Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-01-17
GIRLS AND SLEIGH RIDES.
Interesting to Young Ladies who are go.
Unwilling to Get Themselves iu,l,cc
Again.
ChIcGgO TI5ah,

Two young men of the upper ten 90
down TO dinner in the Palmer House ca.
They were talking about sleigbing.
There are girls and girls, my boy, sal
one, but there are few girls who know ho'
to sleighride. For instance, there's Mis-
N. | took her GU. last evening. Il
the drawing room she's O model ente'
] %tainer, but she don't know how TO slelgA
ride one little Bit"
How was sheY'
"Oh, muhled to the ears, and strsic o.
freezing to death. When she met me o.
the parlor she was wrapped in cloAks 'ga-
head to foot and q monstrous muller con
pletely hid every feature OF her face eNr,n
her eyes. She hobbled down the stair
yes, hobbled, for she ran the risk Of Or K
ing her neck with the articles she had ~
and the old lady followed with atoo. MOS
Have | got to take that sleigh-r'dlu' ]
thought as / sized her up. dlt, :
put my thoughts in words, h5wry..
asked if she'd been sick She
didn't hear me. poor girl; she co.lir
have heard a musket fired under her ga--
Sh5 couldn't even free her hands 70 -h,5-
with me. How | ever got her in the sleigh
| don't know. | had TO sit on the &c, % Of,
the seat TO give her turs room. Shed have
made a rafting good advertisement Tor .ts
fur men. Finally | suggested that il Wa,
not so cold ss she had anticipated. 80
answer. Another square aud | tried i
again. Still she sat AS silent as the s.oE
beneath US and huddled up like an E..u.
mau. | hadn't said a word Tor i've ma.
utes-l had got Disguised and swore OIL
when ! heard a muttering from bcry.'E
the turs beside ME and caught the wosis
"'-id-spesk, Mifter A.
81 tried TO make her understand thai .
hadn't spoken and didn't want to, hn' .
had to give that up too. Well, SAY, IG,ia,
prolong the meeting. 1t WAS TO Joyous tot
me. | whipped up the nags and 20, over
the boulevard as quick as the Lord wcr'i
let me, and when | finally turned her owe:
to the care of the old lady at Der own gate
l felt almighty thankful for the deliver
ance.'
Hal ha! | sympatize with you i.
been there myself
81 take Miss H, OF Indiana ayea.-
out this evening. It's my first with hrr
and if she shows up like the las, cEC J
am done sleighing FOX the season.
well, she won't, you can bet on it. ! .e
been there, too. | take her to-morrov
night myself, and I've been looking III
ward to it for a week. She isn't much ir
the drawing-roon, you know; always b..
presses me- with the idea that shed III. ;.
get away from the.crowd, and ! guess 'hG' a,
about the size of it, for she's a darling ~
a cutter. III lay ten to one that w.rG
she meets you in her parlor tonight f.r
will have on a sealskiE cloak with the collar
turned up behind; that her bands vii. r.
encssed in seal gsuntlets; that sha d
wear q seslskin Alexis cap pulled doa
over her ears, and that you'll gee he toes
of a nstty pair Of alligstors looking or.
from beneath her walking skirt. II when
you start of she tells you that she mus,
have dropped one Of her gauntlets in tn
hall, and right after lays the k~id-gloye8
hand next to you upon her lap and under
the robes TO keep it warm, don't be a foo
and insist upon going back for the glo9a
You will make her mad if you do. Saba'
The faster you drive and the farther you c,
the faster she'll talk. The colder e..
weather the rcdder her cheeks aud tho
better she hkes it. and whor
you stop at the end OF your route, II so.
should drive out for a call in Hyde Par ID.
| did, you will find her as lively as q cricsa,
and as pretty as q picture. Coming hone
give your nags rein, and turn your corn.rs
with q rush if you want to feel the clasp
her hand upon your arm and perhnps SO.
the red cheek next to you deliciously pea:
your shoulder as she gasp, laughs, and cali
you a reckless fellow. OF course shc ISL
really frightened; she likes it. Take ~
word for it, If Miss H goes with you %
night you will want to take her hga,,
as trim as your cutter end two" 8.
entertaining.