Baxters Second Innings Specially Reported for the School Eleven
Baxters Second Innings Specially Reported for the School Eleven
Oliver Optic
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They come drib- bling along the pitch and you slog SECOND INNINGS. 27 at them gaily with the probable alternative of being ' caught ' if you hit, or 'bowled' if you miss. Good slows are about as diabolical as any- thing in that region can be and that's saying a good deal. The average boy is fairly proof against a very big temptation ; it is the little ones that play the mischief. " " How's that ? " asked Baxter, lay- ing down his cup. "We are mostly too proud to go wrong in a big way. Notorious... sins are bad form ; but when quiet temptations come which no one knows about, even the strongest may break down. Then of course "there's the other side. One thing that keeps us up in great 28 BAXTER'S matches is the applause of the spec- tators. But on the week-days, when we are practising alone against the slow monotony of a private sin, there is no crowd to cheer us when we win or hiss at us when we lose. These are really the great days, Baxter. They are the decisive battles of a boy's life. " "But must a fellow meet every ball, " said Baxter "every miserable little slow ?
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