Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-05-15
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/ hurried down to where Brown had
his head buried in the snow up 10 the
third button on his coat He was fiat
on his face. with the heels of his shoes
lovingly entwined in the branches of
one OF my prime trees.
When my would be Norwegian was
liberated, he Immediately picked up his
shoes and started hillward.
aGood heavens, mani You don't mean
to say you are going to risk your neck
again2"
Oh. the look Of determination that
that martyr frowned on me as he re-
torted-
Did you ever know q Hoosier to give
up an undertaking with the first at
Tempt OF course I'm going to try
againl"
Seeing that argument was useless,
begged him TO taxi different course
and steer Gle Of my trees He did SO.
and made most beautiful run. | feel
confident that some Norwegian evil
genius must have assisted chance to per-
form the miracle. lie came stalking up
the grade, flushed with the success
of his second attempt, aud vowing that
10 feet OF skis and two feet of the
beautiful were just the combined ele-
ments for him
aWhy, couldn't keep away from
them if wishedl feel sure that des-
tiny intended me to becon. champion
on the beautiesl" And he ciapped the
shoes together to emphasize his out
burst
felt so far encouraged by his mete-
oric success that l said I'd go up and try
my own fate.
Iput the shoes on; they seemed rather
large, but Brown said:
They fit you sp endidlya Iknow you
will make a good long slide the first
trial.
Breathing short but fervent prayer /
made the start IL could have stopped
again, ten dollar bill would have
seemed small in 1. eyes for the blessed
privilege. But it could not be- As |
neared the steep place | heard Brown
shouting encoura. lngly:
That's lei That's Just the way |
started You are roaring SUGGEST"
My wind was all gone and / couldn't
catch any more, although there seemed
to be plenty of it all around me. was
losing my head. ! caught glimpse of
trees ahead, AM taking my own former
advice, let myself fall. II had it to do
over a. n would not sit down. A
skater with two miles minute head
of steam on has no right to sit down in
hrac he'll
IDENTIFY did So but didn't stop; l moved
right along in the good old way until
reached the foot of the hill
just then the moon modestly went be-
hind q cloud, and as / picked up the
pieces of myself aud my wardrobe
felt glad that the snow, at least, was adj
hesive
sneaked quietly into the house-for
various reasons / dn't want to disturb
my wife--and after arraying myself in
sticking plaster and another pair of
trousers, went GU. again to try aud dis
suade Brown fron further gymnastic
performances.
He was waiting impatiently. not car
ing to waste his talent on the empty air;
but as soon as lap AIRED he said
Now watch your uncle"
My uncle" had hardly started when
his right foot insx ed on going faster
than its mate. Ths left made a little
squirt once in q while, but the right had
the inside track d plainly meant to
keep it At last the left seemed to grow
discouraged, and { led by dropping out
of the race entirely, while its mate kept
on as far as possiLle-Brown is tall
man-and then 9 We one last lunge,
sticking fast in the snow.
Never, outside of Barnum's, have I
seen man In sucli a pose-with pair Of
10 foot boards attached to him. 1t was
wonderful ! gazed in rapt astonish-
ment at my friend to see if he would
not kiss his hand TO me as do famous con-
tortionists at the end of an act; but he
just kept kept on posing
Pm little hard of hearing, but think
caught the sound Of a forbidden word
from his lips There may be Norwegians
in the place to which he alluded, but /
doubt much il there are any skis there.
Before would unite Brown / made
him promise to rest for that night; then
helped him out Of his acrobalic posi-
tion and we retired into the house.
He vowed that early morning should
see him practicing. But the next day
found US both so stiff from our unusual
exercise that we were glad enough to
lounge about the house and disguise our
Iameness by feigning to be rheumatic.
/ ann afraid there win yet be trouble;
for every now and then Brown bursts
out with:
-Wasn't that second slide of mine q
dslisy1"
aYes; but how about the other twoa'
ask.
sOh, that's al ri shtl A fellow can't
make success at anything in such Q
short time. I'll show you Jet that
mean business.
So my wife and I are praying hourly
for thaw to come and take the snow
before my Hoosier friend gets well
enough to renew tho battle It's the
only hope for him.
why Pay Rent.