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"It doubled him up for a moment and then he made a dash toward me with his bat in hand. I am satisfied now that I would have fled at his awful approach had my strength not been paralyzed by the terror of the situation. As it was, my inability to budge probably saved me. Holding his bat In one hand and shaking the other fist under my nose Mr. Anson shoulted, 'Young fellow, did you do that on purpose?'

"I assured him on my honor that it was an accident, and after receiving an abject apology he returned to the plate muttering and shaking his head. Throughout all the game thereafter I kept the ball well away from his gigantic person.

"Well, we beat them, I think by the •core of 17 to. 8. The Ansons had lost, all the spare cash they could raise. The town was filled with gloom that night, for the Ansons were mighty in that oo mm unity and the citizens mourned with tho Ansons over their lois."

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