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Thus Bourne had six caps at his disposal, and since "Socker" had been introduced, the last cap was always given so that when the school played the last match the Carthusians the eleven would be complete.
They came running over and found him standing like the hunter in an amateur photograph, holding his bow in one hand and the big Woodchuck by the tail in the other. "Now, I guess you fellers will come to me to larn you how to kill Woodchucks. Ain't he an old socker? I bet he weighs fifty pounds yes, near sixty." "Good boy! Bully boy! Hooray for the Third War Chief!
Shannon, the old Blue, had brought down a rattling eleven two Internationals among them to give the school the first of its annual "Socker" matches.
What a socker!" he exclaimed, as the enraged and bleeding animal came full tilt against the trunk of the tree.
He has a den in our clover field, an' he made it so big that the mower dropped in an' throwed Paw as far as from here to the crick." "An' the horses, how did they get out?" "Well! It broke the machine, an' you should have heard Paw swear. My! but he was a socker. Paw offered me a quarter if I'd kill the old whaler.
We have a particular code of football of our own, which the school has played time out of mind; but, ten years ago, the Association game was introduced, despite the murmuring of some of the masters, many of the parents all old Amorians and of Moore, the Head, who had yielded to varied pressures, but in his heart thought "Socker" vastly inferior to the old game.
"Good for you, Jack!" exclaimed Dick. "If you want any help call on us!" "Thanks," replied Jack. "Now I guess we'd better get ready for breakfast." His chums left him to complete his dressing, and, when they were gone, Jack carefully laid aside the spark plug Budge had given him. "First link," he said. During the noon intermission Jack had a short but earnest talk with Socker, the school janitor.
"So much the better," said Jack, as he gave Socker a small sum of money. "I'll keep quiet about this, don't worry." "I hope you will," the janitor went on. "It's against the rules for me to do what I did, but I want to oblige you, and have you come out all right." "Which I think I will," Jack added. When he was alone he opened the bundle Socker had brought.
"This is the lovers' bower," observed Agnes, sitting down on the bench. Rickie stood by her till the chair arrived. "Are you smoking before lunch?" asked Mr. Dawes. "No, thank you. I hardly ever smoke." "No vices. Aren't you at Cambridge now?" "Yes." "What's your college?" Rickie told him. "Do you know Carruthers?" "Rather!" "I mean A. P. Carruthers, who got his socker blue." "Rather!
He carried several bundles, while Socker, the janitor, bore a rack of test tubes he had taken from Jack's room. The lads mentioned attended, wondering what had happened. "What's this all about?" demanded Adrian, haughtily. "I haven't had my breakfast yet." "The time was up an hour ago," said Dr. Mead sharply, glancing at the new student, who seemed disposed to take life as easily as possible.
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