The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-24

Whlch TO play and build forts and caves
ana down which to coast, and in one of
ms letters home to his brother he told
nun that he had just about decided if it
did not cost too much to send down a
Tram load Of snow as a Christmas present
to his native place.
One day he and Frank and a half dozen
other fellows were fashioning a gigantic
snow woman. She was so tall that they
mad to use forty-foot ladder to finish her
mead, and they drew the snow up in buck
! els, and boy straddled her head and slap
ped the snow on in the proper pace.
We have a sculptor down home and
ned just about go crazy if he had a lot
OF snow 10 make his statues out Of said
Roderiek. How much snow do you sup
pose 1t would take if / shipped some
home? How many cars full?'
why, guess it would take a whole
train load-say, fifty cars" answered
Frank. He was just about to add that it
would all melt and turn to water long
before it got South, but a mischevous
thought stopped him. Say, fellers," said
he, "winking at his companions, Rod
wants to send some snow down South.
How much would it take, fifty car loads?''
Rawson Mawson thought it would take
all of fifty, but VIII Bill thought forty
five would do it.
We'll if the Governor sends me enough
next week, I'm going to ship some" said
Roderick.
He went into the house just then after
something, and the boys exploded with
mirth. The idea of sending snow to the
South and expecting it to stay was de-
lightful.
His father has oceans of money" SAID
| VIII Bill. Say we won't tell him thar
snow melts, and then wait until his folks
write up and ask him what he means by
| sending a lot of damp cars down there
with nothing in 'em. OF course, the
water'll all run out"
This somewhat mean scheme appealed to
all the boys who did not see its mean side,
and so when Rod came out again they
told him he could count on their aid.
So he wrote to his brother: Dear Fred
eTick have decided to send down TO Tlls-
capoosa (this was The name of the town
in which he lived train load of the beau
tiful thing called snow of which l wrote
in my last, so that you VIII receive it by
Christmas. You have no idea how nice it
is and you will find you never knew what
fun was before. enclose instructions how
to make sled and 1 am sure that Jeffer-
son Calhoun will be able to make them
easily Fancy getting on ore at the COP of
a hin and just sliding by your own weight
TO the bottom! And YOU can have bully
| tights. We played civil war, using balls
of the snow for bullets and cannon balls.
1 was captain of the Confederates and
| Cousin Frank was captain of the Uni-n
men. After my side won three d,lys run
ming, Uncle Thaddeus said it would he a
good plan for me to change over to the
| Union side or we'd be reversing history.
| He's no end of fun and like HIM i'm
mensely haven't told him about my idea
of shipping snow as I'm afraid he'd think
| it was going to be too expensive. They
have no idea how r CHI father is. Next week
I expect to get the snow off. When you
receive it, have the men distribute it as
! evenly as possible or else the sled runners
will sink into it and you won't make as
| much speed. Be careful not to throw the
snow balls too hard for they can hurt like