The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-13

them and to the rest of the girls even,
Alive was dog in the manger, who
couldn't enjoy snow herself and who
wouldn't let any one else enjoy it,
Say, be a good fellow and take that
old handkerchief away" said Roger Whit
man. It's a great stunt you've done,
and there isn't another man in the United
States could do it, but snow is snow, and
we can't have too much of it here
VERY well,' said Matsada, and he held
out his hand to the birds. and was just
going to call them in, when Alice again
stamped her little foot and said: Don't
let that cold snow fall ion this place
Think how many people are unprepared
for it,
Now this was really ridiculous, because
Oldham is very prosperous town and
there are no poor people in it, Alice was
thinking twice for herself and once for
the supposed poor people
AT this juncture Judge Westlake, who
lived next door to the Thaxters, came
driving around the corner in his light
wagon. His hat was covered with snow
and so was the body of the wagon. He
drove up to his house, and when he saw
the group of children he said, Hello,
children. You ought TO be up at the East
End. Snow is four inches deep there and
is still showing. Never saw such a queer
storm in my life. Can't say l like it.
want to go out sleighing, and there's
no snow to get me from my stable to
Ten Mile Drive"
When you are learning a thing II is
just as well to go into it as deeply as
you can. Matsada had studied magic for
seven years, and had graduated from the
Yokohama Institute of Magic, but al
though he knew how to enlarge handker-
chiefs and all other things, and although
he could make birds and butterflies out
of nothing, ne had been i'll when the class
learned how to give boundless strength
TO Java birds.
While all this talk had been going on
he had stood still and listened, instead
of calling back his birds and the bird
who held the northeast corner of the
handkerchief had been gradually growing
more exhausted, and she now let go her
hold.
The sudden wrench caused the bird at
the southeast corner to open his beak,
and there was a snow slide that filled
the street from end to end.
Luckily for Judge Westlake and the
children and Matsada. they had time to
rush into the basement area of the
Thaxter house, or they would have been
crushed under the weight Of the snow.
And by a piece OF rare good fortune
10 one else happened to be out of doors
on that street. so no lives were lost, but
the snow was ten feet deep on a level.
And the japanese village was smashed
nat.
The cook opened the door and let them
all into the lower hall, and they stood
there for a few moments. dazed. Then
Alice went sobbiug 10 her mother, and
the rest Of the children and the Judge
went upstairs and Bob opened the front
door. The snow was even with the top
step and lay hard packed and white
from Prospect street TO College row, a
distance Of q mile.
1t was packed so hard that the judge
walked on top Of It without sinking in
an inch. The boys couldn't find words to
eNpycss their glee, but Matsada was afraid
that some Of tho older heads might blame
him for his carelcssness. and whlstlng
TO his birds, which were perched SILVER
ing on top Of lampost, he picked NJ
the sheet which had dwindled' to handker
chief size, and ran down the street be-
fore any one realized that he was gone.