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Much, he felt, depended on him, and he had never been more comfortably set; but his men would they be as reliable? He decided to hit out, and Mulgoa roared as the hundred went up for a beautiful boundary hit. Six wickets were down, and Mulgoa was 107 at the end of the over. It seemed safe enough. Jim took the ball again, his fingers pressing the red surface almost lovingly.
Out in the open a Mulgoa man shrugged his shoulders, remarking, "He won't try!" and was promptly attacked furiously by three small boys of Cunjee, who pelted him with clods and abuse from a safe distance. Murty looked at Jim with a little half-apologetic gesture, and Jim grinned. "Play up, Murty, old chap!" he said. It was not in vain that he had schooled the stockman in the paddock at Billabong.
It seems Cunjee is playing Mulgoa in a great cricket match on Thursday, and they're short of men. They want to know if they can recruit from Billabong." "Good business!" said Jim, joyfully, while Wally hurrahed below his breath. "But will they let us play, Dad Wal. and me?" "Oh, they've fixed that up with the Mulgoa fellows," said his father. "It's all right.
Finally, the men were ready; a somewhat motley crowd not more than seven or eight in flannels, while the remainder were in ordinary dress, with occasionally riding breeches and leggings to be seen, and not a few football jerseys. The Mulgoa men, on being mustered, were found to be a man short, while Cunjee had one to the good.
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