Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 412
THE CATCHER. chaff and the other with eggs, dozens upon dozens,cooked and raw, white and colored. The plan of the peculiar game which follows isthat one player is pitted to run a given distance, while another safely throws the eggs from onebasket to the other, he who first completes his taskbeing,… … HAPPIER THAN LITTLE KINGS AND the young men and maidens have arrived, twoleaders draw lots to determine who shall run andwho shall throw. That decided, the contestantsare gayly decked with ribbons, a band strikes up alively air, a capering clown clears the way, and thegame begins. He who throws…
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