. The regulars whooped with joy as runner after runner came galloping over the plate. They yelled like Indians as Sparkfair tore round the bases and came in from third. Four runs were secured, and once more the first team, had a lead of one tally. "That's where you got even with me, Sparkfair!" called Hodge. "I had to do it," laughed Dale.
With this, Bart turned to walk away, noting that a great many of the cadets were peering from the windows, some of them grinning with delight. Snell shook his fist at Hodge's back, blustering: "This is all right all right, sir! It is not necessary for me to fight you; you are not on the same level with me." "No," muttered the dark-haired boy, grimly, "I have never sunk as low as that."
At last he brought me an envelope he had just addressed, and said in a rather more persuasive manner than he had yet assumed "Batchelor, would you kindly take this note round to Hodge and Company's? It is very important; they should have had it yesterday." "Hodge's are never open till ten," I said. "Oh yes, indeed they are. At least they expect this letter by nine o'clock.
It is, in fact, the office of a country solicitor most emphatically one of Hodge's many masters and is admirably suited for his purpose, on account of its roomy interior.
It is three-quarters of an hour after the time fixed for the reading of a most important paper before a meeting specially convened, before the assembled Parliament of Hodge's masters, and you thought you would be too late. A glance at the staircase proves the truth of the maid's story. It has no carpet, but it is white as well-scrubbed wood could well be.
Right Premises and Wavering Reasonings. Lofty Ideals. Story of Jeanie Deans. Correct Conclusions. Influence of Personal Peculiarities on Ethical Convictions. Contrast of Charles Hodge and James H. Thornwell. Dr. Hodge's Correct Premises and Amiable Inconsistencies. Truth the Substratum of Deity. Misconceptions of Bible Teachings. Suggestion of Deception by Jesus Christ.
"All the cattle is in," murmured a youth to me, so young his first beard had barely sprouted. "Injun trick to git us out there." Several minutes passed, then Davis loudly called from the fort: "It's all right! Hodge's critter wa'n't fetched in last night." Even as he spoke the cow emerged from the bushes.
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