Telegram-herald., 1890-12-21

10 &ttA4 AtaA AAA fNAN@a ottNA0ACA 1AAr
ing regretfully on the sha1owy side of
maidenhood bnt Strengthens her hack
drops her shoulders ami snoothes out
her wrinkles Rs the music of the bells
plays variations on a half forgotten
theme Of cozy sleigh aud comfortable
wrappers, al winding up with crash
ing orescendo Of hot oysters and merry
reel
And 10 those young hearts, susoepti-
BILE % frolic - 20 sentiment and throb-
bing for ever changing excitement, what
a delicious bound IL sends.
on. the bells. sleighins bells
What worli Of merFimsnt Their melody fore
tells
Yes, sleighing is glorious 'Tis the
next best thing 70 flying 10 81 IN the
light, strong cutter and glide over the
smooth surface without noise or jar,
seeming scarce 20 touchit. Your glossy
black. catching the lively inspiration Of
his bells, shakes his head IN huge frolic.
stretches ont afresh and spurns the snow
in lighter wreaths from his ever quick
ening heels. Now for a brush See that
yellow jumper just ahead. Hu-y-a-ah.
and the reins tighten. the clean head
goes straighter out. the snow wreaths iiy
higher still behind the strong hoofe. We
are off! We close the gap the yellow
sleigh gains once mora length, twol
Once more we close and fly along neck
and neck. How the bells peal and
shrek. How the horses race now as If
for their own honor, How the clear.
keen wind whistles past the fur tipped
ears, exhilarating like huge bumpers Of
champagne, as we fly along side by side
for three hundred yards. Just ahead
looms hugo "pung" loaded down and
creeping over the snow. Now Is the
time; now or never. Straighten back,
brace knee! Down comes the 1.-the lash
over the blacks tanks, and what squirt
we havel The brown mare strains every
mascle; her driver lays fat back on the
nbbons-now he plies his whiplike madl
lie laps Us again; for hundred yards
you could cover them both with blan-
ket. Once more we forge a length
ahead. We near the pung-we gain q
length-two. Hu-ya-a-ah' and the brown
our necks; we Just Craze the pung, fear
fully close, and wind in just before her.
Oh, that was glorious.
And if anything can add 10 the fun it
is TO have particular somebody tucked
in beside one, with n pair of bright eyes
that dance to the merry music of the
rich laugh, with tiny hand that rests,
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guides the black thought too near the
scrapers of the yellow sleigh. And it is
n problem OF easy soluhon-given, a
neat cutter and fast horse, to find any
unknown quantity of tender femininity
alongside.
But haven't forgotten my storyi
had Just sprung the lock of my valise
and wiped from my brow the drops that
haste brought there even that bitter day,
when Jones tally-ho rang through the
frosty street Giving final caress 70
the mouche on the wounded chin reflect
ed by my parting glance at the mirror,
rushed down with my baggage. Tom
sat with the reins twisted round his
heavy gauntlets, besming and trium-
phant, and his nustache one solid cake
of ice. The homes stood stock stall.
covered with RAPIDLY freezing foam. and
blowing out volumes Of mist that form
ed in delicate frostwork around their
nostT1ls.
What did / tell ycui Look al the
kittens. wss the drivers ssiute; and As
if TO corroborste It, the gray mare made
a terrific luDge forward. while "Jalap'
stood straight MP and paved the air.
80 no! steady. b0vs:7 and the lieuteD-
ant bTaced himself nard against the
gray, while the flexible wrist brought the
long lash over the sorrers neck. 80
therei steady now. Bundle IN quick
now, old boy. while they are quiet"
In bumped my vallsc, = signal for the
brutes TO execute another war dance.
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two pairs of heels threw binding shower
Of snow and icicles into nv eyes and
down nv back. went leadforemost into
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