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captains hold high conclavea who “put her through” gets , 4 . the back and wrung by the han ' ll? Wee Illgllfi A men 8 ‘Dell Willy “Om ';,~. ’ "Best three out of five” is t ordinary the door of a fashionabl boarding-house, HERE‘ls probably regulation, so after a fifteen mi: e breath- ‘¢3l'l‘YlH8 8 Small bundle iis hand. :_ ” no country in the ing space the ball is faced once more. ' "Wll°l'° Shall I tl“‘°W l3ll° llccllned ‘9 world that can Many years ago lacrosse. was a serious thins?” he elee11l8te<lWll<llY- “I11 all tllle g boast a more spir- matter to the Indians. Oftentimes entire great city is there no place where I can hide I ‘ ited and exciting tribes met on the field-. and the game was ll? f1"0m my sight? H31 I Wlllliry 3'01! 001“ outdoor sport than war to the‘ knife. ' Hatred, enmity, ven- 1191' in the 761‘? glare 01' the electric llgllll Canada’s national geance found footing in the sport, when The l’0ldDe35 Of the 3°‘ .Wlll‘ ‘H581’!!! Weill- game of lacrosse, perhaps two tribes who were enemies met, ‘°l0D'-” l l for although there almost as much for bloodshed as for match- He looked around and saw that no police-u _‘ _, may be irresistible ing dexterity and sporting ability. It was me?! W38 in Slgllh 01115’ 9- Smell be? 01' l‘«Wf0 .7: ° ‘fascination about not unusual for a man to be carried off the playing 3 last 281119 Of $88 befere 80lD£€‘_ ll! a base ball, a science field fatally injured, and bitter feuds were -90 bed- “Once he lied been 8 Smell l30Y Wm! in cricket and a sometimes settled or aggravated through 1l0_<ll‘e'8df1ll nlglltmafe 00 llle Genecleflce-'

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if-.,_ snap about curling, the many opportunities afforded‘ in the 13,311‘: DOW-~Well. he must 8017 at 0300- tolacrosspelone be— game for inflicting mortal injury, for_:la- He crossed to the electric light corner, it ' ..-,. J long the‘ «requisi- crosse can be made the most brutal »battle- stood a moment whistling a popular tune, ’,6.I-5:‘ 5 tion of marvelous‘ field, asiwell-as the cleanest scienee,’~a'i>cordg .t~heu.,let.tl2e bundle slide?!)-om bis‘_‘¢rssu:y~a_nd : , i" 1' agility, argue eye-A ingto the manner-and men who play it. drop softly on the pavement, iwbilelle;

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enthusiasm to those of Canada, for like all of doubling their possessions-. The stakes But he would try «again. There was the adaptations from the Indians, lacrosse has were always brought on the field, as a kind riverl Once in the river he would be safe. sprung into favor with almost incredible of incentive to the contestants. Vastq.nan- ‘He imagined he saw it‘ bobbing up and rapidity, scarcely, however, outdoingiu the ...t.lues of. silver‘ brooches, strings of purple down with the current as it sailed away or race“ its delightful‘ ‘contestants-— anoeing and yellow corn, belts of wampum, even -—would it sink-—go to the bottom and stay hnd snowshoeing. Its rules in y have ponies were brought and tied to the trees there like the octopus it was? He prayed undergone certain unimportant modifica- near by, while the tournament would last thatit would. ' ‘ .. tions, the winning ofa match may be of far for days, and many goods and chattels Poor young fellow! All his impulses . less moment and meritthan in the olden change hands, for when an Indian gamhles were good. Why hadlthis disaster come

days, but the game remains ‘practically he does so- with a zest that either brings upon him? "’It seemed a cruel, mocking ; unaltered, the sport quite as keen. the him much wealth or leaves him with bso- fate that held him in his clutches. ‘ ' participants yfullreies meltivo to sierra or 1u!°1Y,n<l¥hivsg8e¥a.lll l . 0.

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