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[[underlined]] Ball Game [[/underlined]]

barn & the four year old in blue was drawn into their company tho he was so anxious to watch the game it was hard to get him from behind the batter.  The farmer's wife & his dog stood in the barn door as audience part of the time, & before the game was over - to the consternation of one of the teams chasing a flying ball - the cows wandered in along the edge of the diamond coming to milking.
  When it was all over & the Blues had won, 20 to 18, the victors after cheering themselves, cheered their opponents; which would ^ [[insertion]] perhaps [[/insertion]] have been a surprise to the umpire if he had not gone off with a friend before the end of the game casually turning to call over his shoulder as he left the field, that he had to go.
  One of the small farm boys ran for a lady who couldn't run, & as cheerfully trotted off to the spring for water when he wanted to watch the game.  
  Beforehand one of the girls described a base as "a cushion you carry around with you!" & 'strikes' & 'runs' & 'outs' had to be elaborately explained by the initiated.