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Blue flags waved wildly then, while, across the dimming field, the Brimfield stand was silent and disappointed. Six minutes still remained of that final quarter, however, and the Maroon-and-Grey took courage again. When the teams lined up once more Still was at left half, Trow at right tackle and Thursby had taken Jack Innes's place.
Alwynn, who looked at him and Ruth with pathetic interest from time to time, made laudable efforts, but Dare made none. He had taken in to dinner the younger Thursby girl, a meek creature, without form and void, not yet out, but trembling in a high muslin, on the verge, who kept her large and burning hands clutched together under the table-cloth, and whose conversation was upon bees.
"Now that Robey has pinched Thursby there's only about fifteen left on the team." "Sixteen, but we thought we'd get Robey to come if he would, and 'Boots, of course, and maybe Danny. That would make nineteen in all." "Where would you have it? Is there a hotel in the village?" "Not exactly, but there's a sort of a boarding-house there; 'Larch Villa, they call it. They'd look after us all right.
Alwynn, but aroused feelings in the breast of his wife which might have brought about one of those deeply rooted feuds which so often exist between the squire's and clergyman's families, if it had not been for the timely and serious illness in which Mrs. Thursby lost her health, and the principal part of the other subject of disagreement her hair.
Mabel Thursby had met Ruth out walking that day, and had informed her that Charles was to be one of the guns, also Dare, though, as she remembered to add, suspecting Dare admired Ruth, the latter was a bad shot, and was only asked out of neighborly feeling. After parting with Mabel, Ruth met, almost at her own gate, Ralph Danvers, who passed her on horseback, and then turned on recognizing her.
"This has been a very bitter business, Thursby," he said. "It's cost me a lot of cattle and money, and I'll not take back a thing I've said about Haig's grabbing everything in sight, and ruining his neighbors. But I will say, after what you've told me, that damn it, Thursby! he is a man." "He's ready to fight with you or talk with you, as you wish." Huntingdon eyed him suspiciously.
Atkinson made six through Williams and followed it with two more past Lacey. On a fake kick Ainsmith got through Thursby for three, taking the ball across the centre line for first down. A forward pass to right end was upset by Steve and Claflin punted on second down. Kendall caught on his twenty-five and was stopped at the thirty.
I declare he has made the church stick, Ruth, and 'Blessings on my friend, which turned up at the corners twice when you put it on, and the big middle one of the kittens skating, too! Dear me! I am pleased. I hope Mrs. Thursby won't call till it's finished. But he did not look well, Ruth, did he? Rather pale now, I thought." "He has had a tiring day," said Ruth.
Alwynn had pointed out as a gift of Mabel Thursby, who always brought her back some little "tasty thing from London" with her eyes on the brass pig, Ruth resolved that, come what would, she would not allow herself to sink into such a state of mental paralysis again. To read a book of any description was out of the question in the society of Mrs. Alwynn. But Ruth, with the connivance of Mr.
Thursby has; and real, positive, actual tears were shed that she could not come when you asked us." "Is it possible?" said Charles. "It is the first time that any letter of mine has caused emotion of that description." "Ah! you don't know how important the smallest things appear if one lives in a little corner of the world where nothing ever happens. If Mrs.
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