The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-18

only the most skiIlful professors should en-
ture to attempt it. That girl will know
better another time. Thanks to her exam
pie, Bette, you know better already
Partly reassurei, Bette seated erSelf en-
bench and Above her betrothed to fas Ell
on her skates. Then, sitting down beside
her. he put on his own. Now catch hold
of my IN and stand up" said he
Goodness! how tall they make one"
murmured Bette, as she arose. But
what makes my ankles feel so 10 rsel Oh,
John, I'm sure something is wrongw
You'll catch the idea directly" John
repl ed. Here we gol" And putting mis-
arm under her shoulders he Went forward a
few PAGES, carving ather than leading her
with him. This brought them to tue ice,
and Talbot giving slight push with one
foot, glided out upon the surface, Bette
perforce accompanying.
So far ali was we'll enough; but as Talbot
swung round at the end of his slide, his
companion, who was unprepared for such
vancouver, went all to pieces. The foot
furthest from him followed his course; the
other foot continued Oh its direct course;
the consequence was they crossed; tripping
each other up, and somehow shooting up
ward. Bette clutched her lover with a de-
spairing grasp, one hand fastening upon his
sleeve the other upon the scarf, which en-
clrcled his neck, using the knot to
tighten with such jerk that Johns eyes
almost stared out of his head Involultari-
ly, d without a due regard to ultimate
consequences, he st owe to avert strang la
ton with his free hand. But fate in the
guise of Bette, was not to be denied. She
| achieved wild evolution, in which all the
mem lers of her frame took part, though in
dlSJointed and homogeneous ways. This
evolution was performed in moment of
time, and the most uaimpassioned spectator
would have found ii impossible to analyzs
| its component parts and place them in their
due chronological order. AS for Iohn,
who could scarcely be regarded as a specta
tor, and who, at that particular iuncture.
was certainly not uninlpaSsloned, be was
only conscious of an earthquake, accom-
p tnied by cyclone, in the midSt of which
the whole surface of the frozen pond sud
| denly seemed to stand upright, dart behind
| aim and hit him a tremendous blow on he
| back of the hAa I, while Bette roe in the
air and, coming heavily in contact with
him, Knocked all the breath out of his
body. That was the way it APP ,eared t.
him; but he was unqueStionably TIE victim
of a misrepresentation. The simple exp a
nation of the phenomena was that Bette
had tripped him up and fallen on h M. So
far as his physicl sen >aUions were IN
| cerned, however, it might have ppe led
either way indifferently. The real .fas
| Just as painful as the miracle would have
been.
Considering how short time we have
practiSed together, Bette, we did that very
well, " faltered John, as he BEGAN to realize
that the after part of mis- skull had not ex-
| banded to the dimensions of the priza
pumpkin with which his father had taken
| the medal at the caCtle-show eighteen years
| previous. Are you hurt"
"No-Johu-I think mott she gasped in
| reply. But oh this is dreadful Some
thing seemed t. catch my heels and pull
them up into the air. I'm sure YOU are mis-
taken in thinking me a good skater"
'No," returned John, still family, as he
| extracted NJ IS Claverhouse from amongst
his ribs ana assumed a sitting posture; mo,
Bette, | am never mistaken. The trouble
| was that got in your way. You would
have done it much better alone"
"Oh. don't want to do it all p the lady
exclaimed, in tone that carrie assurance
of her sincerity. Besides, / heard some.
thing crack as we went down, and Pm sure
/ we shall tum lie ill.,"
| Don't be alarmed, Bette; it was only
my head that cracked, not the ice; and my
head is too full of bruins TO admit of your
| getting into it. 1t is my hefff that is your
home, you know. But really, now, d)n't
| you want to take list one more turn? See
how pleased the people are with us already! =
| "Truly, John, / woul much rather not
But if you want to I'll sit down and wai
| till you have finished"
| "Well, no; don't believe care so much
about skating as l thought / did" replied
John, with the air of cloved voluptuary
| IT don't remember remarking it before, but
| it is a great drawback having the ice hard
instead of soft, like a feather mattress
Let's see; do you think you could skate tx
che banks"
IF you pulled me think I could gel
| there sitting"
| up rhap that would be best It Is new
| figure in skating, though not so exciting a,
our fl st one. Here < es, then; but try tC
look as if you were accustomed to it,"
| With this admonition John climbed
YEARLY to his feet and la ling hold of Bet il
| by the tail Of her JACKET he drew her gent
| to the shore. No casualty attended thi:
| performance, and Bett e schoo cd her fea
ture; into an express on of strained placid
ty which added greatly to the picturesque
| effect.
| The skates were removed John gave
| Bette his arm and they started homeward
After all q" he said, perhaps you had not
better give up typewriting for the career OF
| 4 professional skater. The competition is
alno + as great; and, taking one thing with
| another, Pm not sure that you don't ap
pear to a. good advantage at the type.
writer "a on the Ice"
~ shouldn't mind about that, John, dear
f you were pleased with me; out | agree
With you that typewriting suits me best
Besides, / can do That without your. help.
By the way, what made you send that man
to meg
send you a man. Miss Claverhousel
What ma p
"Mr. Bamill, you know. 1 couldn't dc
it at home. because | have no machine
IRE; and Pm kept busy all the time at the
offi,e"
Pray, my dear, what does Mr.. Hamill
want you 10 do to hmf And in the first
place, who the devil is Mr. HamlllF'
"O1, Johnl-why, only know him from
you. If you didn't want me TO know him,
why did you send him to mem
John was silent moment and then asked
What sJro of a looking man was Mr..
Hamilll'
"On, think he looks nice enough, don't
you! lie talks like an EngIishnan, and has
'lde whskers 90. But Of course there are
,.elty Of people who can do his copying
easier than could"
"He wanted some copying done, d d her
"Why, John, no y fun Y you el He said
you told him could. You must have been
thindag Of something else when you were
taking to him"
Il guess | NUT have been. Did be ask
II Alytning about mel o: about Mr. Cow
auior ABOUT your elfF'
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