Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 697
t. Bens beat! Hooray!shouted the boys, throwing up their hats. There was only a hairs-breadth difference, andBab could honestly have disputed the decision ; butshe did not, though for an instant she could nothelp wishing that the cry had been, Bab s beat!Hurrah ! it sounded so pleasant. Then she… … PKACTICING FOR THE MATCH. was a shout of delight from the girls as Thorny an-nounced it before he hurried back to Ben, whisper-ing anxiously : Steady, old man, steady; you must beat that,or we shall never hear the last of it. Ben did not say, She wont get ahead of me,as he had said at the first; he…
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