" A hurlie, be it known, was a small boy or man who, in the fashion of a ball-game of the day, propelled the balls along the icy surface of the pond with a long, sharp-pointed stick, and the race was accorded to whoever first caught the ball,often a trial of both speed and endurance when the course was a long one.

The Fates provided that man, also, in Dr. Lewis,so hale and hearty, so profoundly confident in the omnipotence of his own methods and the uselessness of all others, with such a ready invention, and such an inundation of animal spirits that he could flood any company, no matter how starched or listless, with an unbounded appetite for ball-games and bean-games.

But there was no sympathizing with the man who came in from a doctor's all-night vigil like a boy from a ball-game, gave her a hard brisk kiss on the cheek-bone, and then, before taking his place at the table, unfolded the morning paper for a glance at the head-lines.

"This, all the morning and a ball-game in the afternoon.

This convict had then frantically kicked dirt over the boards, had clawed down still more dirt, to make sure nothing could be seen of the holehad made the thing look just like part of the big dirt-pile indeedand then had legged it to the ball-game now in progress on this midsummer Saturday afternoon, at the extreme south end of the yard, behind the mat-shop.

The excitement of running after news, rather than waiting for news to land in the form of press notes or government hand-outs, is a different ball-game altogether.

There are, of course, no such rules as in a specialized ball-game of civilization; and I saw no disputes.

There were various sports, such as ball-games and footraces; and the treaty was brought to a satisfactory conclusion.

May John andgo to the ball-game?

Please let John andgo to the ball-game.