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Updated: September 16, 2025
But the story of the Snow-ball Fight has. For days the battle raged. At every recess hour the forces gathered for the exciting sport.
He had to confess to himself that the only change he could see in his sister was that she grew prettier every day of her life. "Oh, papa. I hit Sam right in the head with a big snow-ball, and I made Betty run into the house, and I slid down to all by myself. Sam was afraid," said Noah to his father. "Noah, if Sammy saw the danger in sliding down the hill he was braver than you.
Whack went the snow-ball against the door; and the boys took to their heels. Henry was laughing as heartily as he could to think what a fool he had made of George. George afterwards got a whipping for his folly, as he richly deserved. He was such a coward that he was afraid of being called a coward. He did not dare to refuse to do as Henry told him do, for fear that he would be laughed at.
What would he do to me now, I wonder, if I were to sing out "Pepper!" some day in court? Fred Langdon is in California, in the native-wine business he used to make the best licorice-water I ever tasted! Binny Wallace sleeps in the Old South Burying-Ground; and Jack Harris, too, is dead Harris, who commanded us boys, of old, in the famous snow-ball battles of Slatter's Hill.
Yes; I saw them often. And Napoleon too. They say he never played much. But you knew him at Brienne school, old Nonesuch." "Yes," nodded the old veteran; "for there my father was the porter." "He was ever grave and stern, was Napoleon; not wicked, though" "No, no; never wicked," broke in old Nonesuch. "I remember his snow-ball fight." "A fight with snow-balls!" exclaimed the youngster.
They had partly been trimmed that day; and the evening dampness brought out the faint, solemn odour of the leaves, which I never have noticed since without thinking of that night. The roses were in bloom, and the snow-ball bushes were startlingly white, and there was a long border filled with lilies-of-the-valley.
The mountain was grand, the landscape was magnificent, but to eat a handful of snow and throw a snow-ball in the middle of July this was almost like being at the North Pole; it would be something to talk about after getting home. One visitor I rejoiced to see, though a stranger.
But Bouquet only flung out a hot "I won't!" at the commander, and launched his gravel snow-ball against the decaying fort. Napoleon was just about to head the grand assault. "To the rear with you! to the rear, Bouquet! You are disqualified!" he cried. But Bouquet was insubordinate. He did not intend to be cheated out of his fun by any orders that "Straw-nose" should give him.
"Spirits of strength, as the children of the sun call you," cried the Ice Maiden, "ye are but worms! Let but a snow-ball roll, and you and your houses and your towns are crushed and swept away." And she raised her proud head, and looked around her with eyes that flashed death from their glance.
"No, no!" exclaimed Orphy, "the tinman will be angry." "And who cares if he is?" said Amy; "he has done something he is ashamed of, and we need not be afraid of him." They went quite close to the back of the cart, and Amy said, "Here, little snow-ball, show thyself and speak, and do not be afraid, for nobody's going to hurt thee."
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