The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

| father" said Mrs. Catlin, and went up to
| their room to kiss them goodnight and
tuck them in.
| Boys are generally anxious to have snow
| remain, but in view of the queer things
| that We're going to happen the Catlln boys
! wished hard for a thaw. But the weather
| held cold for two weeks and no one sus-
| pected that any snow had been chemically
| hardened. The boys built several bonhres
| on Blakely Hill 10 test il and It didn't melt
| a bit
They limited to their schoolfellows that
| when a thaw come there'd be more fun
| than goat up at their house and at
Blakely Hill, but beyond that they would
| say nothing
At last toward the end of January
| there came a warm rain, and snow in the
vicinity Of South Ardmore vanished Ike
| maple syrup and buckwheat cakes.
| The boys heard the patter of the rain
on the tin roof and they hugged them
| selves and chuckled In the morning they
| We're up as soon as It was light The rain
! had stopped but il was very warm. The
mercury registered 50 degrees on the front
| porch. They dressed and went out OF
| doors in the morning twilight. Bare ground
| everywhere. Bare ground as far as they
| could see. except that on the front path
| there was three feet of snow packed hard
| and all around the house drift and two
| picturesque heaps on the gate posts, aud
| under one of the pine trees a pile of ashes
| and half burned cones and twelve snow
balls.
Mr.. CatMn was disposed to be angry
when he saw what had happened but good
| Mrs. Catlin reminded him that boys would
| be boys and that they might have covered
| up his winter wheat.
| Wei, it does beat all!' he said at last,
| and when he heard about the coasting at
| Blakely Hin he grinned like a boy and
chi 1rfN hat Gov all tfng.
there and renoo aour YOUTH"
Mrs Catlin would never grow old. She
was always ready for anything, so a mer-
| ry family party. including the hired girl
and the hired man set out for the hill.
drawing in their wake the boys big bob
| sled.
OF course lots of people saw them going
up the road pulling the sled over the bare
| ground and many thought them crazy but
when a few minutes later they heard
| shrill cries of glee from Mrs. Catlin and
| the girl and the deep bass laughter of the
| men and the shouts and chortles of the
| boys, they ran out to see what was the
matter.
And when they saw motherly Mrs Cat
| lin, her hair streaming in the wind, steer
| ing The bobsled down Blakely Hin on an
| eminence and hard snow, while all around
| the grass was fresh and green, owing to
it's winter blanket just removed. they
came out, 100 young ana olu, bringing
sleds and trays and anything on which
they could coast
And from that time until people got tired
of the sport. which wasn't until late in
| September, that hill was alive with coast
| ing parties when the mercury was up In
the hundreds and stored ice melted like
| heated butter.
But the pathway of three foot snow in
| the Catlins' front yard was a good deal
| of an eyesore to the old people. and al
| last they covered 1t with dirt and planted
| grass seed on it and named their place
THE Embankment" and took summer
! bOarders on the strength of It, and now
! Mr. Cauin blesses the day the stranger
sold the boys the wonderful compound.