Telegram-herald., 1889-06-09

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Is was, thssxa cod rot DARK. though
there $50 40 lnoon, s2t me1fsliy ccal-
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visa tas swift raa Of two or tAree mia-
ates zercss TIE lake. BE quickly came 70
AZ opposite eeaelnsl0a. He ste2pzd back
tEts ths gsnti~nlsas' roem, raa oat tAs
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sprfuz door ogSa for hin trcndlea i
dosa tbs Snowy bat well beaten gath %
the s1ore, zad out - the shear Ice, when
he mounted.
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igstsd sis feet % TIE pedals
he had had al exec snt dinner. he had
male a capital little speech and he vs.
ia aigh spirits. ALTHOUGH tie tsmpera-
turs must have been near zero hs fslg 10
rash of air cave What rs eva saifL
motion raised
There seemed 20 limit q his si on
that perfectly smooth. hari CLASSY floor
he would have EAed 20 tlksa turn or two
about the lake, sEieh hs was restraiusi
from doing BY a timely recollection of the
iateness OF the hour. and of his, perhaps,
waiting aad wakeful wife
tie did not, however, choose the short
est eut home. That would have necessi-
tatsd kis running between the ridges OF
snow. and crossing one or tVo OF them.
There were narrow openings that could
be easily done by daylight, bat be did not
want the trouble at night. IL would 30
easier aud quicker 10 circle completely
around the windrOws near the upper end
OF the lake. by aF0id!ng the distractions
he could more than make up IL speed
what be might lose Ia distance.
Ihe shores curved hundred yards
away. spectral and solitary. The ice
cracked and groaned, filing the desolate
night with appalling noises; the
heavens ever dinly reflected in the mir
row beneath his swift, silent tires.
Brightest Of all the celestial host was Jup-
tier now past the zenith, his quenched
Image. like ball of rust- fire, shooting
through the ice just forward Of Herman's
small wheel Hr thought OF passage in
Wadsworth, which he had always adj
mired. where the poet relates how, when
boy, skating AT night he used
40 eat across the image # II star
hat gieamed upon the ice"
aud now i. occurred 10 him, for the first
time, that he could crit.cIse the great bard
OF Nature.
''lhe star doesn't CLEAN on the ice. but
in IL, according TO our perception, which
poetry has more 70 do with than with the
scientific fact. And If be could cut across
an image that travels as fast a. the eve
does, aud If ahead Of the skate at all. is
sure 20 keep ahead. lie could do more than
| can.
It did not take many seconds for those
thoughts To flash through his excited
brain, and he was still amusing himself
by trying TO run his fore wheel over great
Jupiter gliding jus, before IL, when sud
denly the star in the ias lodged, as If il
had leaped over the edge OF something,
and sped away again, shinging with a
much brighter lustre. Instantly after it
the tricycle. made a downward Jump of
two or three inches, upon sheet OF thin
new ice, which Immediately yielded and
gave way under il, letting both trycicle
and rider plunge forward into the ice
cold FLASHING water Of the lake. The COM
by cutting out canal TO the ice fields; it
had already skinned over, and he had
gone head long into it.
Stars and poetry were knocked out ef
his brain in an instunt, and strangely
enough, his first thought as he felt the
engulfing water rush up over him. was
not of himself. but of his tricycle.. There
goes hundred and eighty dollars to the
bottom of the lake" he said, as he released
his hold of the sinking machine and
turned to scramble out.
He had no doubt Of being able to get at
once upon the firm ice; and he reached il
without difficulty. He got his arms upon
it, ne threw himself upwards by strong
movements of his feet, and was almost
ont, when he felt himself dragged ine7it-
ably backward by the weight of water
in his boots and clothes. With the solid
ice half under him, he had yet nothing TO
hold on by; 10 slipped away from him,
and down he went even deeper than be-
fore, his effort to cling nearly drawing his
body under il.
Then Herman began TO realize the peril
Of his situation. The cold pierced to the
marrow Of his bone, and he was filed with
agony both Of body and mind. After one
more determined effort, which seemed 70
fall farther short of success even than the
first, he got his chin up to the edge OF the
ice. and yelled for help.
Not once or.twice, but a dozen times. he |
sent up his wild cries from the frozen
lake. II must have been at about this
time that his wife was awakened. though |
IL is not probable that she heard his voice.
Perhaps the mysterious chain of sympa-
thy which united them made the tele-
graphic communication that signaled TO |
her the alarm. lie was almost as far |
away as when he launched his tricycle. on |
the ice, and now a wooded bluff of the /
winding shore intervened between them. |
He had indeed little hope OF making /
any body hear him in his remote and soli-
tary situation, at that time OF night. The |
nearest house was nearly a quarter of
nile away. hidden by orchard trees. No
doubt the inmates were asleep with all 4
their Windows closed against the cold
Aud his voice from the dead level Of the
watereud ice. did not seem TO him 10
travel any distance. but 10 freeze in the
air, and die in the surrounding waste.
There's nobody 70 help me. must
help myself. be said. aud proceeded to
free himself OF the deadly weight Of his
overcoat. although he knew he should
miss its protection against the cold of bis
terrible hath. After struggle he man
aged 30 Eetit Off, aud to push the drip
piRg and shapeiess mass upon the thick
Ice. Then he tried various wavs II
ont. now throwing himself ~
bodily as at first, then getting one lex up
and holding on 20 the coat But tha
-reacherous ice spilled him off. with the
waves ne dashed over it. AMI even tie