tailieunhanh - THE VALLEY OF THE MOON JACK LONDON BOOK 1 CHAPTER 4

THE VALLEY OF THE MOON JACK LONDON BOOK 1 CHAPTER 4 Đây là một tác phẩm anh ngữ nổi tiếng với những từ vựng nâng cao chuyên ngành văn chương. Nhằm giúp các bạn yêu thich tiếng anh luyện tập và củng cố thêm kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh . | THE VALLEY OF THE MOON JACK LONDON BOOK 1 CHAPTER 4 After dinner there were two dances in the pavilion and then the band led the way to the race track for the games. The dancers followed and all through the grounds the picnic parties left their tables to join in. Five thousand packed the grassy slopes of the amphitheater and swarmed inside the race track. Here first of the events the men were lining up for a tug of war. The contest was between the Oakland Bricklayers and the San Francisco Bricklayers and the picked braves huge and heavy were taking their positions along the rope. They kicked heel-holds in the soft earth rubbed their hands with the soil from underfoot and laughed and joked with the crowd that surged about them. The judges and watchers struggled vainly to keep back this crowd of relatives and friends. The Celtic blood was up and the Celtic faction spirit ran high. The air was filled with cries of cheer advice warning and threat. Many elected to leave the side of their own team and go to the side of the other team with the intention of circumventing foul play. There were as many women as men among the jostling supporters. The dust from the trampling scuffling feet rose in the air and Mary gasped and coughed and begged Bert to take her away. But he the imp in him elated with the prospect of trouble insisted on urging in closer. Saxon clung to Billy who slowly and methodically elbowed and shouldered a way for her. No place for a girl he grumbled looking down at her with a masked expression of absent-mindedness while his elbow powerfully crushed on the ribs of a big Irishman who gave room. Things ll break loose when they start pullin . They s been too much drink an you know what the Micks are for a rough house. Saxon was very much out of place among these large-bodied men and women. She seemed very small and childlike delicate and fragile a creature from another race. Only Billy s skilled bulk and muscle saved her. He was continually glancing from face .