Under Fire A Tale of New England Village Life

Well, Dave, it was a close game, but we managed to save ourselves after all their talk, said Tom Martin, referring to a baseball match of the previous day. Yes, but thanks to our lucky stars that Fred Worthington was with us. If John Rexford had kept him at the store, as I was afraid, we should have been badly beaten. He didn't play the whole game, did he? asked Tom sarcastically. Of course not, r...