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Fortunately, besides the two muskets many of the English had knives, and all had provided themselves with boats' stretchers, or pieces of spars, which served the purpose of singlesticks. They were thus not ill prepared to meet their assailants. The shock came. Headed by Lieutenant Hemming they stood firm. One of the first victims was a young Spanish officer.
The reader of the paper had suddenly heard a fierce, woodeny sound, like giant singlesticks, terrifyingly close behind him, and looking hastily round, he saw a most angry lady, in a bright blue dress with fur on it, like a picture, and very large wooden shoes, which had made the singlestick noise. Her eyes were very fierce, and her mouth tight shut.
He fences and singlesticks with you there you are even. But he won't box or wrestle with you." "He can out-box and out-wrestle me," Graham muttered ruefully. "You watch and you will see what I mean by not competing. He is treating me like a spirited colt, giving me my head to make a mess of things if I want to. Not for the world would he interfere. Oh, trust me, I know him.
A deep scar seamed his right temple, and on one of his cheeks were several little black pits which we believed to be the marks of bullets. He lived alone in a little cottage on the Wem road, and, not being too plentifully endowed with this world's goods, he eked out his competency by giving lessons in fencing, both with singlesticks and swords.
A bundle of singlesticks and a pair of foils stood in the corner near an open bookcase; a padded "chesterfield" and a few chairs completed the austere furnishing of the cabin. The Captain was standing before a deal table supported by trestles, which occupied the deck space beneath the open skylight.
Singlesticks and staffs, which the captain had provided for such an occasion, were brought up; and men were matched against each other with these small prizes being given to those who showed themselves the most proficient. Squads were told off to the great guns, and instructed how these should best be worked by the gunner, so that each man should do his share without hurry or confusion.
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