The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-31

driver-one who knew the city well, and
his business then got my toboggan and
started for the slide, where L found hun
dreds of people already congregated, some
looking on, others dashing down the hill at
railroad speed, one toboggan following an.
other as fast as they could manage twas
long slide, over mile in length, and .
walk back to the starting point was slow
and tedious matter.
drew my toboggan on one side, and
keeping myself pretty well screened from
view, watched the various parties as they
came slowly up the mill, laughing and talk
ing and occasionally pausing to enjoy the
sight. 1t was a beautiful day, cool and
clear, with bright sun shining on the gilt.
tering snow, which flew into the air like
diamond dust before the toboggans as they
sped down the steep incline with their merry
loads
Suddenly | saw the hated corkscrew curls
of Mrs Jupp as she sailed into view, closely
watching my dearest girl who looked more
charming than ever in spite of her confine
ment and tears. That meddlesome Mrs
Smith Jones was with them and evidently
in the secret, for her lips were pressed
tightly together and she glanced about her
with the Self.conscious air of one who has
a duty TO perform and is ready for 1t at
any moment, and prepared for the worst
The party passed close to me, and | dis
tinctly heard Mrs. Jupp say Il assure you,
my dear, the little wretch abused ne be-
You'd belief lie actually called me l
heard TO more for Julia recognized me in
one swift glance, and first blushed, and then
turned pale-at least thought So l touched
my toboggan with my misshapen feet, and
tried TO look lovingly and meaningly at
her; but one eye being black and swollen,
the effect was probably spoiled, for she
smiled slightly and turned away her head.
Just then some one bumped into Mrs Jupp
with great force, and that irascible lady
Immediately rose to a white heat of indig-
nation, and poured out the vials of her
wrath upon the Offenders head He, the
offender, was a meek young man of the
blonde type, with an enormous toboggan in
tow, with which he was trying to force his
way through the crowd in order to reach
the slide
Now was my time, rapidly took my po-
sition, and before you could say Jack Rob-
inson' Julia jumped on and away we went.
Hurrah for the new style of clipping How
the snow flew and the wind whistledl Julia
lost her hat at the very start, and one of
my moccasins followed il Good heavens
shrieked Julia-you could hear nothing less
than a scream-"there comes aunt after u.s.
| glanced back, and my heart froze within
me. Not fifty yards behind US came Mrs
Jupp, riding her tobogSan in the fashion
and with all the abandon of q schoolboy
her curls flying wildly in the wind, her
HIGHLY mapuitial ewes ylarinp at rs oVar tina
.. - 70 t,t,.r.,a,, Ill ,sa
orhs nj so,n. ,,nt3%wn rnons,er Hsr hon.
net was still attached ia her head Inv one
string and danced !, the air babind hsr
ike a Cbinesa Kite
I, s,,,,, thot ho, oo,-,.. ,.,.r,,, sou -, -.
- - - - - a. -
| him ar or,ra y,hat 40. that 1,,o,,on 4,
! ban, Gno,,- a., va, oot,,aI,,, L,o,i- ao,u,,
| -,v;th an nrhrsrls- tho BIOL. vo,n,, mo-,
saila his t,loc-+,,n anJ brrI barSolf a fro, ,,s
| hefore any one couId st,n bsr Mrs smith,
| Jonas faintai daai ,vav and almost CANA
down tho sI;da ON har own account h,t was
caught by the unfortunate young man lust
as she was disappearing over the edge.
| "Shs is not s,esring ut all scras mad II
| .JuIia who wonld have haen CRYING IL sbs
| had had breath to snare she will unset
| to A dead certainty And truly the old
! ladv's toborgau was webbing from side to
side. in what an expert would have known
was a very dangerous way. Suddenly
| heard wild shrek, even above the roar OF
/ the wind and CHANGING back saw a confused
mass of drapery about twenty feet I'D in
| the air, apparently still rising, and closely
! followed by the toboggau. | assumed al
1 once that the entire outfit belonged to Mrs
| Jupp, and my heart grew light again
! We reached the bottom safely and aban.
doning the tobocgan to its fate, / helped
| Julia INTO the sleigh which WAS waiting for
| us. sprsnc in myself, and away we went q,
/ speed most surely forbidden by law. "Oh.
| George said Julia. who was frightened
| now and chung to ne in n charming manner
| "suppose aunt is killed. And | am sure She
! is. lji.i Won see how high she went, | mus,
I 20 hack acain-indeeL / must"
| -Nonsansa dearest. Won co.Idn't kill Mrs
| ,Iupp if Won tried She has probably stoleI
! "A .i,,t,h and Is after Us hy tins time
.nh driyar r. c.,lad Julia b,.aci,g nm :.
opca @caprt we 90 ia stars We saa,n aI,nos
n, cra vvI alopc And vat - sba said ta,r
| frur- Il ON sura sba - brrf. sha--sbs
and Julia baran TO cry in earnest Bu
when we arrived at a friends house wher
evarvtbipr xyos ready JuIta stonnad erwin,
and i,e,sn IN hJ,sh vary much ,ndaad m,
keut on blushinc until she was made Mrs
Edgerton when She said in mite a matter
and "a. amt at once And 40 having m,
wife in good hands, went to the Jupp man
SION, and rang the bell with much Inwar'
fear aud quaklnS, John, the footman