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He was a young gentleman who did not suffer from excessive backwardness. 'Aht!' shouted a dozen voices as the ball went past Liza's bat and landed in the pile of coats which formed the wicket. The captain came forward to resume his innings, but Liza held the bat away from him. 'Garn!' she said; 'thet was only a trial.' HE WAS A YOUNG GENTLEMAN WHO DID NOT SUFFER FROM EXCESSIVE BACKWARDNESS ADD SHOUTED A DOZEN VOICES AS THE BALL WENT PAST LIZA'S BAT AND LANDED IN THE PILE OF COATS WHICH FORMED THE WICKET THE CAPTAIN CAME FORWARD TO RESUME HIS INNINGS BUT LIZA HELD THE BAT AWAY FROM HIM GONE SHE SAID THAT WAS ONLY A TRIAL
 the noble Marquess to prevent him from falling, fiddled about with the ornaments a little, and then started washing herself. After putting on her clothes she ate some bread-and-butter, swallowed a dishful of cold tea, and went out into the street. She saw some boys playing cricket and went up to them. 'Let me ply,' she said. 'Arright, Liza,' cried half a dozen of them in delight; and the captain added: 'You go an' scout over by the lamp-post.' 'Go an' scout my eye!' said Liza, indignantly. 'When I ply cricket I does the battin'.' 'Na, you're not goin' ter bat all the time. 'Oo are you gettin' at?' replied the captain, who had taken advantage of his position to put himself in first, and was still at the wicket. 'Well, then I shan't ply,' answered Liza. 'Garn, Ernie, let 'er go in!' shouted two or three members of the team. 'Well, I'm busted!' remarked the captain, as she took his bat. 'You won't sty in long, I lay,' he said, as he sent the old bowler fielding and took the ball himself. LT PERFECTLY SATISFIED SHE PUT HER PIN INTO ONE CORNER OF THE NOBLE MARQUESS PREVENT HIM FROM FALLING FIDDLED ABOUT WITH THE ORNAMENTS A LITTLE AND THEN STARTED WASHING HERSELF AFTER PUTTING ON HER CLOTHES SHE ATE SOME BREAD AND BUTTER SWALLOWED A DISHFUL OF COLD TEA WENT OUT INTO THE STREET SHE SAW SOME BOYS PLAYING CRICKET AND WENT UP TO THEM LET ME PLAY SHE SAID ALL RIGHT LIZA CRIED HALF A DOZEN OF THEM IN DELIGHT AND THE CAPTAIN ADDED YOU GO AND SCOUT OVER BY THE LAMP POST GO AND SCOUT MY EYES SAID LIZA INDIGNANTLY WHEN I PLAY CRICKET I DOES THE BANG NAY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BAT ALL THE TIME WHO WERE YOU GETTING AT REPLIED THE CAPTAIN WHO HAD TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF HIS POSITION TO PUT HIMSELF IN FIRST AND WAS STILL AT THE WICKET WELL THEN I SHAN'T PLAY ANSWERED LIZA GONE EARNIE LET HER GO IN SHOUTED TWO OR THREE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM WELL I'M BUSTED REMARKED THE CAPTAIN AS SHE TOOK HIS BAT YOU WON'T STAYING LONG ARE THEY HE SAID AS HE SENT THE OLD BOWL A FIELDING AND TOOK THE BALL HIMSELF
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