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|Text=<p>"WARREN BUEL, as he came, bright and early, into the play-ground in the rear of the old school-house; | |Text=<p>"WARREN BUEL, as he came, bright and early, into the play-ground in the rear of the old school-house; 'hoighho! See what a nice new bat I bought at the cabinet-shop this morning. And father gave me money enough to buy a new India-rubber ball, so that I have both a new bat and a new ball.'<br /><br />"'Hurrah! for a game now,' shouted HARRY WILLIAMS, taking the ball from the hands of Warren, and bounding it high over his head. 'Let it be a <strong>game of bass</strong>. Come, Warren, and select some one to choose sides with you.'</p> | ||
<p>Warren peleeted [selected?] some favorite playmate, and the choosing went on amid loud words, and still louder laughter. | <p>"Warren peleeted [selected?] some favorite playmate, and the choosing went on amid loud words, and still louder laughter. 'Now throw up for the "'first ins,"' said the boy whom Warren had selected to choose with him. Up went the bat; and as it descended, Warren grasped it about midway of the smaller part. 'Whole hand or none!' shouted BRUCE RAWLEY, the largest boy of the school, and a noisy, troublesome fellow. Accordingly the whole hand was declared in favor of Harry's party, and the others drew back, leaving two of their number to 'throw and catch.'</p> | ||
<p><br />When it came Bruce's turn to knock, he kept his bat motionless by his side until the ball came fair. Then drawing back his arms at full length, he dealt the elastic ball such a blow that it went bounding and skipping up the ascending lawn, a distance of twenty yards or more, and crash through the school-room window.</p> | <p><br />"When it came Bruce's turn to knock, he kept his bat motionless by his side until the ball came fair. Then drawing back his arms at full length, he dealt the elastic ball such a blow that it went bounding and skipping up the ascending lawn, a distance of twenty yards or more, and crash through the school-room window.</p> | ||
<p>'' O, Bruce | <p>'''O, Bruce' exclaimed Warren, with the tears gathering in his eyes, 'you have lost my new ball, and father will not buy me another before the next quarter.'</p> | ||
<p>"What is one ball? | <p>"'What is one ball?' replied Bruce, with a sneer. 'I have lost a dozen already, and the term is not half out yet.'"</p> | ||
|Sources=<p>R. C. Knowles, <em>Hiding One's Faults, </em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Youth's Casket -- An Illustrated Magazine for the Young</span> (Volume III, 1854), page 151. G-books search <"warren buel"> on 4/3/2013.</p> | |Sources=<p>R. C. Knowles, <em>Hiding One's Faults, </em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Youth's Casket -- An Illustrated Magazine for the Young</span> (Volume III, 1854), page 151. G-books search <"warren buel"> on 4/3/2013.</p> | ||
|Comment=<p>The illustration accompanying this short story shows two boys looking down at a ball and cricket bat on the ground.</p> | |Comment=<p>The illustration accompanying this short story shows two boys looking down at a ball and cricket bat on the ground.</p> |
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Text | "WARREN BUEL, as he came, bright and early, into the play-ground in the rear of the old school-house; 'hoighho! See what a nice new bat I bought at the cabinet-shop this morning. And father gave me money enough to buy a new India-rubber ball, so that I have both a new bat and a new ball.' "Warren peleeted [selected?] some favorite playmate, and the choosing went on amid loud words, and still louder laughter. 'Now throw up for the "'first ins,"' said the boy whom Warren had selected to choose with him. Up went the bat; and as it descended, Warren grasped it about midway of the smaller part. 'Whole hand or none!' shouted BRUCE RAWLEY, the largest boy of the school, and a noisy, troublesome fellow. Accordingly the whole hand was declared in favor of Harry's party, and the others drew back, leaving two of their number to 'throw and catch.'
O, Bruce' exclaimed Warren, with the tears gathering in his eyes, 'you have lost my new ball, and father will not buy me another before the next quarter.' "'What is one ball?' replied Bruce, with a sneer. 'I have lost a dozen already, and the term is not half out yet.'" |
Sources | R. C. Knowles, Hiding One's Faults, Youth's Casket -- An Illustrated Magazine for the Young (Volume III, 1854), page 151. G-books search <"warren buel"> on 4/3/2013. |
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