The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-09-25


DEAR CHILDREN: Whenever I reach At
lanta two things are sure to happen, Aunt
Susie finds use for all the money / have and
then she says must write something for cher
children" | saw her letters to you from the
north they were pretty long but she says must
write short ones. l don't see why she makes
the difference. Then the printer is on her
side, and says he cannot read my writing, but
his name is "Green," and he deserves his
name for making fun of my writing, for /
know any of you could read it. Well l am
going to tell You of something that happened
to me in a little town in Wisconsin called
Green Bay. 1t is little incident that shows
what Imagination will do for us sometimes. l
don't mind cold weather much, but one night
L had bad time of it, The day was to
leave Green Bay for little town called
Appleton, the weather clerk had said the
thermometer was to fall 200, and it was then
Just at zero. You know such sudden fall in
temperature of 20o is very uncomfortable. I
reached Appleton about o'clock land had to
leave at o'clock in the morning.) After
warming myself at the office stove, went up to
my room. When I opened tho door it felt
awfully cold but the porter turned the tran
som and said the room would soon be warm.
Just as he went out heard roaring in the
street and the windows ratified as If the wind
was blowing very hard. Good gracious I
thought that weather man had just made q
mistake of one day, and tomorrow tho Their
mometer will be 200 below zero, and I
shivered rs 1 thought of getting up Mt 3
o'clock. But as that did not help to make me
warmer, was soon ready and jumped into
bed. pulled up two blankets, but just then
cold chill began to crawl down my back, and
before it got down it seemed to be about as big
as a lump of ice. pulled up another blanket
for the wind blew and the windows ratified at
great rate, and / thought that would
freeze, and pulled up another blanket, and
then pretty thick quilt. But all Of them did
no good, for l heard the roaring, the windows
ratified and little chill would start down my
back and another would follow, as if he was
trying to catch the first one then they would
gallop up and down as if trying to get out, but
they could not. / had no more covering, so
doubled myself up in bed Gust like you would
shut o knife you have seen little boys do
that on o cold night, L have no doubt. But
when I moved half dozen of the coolest
little chills you ever heard Of galloped down
my back together. l pulled the cover down
so that no more Of them could get there. But
the wind blew and the windows ratified and
some more of them must have jumped through
the cracks, for whole crowd of them jumped
on my bald head and felt as If they were play
ing leap frog. took the second pillow and
pushed my head into it, SO that it looked like
a big poultice. "Ah, hal" said; "Mr. Jack
Frost you cannot get at me now.' But l
would get so tired of lying down-almost tied
in double-bow knot that / was obliged to
move, and just as soon as / did o dozen little
chiIls would gallop all over me.
don't think ever spent as uncomfortable
a night. About half past two the porter came
and knocked at my door. GALL right"
said, as we'll as could through my chattering
teeth. / knew it would do no good for me to
stay in bed so I bravely jumped out, expect
ing nearly to freeze. To my astonishment it
was not very cold. i dressed as hurriedly as /
could. picked up my valse and went down to
tho office. There found the omnibus driver,
and said, with sort of chatter to my teeth
cts very cold, isn't it?" "Oh no." he re-
Piled, "its heap warmer" "Why," I said,
''Iheard the wind roaring and the windows
rafting all night"
Tho driver had sort of laugh in his eyes
when he said, "that was not the wind, but the
water pouring over mill dam and that made
the windows rattle"
Isurpect looked very foolish. and rather
felt like throwing something at him, and then
nation had made me all night, for sure
enough though it was not summer weather.
it was not very cold. Yours atfectionately,
UNCLE WILL.
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