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Title: Old Boston boys and the games they played
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Lovett, James D'Wolf, 1844-1935
Subjects: Sports
Publisher: Boston, Priv. print. at the Riverside press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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herstreet. A big, heavy negro was one daycoasting down Mt. Vernon Street on glareice, and just before he reached Charles 38 OLD BOSTON BOYS Street a sledge drawn by one horse movingat a walk came into sight. The coaster hadno time to think or swerve from his course,and with lightning speed shot under thehorses belly without touching a hoof. Itwas a close shave. Usually a boy stood at such a place tosignal to those about to start, when thecoast was clear. I remember a boy goingdown the Long Coast with one legstuck out for a rudder, as I have mentionedabove, when another sled, overtaking him,struck the projection, whirling him aroundso that he faced up hill, and the next sledstruck him full in the face, making sadwork. A funny incident occurred one morn-ing upon the Joy Street coast. A coloredwasherwoman, weighing some two hun-dred pounds, w^as ponderously and labori-ously picking her way down the icy path,carrying upon her head a large bundle oflaundered clotheS; She was so absorbed in
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FIRST LIEUT. DANIEL SARGENT24th Mass. Vol. Infantry OLD BOSTON BOYS 39 her efforts to maintain her footing that shefailed to hear, or else did not understand,the cry of Lullah! behind her. At allevents, she kept stolidly upon her way, andthe coaster, rattling down behind, keptupon his, perforce, being held to the coastby the ruts and going too fast to turn out.Of course the inevitable happened, andthe colored lady, first lifted with startlingabruptness, was then, fortunately for her,seated astride the back of the frightenedboy, who continued on down the coastfaster than ever, owing to the added weight.When she collected her senses, and foundherself neither killed nor wounded, she fellto berating the poor lad with a wonderfulflow of language, at the same time pound-ing and whacking him about his ears andshoulders during the remainder of the trip.The gentleman who told me of this con-tretemps added with a laugh that he wouldnot have minded it quite so much if shehad only landed side sad

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