The Dolores star., 1903-10-30

but she looked chipper. chic and de-
bonair, and my heart was ~ once smit-
ten with her. Though always hrd pc
culiarly sympathetic feeling for her
ahe certainly was the most beautiful
and sweet morsel of feiIininity Il had
been my pleasure to gaze upon. There
was NO doubt about this, this lesson
would be extremely interesting. There
would be no skirts to get entaugled in
the wheels and chain and 10 bother her
in her awkward manir ulations OF the
same, and the time spent in teaching
her to properly manage the steed would
surely be just SO long q time of un-
alloyed pleasure.
Miss Jones and walked to street
seldom travelled after sundown and the
walk over the intervening thorough
fares was an exceedingly short one We
arrived At our destination. The first
thing was to show her how to mount
and this was . sumner. had assisted
many young ladies in their efforts 10
master the bicycle but all OF them rode
drop frame machines and they all wore
skirts. This case was far different
However. got on and of the whsei,
using the step. 'man-fashion,' and eI-
planned to her in detail every succeed
ing movement Then Miss Jones tried
it First / firmly grasrcd the handle
bar with one hand. holding tho frane
in front OF the saddle with the other.
Miss Jones reached over my arm. took
hold of the grips, put her right foot on
81 f.,- ~. \ a
and kerfiop, we both landed On the
hard road. I WAS underneath. the
wheel made up the second layer OF The
pile, while Miss Jones sat, no< too
gently. on top OF the whole. thought
one OF the handle bars had punctured
my side and that / was swallowing
heterogeneous mass of bicycle yppkes,
good solid clay and rubber tires Ml>s
Jones did not get off the heap at all but
sat there half eobbinc. half laughing,
and said she hoped was not injured.
that she WAS 30 sorry, etc With IN
almost herculanean effort rolled from
my position under the wheel snd its
fair, but heavy burden, and after pull
ing myself together, gave Miss Jones
my hand and helped her 10 her feet. 1
inquired il she were hurt but she re-
ioicingly informed me that she came
out uuscathe5 and was ready for an-
other trial.
Il was not much intured--no-but
whatever thoughts had had Of spend
ng an enjoyable evening were rudely
i;spelled from my mind No. was not
", ;ur..j b,,, 7 could o1rDn.st su,.,, - @bo+
,ne OF the pedals of that machine had
,ut out q few square inches OF my shin
oone and I imagined l could feel it
iangling about my ankle was also
.ware of the fact that there were several
punctures in my trous
IT'S and that my anatomy was bruised
md sore in more places than I could
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ITO tell the truth was not at al
anxious to continue the demoralizing
esson, as was sure that this expert
,nce would be the death of me- but /
wouldn't for an instant think OF tell
ng my fair companion thA4 bod 10
rive up.
mo! she shoud be tho hIst 70 say -
vas time to postpone the practice until
mother day. was in hopes the wheel
vas in aucb condition. after the hard
all, thAt it would be impossible 10 use
I, but outside OF few scratches, it
anne out Of the tumble os did It's owner
not in the least damaged.
SWELL, we tried the mounting busi-
sess over again. and this time I was
for tho shock and abe did land
N the saddle most beautifully. After
bad balanced the seemingly uncon-
wheel and told her to get ready
or the start of, she said to me that she
'ould ride fairly we'll now that she was
IN and il would Just take hold under
he back of tho saddle and follow her in
hat way she thought she could pedal
Onward very we'll / did as she told
ne and after giving the wheel slight
ouah she moved OF. Yes, she went II
lone all right. All had TO do was 10
follow her. At hrst she went slowly,
1t what you would call dog-trot, then
,he increaAed her speed. And still all
had to do was to follow her!
"As We were booming merrily onward,
she on the bicycle and on foot, she
asked me If didn't think this most
sport OF course, I said it
WAS. Then she said she enjoyed it so
much Tat she won!d continue en- this
same course until she became tired,
when she would dismount, and after
rest we would return homeward.
"Wcll, trotted and trotted and trot-
ted after that wheel, and thought she
would stop. She went and went
and went, and I believe II had not
hinted to her that 1 sometimes became
fatigued, she would have been. going
yet. But she did finally stop, and in
sheer exhaustion fell to the roadside,
and when had time to recover my
breath and look about US found we