The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-18
ShITING SIOEI.
The narrow Escape Made by Fred and his
fbutu

I
Chum.
T. r.se % hitler winter. that. OF 49, but |
we fellows at Rutgers cared little ioi
that I'm fact we were rather piedS
than not for "a short distance from ine
college the river Rartan, just M inns
time q sheet of ice cleaning IN the VIII
ter sunlight, gave us ilrst-rate chaHe1
for a skate.
u was tho regular thing to do, after
Rotations each afternoon, 70 fNh- ~"
skates over our shoulders ana starr l".
the river. My chum Fred was ine p's'
skater ip our class, and ] was not Ter pc
hind him. We two We're always tne iiF.
ON the first when the ice was so tnin mar
no one else dared 10 follow as.
one experience Of ours with .ne vino
and the ice shall never forget a 'uofii-
westsf' had been blowing for tlr pas.
three days. and fearing that NE W.nH hl"
current might break up the zee iie~.
had given orders that rome OF the isiio"7
should go on The river mat "ilsINo'".
BUT Fred and j were NOT 10 De cned.eu
ont of our fun. and singing our skates
over our shoulders. we quietly stole o"
IA the river. When once our skates We're
efr,nnad ON we had only TO open Our
coats and allow the wind TO piopri uf'
olf.lina along with wonderful velocity. ne
exhilarating exercise was so u-h-i'" t
mar we had gone for miles before We
knew II. and. boy-likc, never thought no"
we were 10 get back again
First thing / knew / was I'M advance OF
! frred and on hearing shout looked udch
/ a. frd him standing bareheadel watching
| his hat elyimming over the meadow Whlch
/ linad the bank of the river. OF course Ne
| rad to skate shorewards. and renoNihs
o,r skates we chased the fast disappearins
hat. and eventually found 1t after long
| search.
Instead Of DOING as We should have done
| retracing our steps, we co"'lNu1n o"i
sail down the river
This time Fred was in advance. and
saw him pitch heddloue on the hard zee
To was somewhat dazcd when 7 came up
and with some difficulty ! got him ON ms
feet aeain. Not until our wild chase was
ended had We realized how far We hi,
! wed. who was older than I, suggested
| that we had better turn back.
"Jnst look.' DO cried. mere We are De
| low the brick yard, and we have tei
miles to- skate against this wind.
Not caring much which way we wen
g. long ae we were skating ! cried, "coin
ON Fred" and we commenced ON on
long skate homeWard in the very teelh o
the fearful gale. -,
This time with ovcrcoats butt0ned tish
ND 10 our chins and our hats puheu 90"
over our eyes. wo found fet"i'"'s .V
quite so easy 70 aid the gaze III n',
peding our progress me icy sl.''' "'''D'
Fred who was Western boy. sai'
looked just like the bctnhihs "a '''-
zard az home had fallen.
( Though we started ont so braFeiE "
{ were soon obliged 20 stop for nrealh'
/ ..Phew." said Fred. isn't THIS teiIi
bei But we certainly must De aiinos
e 10 the bend OF the river. il we once So
there We won't feel the wind quite ,
s much"
o Here we halted ana turned our back
r to the wind so that we mishl sec 40
e much progress we had made.
y We found that in the past twenty Hii'
" utas We had scarcely skatcd nan n'ii
p 'This WON'T DO" said Fred. we net'
n will get home at this rate on WIZ
a shall we doc"
81 have it," ] cried. Don't YOU y
, member the bicycle trip we looh i~
e summer and the old man VINO loo@
home in bis wagon when spieii'e0 T..
n arm? he lives somewhere nenl ne -,
~ We VIII just 80 over anu get n'"' ~ ''-
~ US home IN his sleish- a,,,- o,
!" BY this time il had grown DARK ai
a we began 10 realize our perhous stu
.e ton. ,,-,..
IS Fred said: There's no use talking
Is returning nv the river. We will have
IS 90 over bv old Bassett's place, or som
d where else or wen freeze To death
rs With considerable difficulty We T
oi ashore ana started across l'e
20 salt meadows. \ light s.eaiii,- -
s. darkness and hope rose in "uI nc.
ne we walked as rapidly as we could VI
I'D Fred in the lead. M, o.
Of All Of a sudden / heard muiltn q
nc and saw Fred throw 10 his hands +"
e disappear. Down, down. uo"H "' "~
sc somewhere into the e4rtn.
k Fred" ] shouted, but the't :,
he answer save the roar OF the WIZ ~
ly mournfully swept across the uieaiy W"
re OF meadow land. ,,, T.,
d. / ran frantcally about, caiihs
X despairngly. when / felt the ear'h
n, way beneath me ana Iouhu ny =
IS | falling. / knew not where
| did not fall far, nor was 1 huI''
I landed in a heap Of snow ana iro'
NJ earth. First thing ] made OUT II
vi gloom after / had picked myseii up
Fred who was sitting not iar u"
by rubbing the back Of his heaa.
You may imagine we were gao 10
l each other and and that neither VI
r., had any injuries. for we had faieh
&C. the bed of a deep, narrow CREEK, ""'
Fortunately for rs. WAS dry, as me
To- roinp lido hid left II empty ~
drifted half FUN % SNOW 49,, 80,
IN Win iittlo difficulty We 'ill"s'" ~
tho opposite bank and continue 49,, n,
y fcross the meadows toward tne ~