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Besides, there are so many things which tend to make a man superstitious and to confirm him in his trust in mascots and charms. Many a man has had a premonition of his death, many a man has come through long months of war, and then has been killed on the day on which he lost his mascot. The thought of superstition recalls to me Joe Williams, the ex-policeman.
"And it's my firm belief," reflected Bates with an air of profound conviction, "that that baby of Bennett's was designed special and, as you might say, providential, for to be Beetle Ring's mascot. Fat Pine and Horseshoe have 'em mascots to bring luck, and I've noticed Beetle Ring ain't had the luck lately it should have." Bates paused, and the camp meditated in silent delight.
It was at that time a fashion in the form for the girls to keep all sorts of absurd mascots inside their desks, the collecting and comparison of which afforded them huge satisfaction. Now Miss Strong happened to be lecturing on "The Age of Elizabeth," a subject so congenial to her that she was generally most interesting.
"Still thinking of that other time, eh, Joel?" he asked, as the other caught his eye and turned a little red. "Why, you see, it's this way, Jack," stammered Joel; "I honestly believe those girls were our mascots. They said they meant to wish, and hope, and pray that we'd win the game against Marshall, and sure enough we did that same thing.
The 90th Regiment "the little black devils" of Winnipeg was a very fine body of men indeed; they were drilled by the hour on the decks, and were given lectures. They entertained themselves in their spare time by getting up boxing bouts and concerts. The antics of a bear cub and a monkey, the battalion mascots, amused the men for many hours at a time. One night the officers gave a dinner party.
"Dis is der best sight vot I have yet had in more as a month. Half a pretzel!" he exclaimed, holding out one of the queer, twisted things. He was never without them since the sled breakdown. He said they were his mascots. There was a scene of rejoicing, and even the gloomy Mr. Sneed condescended to smile, and looked almost happy.
"Bring your friends along, then," agreed Captain Sam Edgeworth, though he solemnly hoped, under his breath, that he wasn't establishing a fearful precedent by showing such wholesale cordiality to the usually despised freshmen. "We'll use all six of you as our mascots," laughed Thomp.
"Get on the job, old boy," he urged. "Show those fellows that you are the real thing in mascots." Dan barked reassuringly. But he took his time in thinking it over. And the hard luck of the Blues still persisted.
"With you there, Dick, I feel absolutely certain that even Tottenville must go down in the dust. Gridley will bring back the score -and not a tied score, either." "I certainly hope I am as big a mascot, or possess as big a mascot as you seem to believe," laughed young Prescott. "You and Dave are each other's mascots," declared Belle Meade, with a laugh.
He now tells, without the least semblance of a blush, that he puts his faith in superstitions, and charms, and mascots, and that his lucky sign has saved his life on half a dozen occasions. Of all the many and weird superstitions that exist in the British Army of to-day, the most popular has to do with the jar that contains the ration of rum.
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