myselflayatthebaker’sfeet，whohadjustraisedhisspoke，probablytogivemetheCOUPDEGRACE，-itwasanawfulmoment。
JustthenIheardashoutandarushingsound；awild-lookingfigureisdescendingthehillwithterriblebounds；itisaladofsomefifteenyears；heisbare-headed，andhisreduncombedhairstandsonendlikehedgehogs’bristles：hisframeislithy，likethatofanantelope，buthehasprodigiousbreadthofchest；hewearsamilitaryundress，thatoftheregiment，evenofadrummer，foritiswildDavy，whomamonthbeforeIhadseenenlistedonLeithLinkstoserveKingGeorgewithdrumanddrumstickaslongashisservicesmightberequired，andwho，ereaweekhadelapsed，hadsmittenwithhisfistDrum-MajorElzigood，who，incensedathisinaptitude，hadthreatenedhimwithhiscane；hehasbeeninconfinementforweeks，thisisthefirstdayofhisliberation，andheisnowdescendingthehillwithhorridboundsandshoutings；heisnowaboutfiveyardsdistant，andthebaker，whoapprehendsthatsomethingdangerousisathand，prepareshimselffortheencounter；
butwhatavailsthestrengthofabaker，evenfullgrown？-whatavailsthedefenceofawickershield？-whatavailsthewheel-
spoke，shouldtherebeanopportunityofusingit，againsttheimpetusofanavalancheoracannon-ball？-fortoeitherofthesemightthatwildfigurebecompared，which，atthedistanceoffiveyards，sprangatoncewithhead，hands，feetandbody，alltogether，uponthechampionoftheNewTown，tumblinghimtotheearthamain。AndnowitwastheturnoftheOldTowntotriumph。
Ourlatediscomfitedhost，returningonitssteps，overwhelmedthefallenchampionwithblowsofeverykind，andthen，ledonbyhisvanquisher，whohadassumedhisarms，namely，thewheel-spokeandwickershield，fairlyclearedthebraeoftheiradversaries，whomtheydrovedownheadlongintothemorass。