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Updated: April 30, 2025
He couldn't have been at work more than a minute, but to me it seemed an hour or more, and I prayed that he might succeed in opening the scuttle, and I wondered at his surprise if he should throw back the sliding-board and see me come out with upraised pistol. But a pistol spoke close at hand, and the narrow slit in the board let in the sun again and I saw the Chinaman fall just outside.
"Don't flinch.... Go down hard and slide... light on your hands... keep your heads up... slide!" This feature of cage-work caused merriment among the onlookers. That sliding-board was a wonderful and treacherous thing. Most players slid off it as swift as a rocket. Arthurs kept them running so fast and so close together that at times one would shoot off the board just as the next would strike it.
Arthurs' round face went red; he gurgled and gasped for breath; he was sinking to his knees when the yelling and crowing of the students on the platform straightened him up. He walked about a few minutes, then ordered sliding practice. The sliding-board was brought out. It was almost four feet wide and twenty long and covered with carpet. "Run hard, boys, and don't let up just before you slide.
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