Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-11-04
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BREAKING THE ICE.

so successfully USED those methods in
which all accomplished young women are
we'll versed that neither Of them had any
assurance OF being q favored sutton With
most admirable adroitEess she would di-
vide her attentions between the two and
then on convenient occasions would slight
| them both with equal sincerity.
One afternoon IN mitlwintcr as she sat
| playing and singing drea1niiy to herself
she was interrupted by her cousin Edith,
| who came to discuss tho skating party
| planned for the approaching evening
1--WE must start early, SO that we can
make tho most of it," she said enthusi-
astically. They re going to build a fro
on the bank Of the pond, where we can
warm ourselves and have our refresh
lnents, and believe twill DO tho gayest
| time we've had this season"
II don't think care much about it,
eaid Alice, lingering her piano abscntly as
| she spoke.
| Regardless of her Indifferent manner,
Edith continued her lively conversation.
| Didn't Frank Spencer look flnc at tho
last dance as if he'd just stepped out Of a
| fashion plate?''
| II hate to see man Look that way
said Alice coldly 'Tis bad sign -
| Nonsense Ills only sigma! that he's
| LitStluiouS, tha6 'll, replied Edith
Harold ought to suit you better, then
His necktio is hardly ever exactly
straight. +"
He is careless about his clothes, and
that's another bad fuult."
"Goodncss If I wasn't acquainted
with you, Alice, I should think some
thing dreadful was going to happen, but
know you'll be yourself again when you
get ON your skates with u devoted attend
ant OH each side . ....
| The full moon shone in Il clouGlcss sky
| when tho party reached the pond, and,
soon equipped for their sport, they went
skimming away over the sparkling surface
like a flock of swift wingrd birds while
the brushwood fire burning on the bank
shed warmth and brightness around the
| merry scene.
Exercise sharpened all appetitcs, and
| the lunch baskets were enptied ut an carly
| hour, nfter which their spirits seemed to
rise to higher levels. Alice especially dis
! played more than her usual willfulness as
she performed her capricious cvolutions,
| closely followed by her unwc.ried satel-
| litcs
At length as she was describing a wide
circle near the edge of tho pond she APP
| proached a point where the prying beams
| OF the afternoon sun had discovered a
| weak spot, and now the warm breath of
the fire waited across it had rendered it
! unsafe. But, unaware Of this, she swept
lcarlessly onward, when suddenly the ice
gave way at her feet, and she sank into
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