It was "a quarter" to get in,
so the spectators were naturally composed of persons who
could afford the quarter, and persons like the young
Flannigans and Finnigans, who absolutely couldn't, but
who had to be there all the same. Lorne and Advena
Murchison never had the quarter, so they witnessed few
lacrosse matches, though they seldom failed to refresh
themselves by a sight of the players after the game when,
crimson and perspiring, but still glorious in striped
jerseys, their lacrosses and running shoes slung over
one shoulder, these heroes left the field.
The Birthday I am thinking of, with Mrs Murchison as a
central figure in the kitchen, peeling potatoes for
dinner, there was a lacrosse match of some importance
for the Fox County Championship and the Fox County Cup
as presented by the Member for the South Riding. Mrs
Murchison remains the central figure, nevertheless, with
her family radiating from her, gathered to help or to
hinder in one of those domestic crises which arose when
the Murchisons were temporarily deprived of a "girl."
Everybody was subject to them in Elgin, everybody had to
acknowledge and face them. Let a new mill be opened, and
it didn't matter what you paid her or how comfortable
you made her, off she would go, and you might think
yourself lucky if she gave a week's warning.
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