Ande Trembath: A Tale of Old Cornwall EnglandKemp, Matthew Stanley
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Ande Trembath: A Tale of Old Cornwall England
Kemp, Matthew Stanley
Cornwall (England : County) -- Fiction
"Bob? Aye, and two like 'im, and I would like to see 'ee do it. Now
thee art about through with furze cutting let me give 'ee a lesson or
two."
Ande sprang nimbly to his feet and Tom having arisen, they set to work.
What tugging there was in the scrimmages! What dodging! At first it was
slow work, but as the lad learned point after point he speedily put them
into practice. With all his heart, with the remembrance of Bob's insults
strong within him, with the consciousness of his strength yet
undeveloped, and with the burning desire to avenge some of those insults
to his family honour, Trembath was resolved to profit by the instruction
of his teacher.
"Bravo! Bravo! That was finely done," exclaimed Tom, when the youth,
having learned a new dodge and counter, put the same into practice in a
way that delighted the wrestler.
"Now, I suppose we 'ad better go 'ome, as thy mother may be looking for
'ee. But, mind 'ee, my lad, doant'ee go a-telling of this. Doant'ee go
a-telling. Why? 'Cause you want to take Bully Bob by surprise. Thee meet
me 'ere every evening, and thee will soon knack Bob off 'is pins."
The good-humoured wrestler vaulted the hedge and strode lightly and
rapidly away, while Ande shouldered his burden of furze and started
toward the Primrose Cottage.
CHAPTER V
"THE BIG HA' BIBLE, ANCE HIS FATHER'S PRIDE."[2]
[2] Burns' "Cotter's Saturday Night."
Burns has beautifully described the cotter's Saturday night, but that
was the cotter of Scotland. Cornwall, too, has that beautiful and
appropriate custom, not only of closing the week but also the day with
the worship of God.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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