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Excerpt from Juvenile Instructor, Vol. 35
He could not play ball.' His throw and catch were as awkward as his figure was lean and long. fire it on, Sissy, with a host of such ironical remarks from his play fellows, made him resolve that he would beat them at their own game. He went home and nearly pounded in the gable of his mother's barn, working with his ball day and night until be conquered; he became a leader in the game, the captain of his nine. Then seeing no profit further, he quit the business. It was the same with marbles and other games.
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