The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-06-01
From the Catholic world
ALL-HALLOW EVE i;
OR THE TEST OF FUTURITY.
CHATTER xKuI,
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CHAPTER xxuI,
Itvas the usual method on such occasions
&ur enc leader who won the toes TO threw tho
bell With all his force a. high into the Az air a.
Eard bis opponents goal a. hecc1h: The
height into theair was % token TO hi. friends
to cheer, and the direction toward his oppo.
Of having won the toss.
This was, however, the frat occasion in the
annals of barring where this latter point bad had
MDernaots were both experienoed hurlers;
and preyious to their having taken che high
bank in suoh style, from the field outside the
men and discussed the natter thus:
phil, hope we'll win tho toss'" SAID
Enon. xu, ,.,,
= tide sss on n its way if We do, Emon
mo, Phil, that is she very point want to
settie with you. have always remarked that
towards the other goal, it is always met by. by
come good man who IS on the watch for 1t /;
and as none of the opposite party are allowed s
has 0 il sn all 70 himself. and generally deals it
auch swipe that it puts it halfway back
over tho Others heads. Now my plan 10 this
III win Che toss,' I'll throw the ball more to.
wards our own goal than towards theirs. Let
YOU be there, Phil, to meet it; and have lit.
lie fear that the frat puck you give it will
ground asI could throw it with my hand. Be-
aide. the moment the ball Is mp, our men can
advance all over the ground, and another good
NAN of ours may help it on. What say You,
"WelL Enron, there's . CRATE dale of raisou
in what Jon say, now that think Of it; bat
never seen it done that way Aore ,, -,
best men of Shanviila; and Emon, having
won the toss, east his eye over his shoulder
and ea0sht side glance of Phil A l,san in
Contrary to all experiences and all expecta-
tion, Enon-arknock, instead of casting the
hall from him, toward the Other goal, shre"
10 ~ high possible, AID unmist4kabiy In:
eliuing toward his Own. Here there was .
Mnrncr of disappointment surprise from SHAN
villa On the hill But Il was soon e1plAinec.
PHI MDernott had It all bis own way for the
6fss puck, which ras considered g0eaf OBJ
jeet. Never had ouch an expedient (ahac
dodge) to secure it been thought OF before
MDermott had full room to deal with it.
There was no one near him bot his own men,
Iho stood exciting At what they knew vas
side Of his hurl rolled the ball toward him,
and curling ii mp into the air about foot
above his head, met il as Il came down with 3
pick that vas heard all over tho hills, and
drove it three distances beyond where Enron
could have thrown it from his hand. The OBJ
jeet of the back ard cast by the leader had
Shanvilla, whose cheers of appreciation loudly
succeeded to their previous murmurs of sur
prise.
CT the spectators on the hill.
Bot cannot attend to tho game, which il
now we'll ''on," and tell You what each party
said during the struggle.
OF course the ball was met by Rathcash, and
put back but every man was now at work as
best he might, where and when he could, but
NOT altogether from under E certain sort of
discipline and eye to his leader. Now some
fortunate young fellow got an open at the ball,
and gave it puck which sent it spinning
through the crowd until stopped by the other
party. Then a close struggle and alashing of
hurls, rs IL life and death depended upon the
result, Now, again, some fellow gets an open
swipe at it, and puck 1t goes over their heads
while q rush of both parties takes place toward
the probable spot it must arrive at; them an
other crowded struggle, and ultimately an:
ether puck, and it is seen like q cannon ball
ON the stAnd at Sandyu1ount. Another rush,
another close struggle and clashing of hurls,
and puck, puck; now at the jaws of this goal
now at the jaws of that, while the cheers and
connter-cheers re-ecbo through the surround
It lie needless to say that Tom MuIdock and
EmOn-a-knock were conspicuous in all these
hall from either of them if he was likely to
get pnck Mt it in time; but no risS of 3
counter.puck would be run IL an opponent
the distinguishing oolors, and right curious it
was to see the green and red sleeves Testing
through. each other and rushing in groups to
After all, Emon's color "did not look SO
bad j" and shanvilla held their own SO gal
!ansly az the game went on, that bottingSfor
gamblers-Vhich was six, and even seven, to
four on Rathcash at the commencement, was
now even for choice. Ay, there is one red
haired fellow, with q small eye and big one,
who shoves three thimbles upon q board at
races, has offered Eve fpPenny-bits to four
upon Shanvilla; and welf he may, for Emon
and his men had got the ball amoDEst them,
and Emens orders were to keep it clCse-uot
to puck 1t ut all; now that they had it, but to
tip it along and keep round it in body. This
vas qRite fair, and would have been adopted
BY the other party had they got the chance.
They were thus advancing steadily but
slowly. Tho Rathoash men were on the out
side, bnt found it dificnlt, If not impossible.
70 enter the solid body of ShanvillA men, who
we're advancing with the ball in the middle of
them toward Rsthcash goal.
TO the front, to the front, boyS, or the
Eame tS loStp roared Tom Murdoch, who was
himself then Watching for an open TO get at
Forthwith there was a body of the green.
sleeves right before Shanvilla, who came on
SELL Rathcash Was orr E. H. ~ 1880 III o,,,,
act pot hurl on ball. 1t was . piece OF
GoneralshiP- upon the part of the ShacVilla
leader mot often before though Of and likely