Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1865-03-08

! bent right knee slightly, made Il graceful
curve, the bottom of her skirt just brush-
ing my nose and off she went like 1,
fly ug- -fisiI-Ze ee ee st--zit swim. lin :
from side to side, her tartan skiit swayIug
h,tier and thithcr, like the folds Of "a
si anker biailed in with the ship-head to
wind
so hoi That's a challenge is il |?
And that's the way 10 skate Inun-
der IL can skate. ANY boly can
I skate -
Blu; | cou!dc't though, whatever any
body else couid do. 1 accepted Dimny
cilaileHge however, amd ler practice On
Ice % bounced up from that black
lha- box, lifted lett tcUt a little, bent right
knee, and stuck my arms akIIbo. But
l didn't cut Il curve l did Tie next best
thing, however, an cut - spread e;l.le
Fort tuot sid due southeast and star
board uuc northwest; iil | rca.ized those
sprcad-uut pictorial impo-slGIhIes on ci:
Gus bills. | wandered If my boots and
skates would ever become enpInates
again.
: 'HGllo mister, you mustn't Try to
skate all over both slu,s oil this ere PM
at once - grUwled aa Old comm, ,r,Isd
! looking clap, aS he checked UP hong
enough o put iii the remonstranoe against
my Ice monopoly.
. say Mr. Saltwater, couldn't yer
llft yerscli amla,iiip biz, so we can sail
tween yer legs 2 plped a young scamp,
file leader 10 u strIng OF twenty juscnI.c
skaters.
:" Don't try TO skate on both feet al
once, my dear sir ~ advised Il sensible.
Christian looking young man, WHO came
10 my asSisiaDce, and sci me on an even
keel once more When YOU lit one
foot, sir. yon must throw All your visor
and muscle into the other limb. And
then, remember 10 sway your body so
tha; your weight Will always be upon
tina; loot which has the ice. lis very
easy, sir,-just tins way !''-smd away
went my Christian mentor, with Il long,
stridin., graceful swInS.
. ye>-thats very easy. All the
vigor in the other limb. Ies-I can do
it So | made prodisioue effort, and
did it
stuck out my leg like musqnito
when hes Understanding. Put All my
sigor and muscle INFO right limb, ANA
couldn't get it ont again. Went OF Oh
one foot, like Il shot crooking right knee
IA little twice a minute, Just as LlttIe
Dimity did. Saw u crInuiIme craft cross
ing my course, un,er convoy OF blS
duuDlc-bamked chap, both skating Il streak.
fried 10 sheer 10 port. and 90 clear oi
EN-. Missed STAYS, and went atoul OF
Criuolime. The Toe of my port Skate
hooked Miss Somebody's skirt, which gave
me Il broad sheer TO, 10 sttr5Oard, ami l
rammed big convoy but;lng him square
on his Cutwatcr, and drove the ire-end
of my Principie slap down lis throat.
There WAS AN everlasting tangle, and all
hands went sprawllng on the Ice like u
net of Ineauga land crabs
:. Look here SRI What do You mean!'
yelled big convey, scramOiing 10 his feet,
and manoGveri,,g fora bruad-ide.
g Beg pardon sir. / couldn't help it p
| replied mcckty, sill siiIlng on t.'e Ice.
= Coutdst neip It? Why didn't YOU
stop -
Didn't know how
40 hol green on skates, ell -
- Yes, gTeen'n c;tbbHge.'
That modified the Lig chap, and set
ting me Oh my pms again, lac volunteered
to educate me in checking up.
Turn your toes up. amt dig the heels
of your skates INTO The ice thls way
And lac Illustrated.
80, yes can do that" And l did,
directly. OfI shot again one leg; steer
in this time Tor the shore-Ld shated
enough.
Half way in, AID there siidsright down
in my { urst IA crowd O! forty Or 50 girls
and men, and women AM boys. | tued
- down brakes" according TO instructors
and broke too mucA Up toes, ami
digging my heels into the ice. l sagged
back like, and doubted amidship, ;,s II |
was going 10 take Il seat-.'md L did
went down stern foremost, with a ic..ang,
that broke the ice like a pain OF window
glass shivered by pebble hurled through
it. | had AN idr,, just then that such a
bump as that would have started the ar
NOR on any iron-clad ailoAt. l sold those
internal skates, Just as sal, for four dol
lars, under a Strong conviction HAT there
no fun in skating. Its all Il humou9-
can't sl<ate-I don't want to.
es Il suppose" said the quack,
:. Won think me a fool r. - Ies, said
the patient ..but did not think you