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Charles darted a glance at him as he came rushing on, and shoved the puck out temptingly, meaning when Sheldon reached for it to whisk it as before up against the fence and recover it on the rebound. But this time Sheldon ignored the puck entirely; he rushed into Charles headlong, and together they went down with a great crashing of sticks and clattering of skates. Charles was pitched over the fence out upon the hard frozen ground, where he lay motionless.