The morning times., 1897-02-28


that we have just a little possible grain
or two, We ought to seize it; don't you
think SO? Mr.. Clement and Mr. Riker
you viii please take your placesi'
Sheridan obeyed the imperative wave uI
her hand and took his seat on the tobogean.
George, finding remonstrance of 10 avail
sat down behind him, and Flora stood be
| him him. with her hands on his shoulders
Then she dauntlesSly gave the word II
Dwight Hopkins, and he pushed them off
Flora shut her teeth hard, and gripped
Georges shoulders Steep! Was it pos
sible that she had not thought the chute
! steep enough? Balanced on her two feet,
| and looking down over the boys heads at
| its glittering length, itseemed dreadfully,
reckleSSly steep; il seemed almost per
pendicular. Half way down, though, she
caught ler wits back, with her breath
ana at the end of the long slide on the
| level She jumped off tine toboggan With a
laugh of triumph.
why, that was fun she cried Just
.fun!'
I'm black and blue where you grabbed
me, all the same, George remarked, land
| can hear your heart pounding, clear over
here. You're not going TO do it again,
anyhow "
Once more" said Flora
You are not" said George. You re
Under my protection tonight. You're ON
nay responsibility, and l won't have it,"
lie won't have it?'' Flora cried de-
Iisively.
SEe was resolved on going down again
after tile same ventures ONE fashion. The
crowd at the top OF the hill was waiti z
for her, and when she appeared they
cheered her.
The renowned and distinguished lady
toGogga -slider!'' said Dwight Hopkins
Holds the worlds championship belt, :
said Lynn Trumbun.
can 30 down toboggan-slide on cne
foot or on her head said Bob Logan,
with equal ease and grace
Get on, boys, please" said Fl6ra.
~ N gong again"
she had her way. For tie second time
she braced herself firmly. took good
lold on Georges shoulders and clenched
her teeth-and they were Off
They Were almost down, when some
thing happened. The toboggan. being
started a little askew, tended TO one
side. If its passengers had been sitting
down and tucked snugly together, as
usual, it would not have mattered, but
with Flora's skirt blowing behind her
in the stiff wind created by their swift
descent, it did matter. The skirt caught
on a sharp splintered end in the low
WALL lnl ha eli IL
pierced it and held it. Feeling that
dreadful tug, Flora screamed in fright
1t dragged her backward, and the next
instant she lay on the icy track Lay
helpless for her arm and side struck
the boards forcibly, and between fright
and pain she lost consciousness.
George Clement heard her scream, and
felt the lO0sening OF her hands from his
shoulders, and knew she had fallen
He gasped. Was she hurt? They were
spinning so fast, she must be hurt And
more wretchcd fear seized him. Even
If she was not hurt she would be fright
ened, and the next toboggan would come
whizzing down upon her before she could
get off the track.
That made his heart stop beating His
thoughts flashed through his head in d
single second, and in as brief SPACE he
made up his mind what to do.
He threw himself back ward off the
toboggan, then, picking himself up from
the spot to which he had rolled and slid,
he clutched at the boards that bounded
the slide and crawled back up Without
the boards he could have made no prog
ress ur the steep glare of ice, but by
means of them he pulled himself along
by main force, hand over hand, almost
flat on his face, his feet dragging use
lesSly.
Thus, in the course OF an agonized
minute, which seemed an hour, he hauled