, 1877-01-13
Mr.. hitt1ittcrtty Tries the gkntcs.


Tho fac. wn: iS"!Gd H. Scfic rtits :ss to ts family
ut tho breakfast tat,lc t1!o other morning. II .
man's heart wcs young llo ncrcr grew old. ~
ed for mn to let every Erny hair, as inst M II
came into his llcutl, cut of euo remnant ff lis
boyls!, ways and boytsf lmppinese, until llc be-
CAME nero flta'low uf hts real natural self
hls part. It looked natural and hcalthful.
Mrs. Mildlrfib said yes, but when man hadn't
Us nl,tf llalr OIL his head as would stun PIN
cushion, blIe thought he was abunt oil cin1gl,
md slo dropped lIalt-satlon Of sugar ant n
double allowance of grounds into Afr. AfEddle-
ribs eccontl ctlp OF coffee, while sic mentally
wondered ~l'at tomfoolcry TINT lnan WIS up to
now.
Tho fact was, slr. stiddlerlb. infatuated by m
artfstlc display l,e had Witnessed ut tho rink
few evenings previously, Ind ,nnlo up Ills MUD
to try n turn on thu rollcr-skatcs.
There va: ,, s9me little difficulty experienced
when Mr.. Attt1llcr!b presented himself at tho
rink n1ltl called for tic necessary parnphcrhal1a.
in ilullng talr Of skates that wollil Aceomrnu-
date him. lie has llcen Inflicted for ycnrs past
with tender Icct, ut,,t has dealt most tcndcrly
aud 1rnnluus, ntl tic DISTURBED rcneinbranecs Ut
tho tight bouts ot Ills cal!ow days, By wearing
the largest niul s0ftcst socks mud the rool!cat
bouts that could l'c had for money. Consequent
s Ms san s asksp pa9 rt ot tsi s Hat ne sy ;SE E
u pair TINT cout1 be persuaded 10 do, nul, nl-
ti.uugh Mr.. Midllcrlb eouIl not sec tl!cn when
they were TIL lia feet, i,o accepted tho ssate-
nle!'t Of tue artist that they were Just snug ftt
lie lad fnllcn With such amazing cclerity and
prftrtnesR that fio couldn't for the Hfo al htl
sec thnt It rnnct1 the slippery skate Of lfs hoy
hood a particle to takc on Tho bladc nn:l put on
lo1tcd up of lts flcat like rotkct nrnl tmtgcd
III the chandelier; and, when they fleheu IL down
anu hal.lctl Il 10 him. llo felt around for his
bead, Which seemed to havc gone story an'l L.
usual place, md i!c tenduriy covered It with his
l,nt, pulling the le1tl-Mcrc CLEAR dawn over Its
cars, to avoid tic danger nf1ult[ngi through
tho ventllator It. the cei!ing Then fe got np
very R!nw1y, nnd with alarming caution. lfe
ica OH IL a post With one tlanl ind ,ian with
tho other, and siralghtcnn,1 np by degrees. rs n
boy .!ling .,ciltd tho watsi-rtfo rises lp to sco
II lila father is conlny. Whtn he stood Ml Mt
was amazed To src low far away II was. It
didn't seem rs though ho ronld stand on QUO
il f.his knees would only quit wobblislg, he said.
lte et'it! strike out au eat around Tith any OF
wouldn't wohb!o utter no got started. MF.
Mk!'llprb's confidence in tlla htcadIncss Ut the
rolior-skate, however, had been sadly shaken
stncc he gut his foot on 1t, auss required nCseat
hea! uf persuasion IN the part uf Mr. Maxwell,
and Il great dtnl of exhibition and poetic skntIn;,
It'll the part Of the cxp1Fttory artists, to fnlHre
HIN IT. strike out. lst lie struck ont at lust,
with both feet. East hyMortti with cleft foot,
or kln4l OF up toward tic Cedar lsapIls Dcpot,
null southeast by snuti, Ut III the gu,!crat direc
tlDn Ut Dlekte's ni1l and Prospect hlufIs, will,
tic other. Ills fcctuEs were terrible. Eactl fuot
went further tan the other, mud gAtncfi Rleetl
Mt every revolution ot Tic l:tt,c wllccl*. II Mr.
Nihdlrrlb'a lc;s hnd bccn longer, lie would lsayo
rkatcd farther, and fastcr, md In more widely
dtverging directions. As 1t wns, lust bcforc llo
t"rc himself III twu, onn of Ills feet struck n
rt,e' at' t ta "tssr "c is rsos,t!;ato yo''ng
t1lu crash which accompanied his arrival, Just
falen from t1le nloan, Strong hanlls sustained
sfr. Makiicrib, and assisted hitu tn pull li1seit
tt'EetIlrr .ngnln; for tho OWNER Of tho building
tlat il Mr.. Miltllcrb fell npain he would ralsr
Tho rent. Mr. MLttllrrtt sighed heavily, and
sail It WIS dreadful feeling lo feel yourself
rcccd!ne, fairly 1tsnterra.ng ~ 1t wcrc, and
protecltngt. lie had luwevcr, he snlsl, rather
Eut the hing of II, anil thought llo would now
do very we'll II thy man. Iic sal!, would only
kindly give him IL lielpinc shove to stnrt htn'.
aud md startcI iiu,. NJ and ,ow Mr. MilaicrIh start:
u.l nl| down tho rink like a landslide Sn leNs.
llu had not gut twenty fcct nwnY frtHn tue
man bcl"rc lu tnatlc the appalling discovery that
rAtu tl.at l,is b'xiy. lio ths,,ght that maybo ie
slut oll md l.ci ,in feet elise together, bit
they held tho sturt they gained, n1.d cyrn kept
u, Increasing II. Mr. MlIdlcrIb knew that tliss
rnuld nut lust long; hc kncw TINT matters waulsl
be brought to 4 crisis vrEy soon; nnt he sur df1.
lister sturg lin In the fcc II he didn't n.atiagt
tu catch up With hin Ecct very Immediately. liz
remembered low he used t0 STOP Himself wlell
le INA boy, Hn'l raleihE Ills toes, he eaaaycsl
tu dig hss tlccts III theiloar.
lie tllro II great deal nearer, so the people
said who raw hin 20 down, digging hih toes into
theeclllny. But hctluE sosIlcthtnE tnto tho tloDr
'.s!uw np" be!oro lu went thro,ssh thu emil oi
tho huillng. llu saul. wlen they set him ul
and let hia lean uit against tho perforated end
q! the arncas.buttlr that the lee of Ills vlliWod
lis lie remembered It, wus lets addicted 10 silver
than the rink+surfacu, aiNf, WIlc!l tlAN fell O
It. le sll.! fur cn4h tn break the tnrce Ut tllr
tall. liz then uskrtl for " palr VI skates witt
a.r-hFakes, null, III Eeins informed that thcrt
were none i,l the market, o taft te would take
wt,r, he fund there wcro no tkatcs with tllost
appendaHes, he solcmn1y said, II hc llatl kI1owE
| Tint. tle would nut layo depended on them ant
lscst nat have fallen. AND 10 safd too TINT ilc
| at'uut. There werr men, ho confidently tn
| fu1!ncst tho attendant VIII, tnArncsseh l.iS feet
who never knew wbrn II WINS time tU assume tlt
dignity oi lnal.lno, aml tic pleasant reserve ni
alid rcbuke to their rt,!tdlrl iMbccitu fufls ut.
iunglngs, but, fur his part, hu could not toun
| tcIia,te such degenerate ManbouM. lie loyrt
to witness tlle sports vi youth, but hs It'd hui
feel any dcstro to join in them; and saci. fecf
lug, II any man ot lnatuEc ytars, would bs
morbid, unhealthy, foolish, and wicked.
| Land Mrs. Ms!tller!h llItnks 10 this dny tin
he got th9be three tlInpa IN ils,f.cud a1Id tn
skill knucketl of Ills elbows, o,l.l Ills shoulder
llatlcs serapc,l raw, by slipping us, the iru u,lt
sliding ai tte way t1own tlle Eighth street steps
| Just bcluw DR.. ealter's, Oh ltts back. AZ !eas
Mr. sltddIerlb Knows she knows he thinks sl
| thinks 10,