The Florence tribune., 1897-10-02
FOND OF WADING. :
Attractions of Country Streams
 for City Girls
The Cool And faviffag Water Is Something That They Cannot Resist-GI0riOus
 Sport.

'sWhat would you rather do or go wading?" asked would-be funny man
 of the sunburned girl in sailor hat when she returned from three weeks stay in the country.
 What do you know about wading2"
 retorted the brown-cheeked maiiea,
 defantly.
 T have four sisters" the man an-
 nouneed, with somewhat trissrapbant
 air, ''so you might as well less up. How
 many times did you paddle your bare
 feet in the water--every day or every
 other day2"
 Well" tho girl acknowledged, re- luctantly, we did wade good deal. We didn't go in every day, sko,l9h, be- cause three days it Tained and i've
 days we were driving all day, and then
 we went bathing several days. I guess we did wade the other days" The man laughed q never knew
 girls to go to the country that they didn't make for the nearest. run or
 creek the first thing and then go back
 the next day and the day after and the day after that"
 "Oh, but we didn't intend to 20 in every day. We didn't think about it
 at all, you know, but every time we would go out for a walk we would sort of accidentally end it in one of those
 big groves with g pretty little run rip bling down over the stones, and it always looked so cool and inviting that
 we simply couldn't resist the tempta- ton to go in You know how it is your self"
 No. can't say that do. But what did you do about towels? Do you al- ways carry one for emergencies? I all
 ways supposed that girls could not look at water without a towel" and the man shrugged his shoulders contemptuous-
 ly.
 "Towels!" said the girl ecorniully. What did we want with towels? When we were through wading we. looked around until we found a big stone and then we sat on it in thAsuns Besides, we had dhandkerchiefs. e
 And wasn't t fun?"
 "Fun2 should say 50. The stones
 were pretty hard to walk on. you know,
 and sometimes they hurt like every
 thing. Why, would you believe it, I
 cut my foot once tgl it bled And then we always had to watch for crabs, and lizards, and leeches, and pollywogs, and missiles, and snakes, and things. And sometimes the stones were slippery, land it was awful hard to keep one's
 balance. And one day the water was so cold it actually made. our feet ache. l And it was horrible nuisance to have to hold up two handfuls of skirts and carry .one's shoes and stockings flor we always went. exploring when we waded) and then to have no freehand to balance with or brush aside the trees and bushes. And I got all my petti- coats wet and drabbled and muddy. But oh, it was funls and the tanned
 face beamed and the bright eyes spar
 kled at the recollection.
 The man sat down and laughed. With such list of difficulties to-oyer- come he could not see where the fun
 came in
 But the girl knew. The difficulties and inconvenience were but the haz- Iards that made the sport more exciting. FThe delicious coolness of the mountain
 stream was something to dream about,
 even if it did make one squeam bit
 on first contact. The caressing touch of the water as it flowed about one'a
 ankles, the excitement of climbing the
 miniature rapids and waterfalls, the