Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-19
Hugsing at the Rink.

Say, Jiih, did you ever have on n
a pair Of them skates with wheels on ~
inquired one boy of another.
| No, bdt heard heap bout 'em;
fss Now all the people Is c:rSlzier than
bed-bugs."
"Did yer know what makes 'em cra-
'Izys No, ehl Well, IN Just tell yer
what makes 'em crazy. Yer kin jest
bar witness yerself how young folkses
like hdggin'. I know Yer Kin, cause
I've seeh yer Iayin' in the high grass
along side yer front steps watchin' Bill,
Jones hug yer Sister Annie, when I was
a layin' on the other side. Gosh, he's
/ a. regular leinrnfng sqheezer, 'aint hea
WeTl, as wins Jist going to tell yer, it's,
jist for huggin' that all the peoples got
wild over skatin'. Las night that la
dy what fives next door to assent over.
and wanted ter know ifI couldn't go to
the rink with her, cos her father and
brother were both away and she were
afraid to go alone--reckon she aint got
no feher, Wen, my ma made me go
and gim' me some money ter get in and ]
get some skates, pervided / wanted to-
take hand at pilotin' 'em round the 4
floor. When wegot to the rink start
ed off at the door. and said I'd wait fer
her when she come out, but she made
me- go in with hercaa!Susse she wanted me
to skate With her, SEEM there want \
none Of her gentlemen friends goin' to
Uc Tnere Unut evcnTIr --uu0 sue k1rn gov
nun, cause she is homefiesr than one
eyed poodle. She took hold 6f my ell A
bow and kinder dragged me in, SO IL
was perlite enough ter go. got her
skates and put 'ein on, and then load
ed myself on a pair of the derned lit
tie wagons. Then she wanted ME ter
skate with her and didn't wait ter git
my consent, but just took hold of nay
hands and started ont usih' 'em more
like handles to a wall1in stick than en-
nythfhg else. Them derned little veg
ons amt no fool thing ter skate Oh, and
cause she didn't know how ter skate,
and didn't neither, we didn't get very
far 'af6re sumthin' happened. The
first thing knew about it one 'of her
skates was rin'nin' kinder wild round 4
toward the seats. Both wer huntin'
fur some place to stop, and dshe seemed
LfnIar apvsn,,c Far J., x-a fayA, orif thara
But tho heavy act cum on when she
Civ up tryin' ter so both ways ter
onct, ter ketch her feet and threw her
arms around me like Bill Jones did
around Annie, only she threw her hull
weight in the huggin'. My feet wasn't
stationary with them wagons on 'eIn,
and when they did get start it took a
yoke of oxen to stop EN-, cause there
was so much weight barin' on 'em, yer
know, Jim. jist dropped the length
of my iegs, and ther wasn't no snow to
make it soft ike ther is on n slippery
liill. Don't yer know, jim, the teach
er let me stan up all the time for the
last two days. Well, that's why. But
Rroetr stfohg' eIIu1f Ato Iissta q tGsisyJJ 4is lgrr
up, yer can bet yer shoe strings I'd had
SOME huggin'. ! iist seen tots and lots
of girls trip and fall inter the arms of
some feller He'd just hug her with
! all his might, too. It's the gIoriestest
way of huggin' yer ever seen. Them
brass Bands jist chunes d feller right
up ter it, and Civ yer inspiration-but
say. if yer ever try it, don't sit a big
girl what can't skate, fer huggin' dead
weight amt no picnic. jest tell yer
though, them rinks are reglar huggiA'
bees.