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Identifier: stnicholasserial04dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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k, and almost held mybreath in dismay ; but everybody around me waslaughing, and the gymnasts themselves did not seemto think of danger. As easily and naturally as youwould catch a ball tossed toward you by your com-panion, the first man opened his mouth just at theright instant, touched the purse with his lower lipto dislodge it from the peg, and caught the stringbetween his teeth, just as his time was up, by theveering away of the stage. Several others followed,with the same success, each loudly cheered, andappearing triumphantly happy. Then for one poorfellow, who failed to catch the coveted prize, camethe usual penalty of being hissed and hooted at bythe crowd; but worst of all, he had to let go thestage, grasp the pole to which the purse wasattached, and, with hands and legs entwined, slidedown as best he could to the ground. I thought,of course, he would fall; but he let himself down asreadily as a monkey or a squirrel could have done, 128 SOME ORIENTAL SPORTS THAT I SAW. (Decem
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CATCHING THE PLKSE. (DRAWN BV A SIAMESE ARTIST.) or even the dan of a descent that bare pole. course there w only a few seconds of ti for him to seize the p as the stage swung aw and had he halted or h tated at all, he must im tably have been dashed pieces. A native artist drewscene for me, but failedgiving an idea of the grheight of the poles. In another game,poles forty feet higherected five feet apart,the top of each was a sriplatform sufficient to aftstanding-room for a sinman. When the perfoiance began, a man stoodone platform with hisupward, and on the otstood one in his natural p1tion. As soon as the sigwas given, the two acchanged places and positiat the same time; so tthe one who had stoodhis head on the platfcnearest to me, passedcomrade and came downhis feet on the platformther off. This exchawas repeated some twetimes or more, withoutpause of a single momeand when these retired,same feat was repeatedother gymnasts. Then came a gamewhich four lances or spewere placed points

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