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Updated: June 23, 2025
Baynes, the odd man, had missed a chance a few overs back from standing too deep. This time he had crept in close, and saved the Sixth by one of the neatest low-catches that had ever been seen in a Dominican match. "I tell you what, Wray," said Oliver one evening about a week after the match, "I heartily wish this term was over." "Why, that's just what I heard your young brother say.
Upon his face is the expression John knows so well and fears so much the consciousness of power, the stern determination to be first, to shatter previous records. John can predict and does so with absolute certainty what will happen. For six overs the Demon will treat every ball good, bad, and indifferent with the most distinguished consideration.
In the first place, the neighbourhood of the advanced farm was not healthy. The front gate was marked down by a sniper who fired not infrequently but a little high. Between the back gate and the main road was impassable mud. Again, the farm was only three-quarters of a mile behind our trenches, and "overs" went zipping through the farm buildings at all sorts of unexpected angles.
When Mavis next visited Miss Nippett, she rummaged, at her friend's request, in the cupboard containing the unclaimed "overs" for finery with which the accompanist wished to decorate her exalted state. If Miss Nippett had had her way and had appeared in the street wearing the gaudy, fluffy things she picked out, she would have been put down as a disreputable old lady.
I'm glad he got out for five. I wish he had been bowled for nix. With these pleasant thoughts in my mind I walked leisurely up the ground, from where I had been standing by the scoring tent watching the game, and with an inward sinking at my heart faced the "Slogger," as we had christened our opponents' terrible bowler. For a couple of overs I got on very well.
Miss Camilla had been very kind and understanding at the time of the parting with Carlotta, albeit with a grimly humorous disapproval of the whole inflammatory affair; as well as at other times; and there was nothing that he would not do for her. Arctics and Lumberman's Overs he passed by with a grin as inappropriate to the climate.
"With all them fine gentlemen's sons looking down on ye for a beggar!" "Let them look," Dan had said philosophically. "Looks don't hurt, Aunt Win. It's my chance and I'm going to take it." And he was taking it bravely when poor Aunt Win's rheumatic knees broke down utterly, and she had to go to the "Little Sisters," leaving Dan to summer with the other "left overs" at Saint Andrew's.
The bowlers were trying what the batsmen were made of, and the batsmen were trying what the bowlers were made of. Riddell was thankful for his part that no ball came his way, and the spectators generally seemed to regard two maiden overs as a sort of necessary infliction at the opening of any big match. But when Bloomfield took the ball again it was evident things were to grow a little brisker.
The first few overs were not eventful. They rarely are. Our men had to get used to the ground and the ball; and the batsmen chose to be exceedingly careful how they hit out at first. In the third over a single run was made, and of course the Westfield fellows cheered as if the match were already won.
But we must try to give it a safer outlet than roofs and bell towers," he added thoughtfully. "Let me see! If we could send our 'left overs' some place where they could have more freedom. Father Tom Rayburn has just written me that Freddy has fallen heir to some queer old place on the New England coast.
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