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But I was perplexed . I remembered that Sunday was the day fixed for the great baseball match , when those from `` Home , '' as they fondly called the land across the sea from which they had come , were to `` wipe the earth '' with all comers . Besides , `` Divine service '' was an innovation in Swan Creek and I felt sure that , like all innovations that suggested the approach of the East , it would be by no means welcome . However , immediately under the notice of the `` Grand Baseball Match for ` The Pain Killer ' a week from Sunday , at 2:30 , Home vs. the World , '' I pinned on the door of the Stopping Place the announcement : `` Divine service will be held at Swan Creek , in the Stopping Place Parlor , a week from Sunday , immediately upon the conclusion of the baseball match . `` Arthur Wellington Moore . '' There was a strange incongruity in the two , and an unconscious challenge as well . All next day , which was Saturday , and , indeed , during the following week , I stood guard over my notice , enjoying the excitement it produced and the comments it called forth .