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PEN SNAPSHOT OF THE BRITISH FAN.

In the last of the tenth, four runs to the bad,
 The first home man up made a hurricane swipe;
He tripled to center. "That wasn't half bad,
 Doncher know," said a rooter while puffing his pipe.

Then followed a double that whistled to right;
 Two yeomen, applauding, were chased from the park;
The score was soon tied up with victory in sight.
 "Bah Jove," murmured one, "what a deuce of a lark!"

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