St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-14

appreciated his unselfshness and magma
nimity TO such degree that believe tears
came into my eyes, but / answered him
firmly enough: No. Mr. Walker; while
thank you with all my heart for your kind
ness, am too awfully ashamed of the trouble
gave you to think Of accepting your brave
and noble offer TO make q martyr Of your
self for the second time tonight / will
place myself in the care Of Mr.. Verdant;r
which did. but bitterly did regret doing
so. II my host enjoyed anything. he en-
joyed teasing me; he positively reveled in
it; he lost no opportunity TO exercise his
! talent in that direction: he was forever look
ing out for chance to bring down my
wrath upon his head and that night stands
out in hiss memory as one Of the most salts
factory of his life.
OF course my snowshoes came of at the
slightest provoCation, which fact delighted
him exceedingly. Once | got stuck IN a
fence. and hung there for several minutes
before he saw ft 10 take me down. To cap
the climax be insisted upon my going down
hill. and when about half way down
came TO grief as on previous occasion, and
was half buried in snow. AT that instant
my companion cried out in we'll feigned
horror: MY God here comes wolfp' IL
knew number of them had been seen in
the neighborhOOd.) MY poor girl forgive
me. but II l stor to dig ycI out we will
both perish, | have wife and little ones
dependent upon me, for their axes must
not endanger my hfe-forgive me, and
good bye"
l glanced over my shoulder, and to my
unspeakable terror / saw a uark object
coming toward me. My blood seemed to
turn 70 Ice; my hair 10 stand on end.
Come back" l screamed. as Mr.. Verdant
made as II to run; you miserable coward,
would you leave me TO De deyOured? On,
heaven! helpl helpr' l closed my eyes-I
held my breath. and just when heroine
should have tainted away, a shout caused
me TO open my eyes in time TO see tobog-
gan whiz nast me with its merry load.
Mr.. Verdant returned then. and extri-
Gated me, with many apologies. for giving me
such fright but 1 could see that he was
| literally tremulous with joy at having sue
ceeded in reducing me TO such a state of alb
ject fear, consequently l would not accept
his apologies. but tramped by his side with
as much dignity as | could command under
the circumstances. and with my mind fully
first opportunity.
BY delegation from SLEEPY Hollow, :"
|
because. knowing her husbands weakness,
she feared that 1 would come to grief il
left entirely at his mercy.
1t was decided that / had had enough
| practice on snOwShoes for one night. and
that we should make the rest of the dis
lance by means of the railroad track, which
We did. and finally reached our destination.
| i peeped in the drawing room on my way
up stairs and saw the members of the IS.
G. B." snowshOe club. dancing and other
wise enjoying themselves with as much
zeal as though they had not just returned
from an eight-mile tramp.
did not appear again that night. but
made my excuses and retired completely
used up.
l have been on snOwshoes hundred
times and more since then, but my sYmpa-
thies are always with the novice. whom
| earnestly and feelingly recommend tC
practice little In private before attempting
a tramp across the country. l.. Il. ID.
ST. Paul, Mimi, Feb. 5, 1886.