Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-06

Part ESusw Fun.

Part ILSuew Fun.
The first snow storm that Curly saw, she
ran into the house shouting excitedly, "oh
mamma, the sky iaSfuA Of white bees, and
they don't sting me AesIallr' Tots observa-
ton the following moEning was almost a.
amusing. s.MammA, :. Ilae said. very ssri-
ously. .there's awful tets Of sugar in the
yard" tsa
The children wers sfways wild to be out
in the first storm,n and IL It was not too
cold, mamma did hot object They soon
discovered that ii YOU look up into the sky
when it is snowing5s 3 viii make you dizzy,
and the first thing ydu know you will seem
to sail about in the airs1as though you were
a snowflake yourself
AS soon as the ground was covered they
would begin to roll snowballs for fort.
They would start with a very small ball,
rolling it over and over on the ground I'M
several of these large balls would be rolled
into circle, and this was fort. Rut
there was one enemy that they could Tot
fight against and that was the sun, for
quite likely he would come out bright next
day and melt the fort before their very
eyes. But sooner or later the snowfiakes
got the better Of him and he was obliged
to let them stay, and cover up all the dead
grass and flowers.
Many curious prank the snow played,
changing the shape of things until you
would hardly know them. Some fine morn
ing you would get up and find that the
snow had put tall white hat upon the top
Of the gate post during the night. Or. may
be, he had dressed the rosebush in a white
gown until it looked like a young lady
about to go to ball. Sometimes it hung
pretty fingers on the weeds and grasses or
made the tips of the trees look like white
ostrich feathers.
Part 1.-THE Un1ucky Rides.
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season was coasting. Curly and Tot were
too small to enjoy that sport as Robbie
did. But they had nice little slides where
the hill was not steep.
One morning in early winter the children
awoke to find very glare crust. you must
not coast today. Robbie said his mother.
1.-THE crust is too smooth. and you might
get hurt"
This was great trial to him. for the
crust looked very tempting and the run
ners of his sled were bright.
II bet she'd go just zip!" he told Curly.
Il think Teller that's seven ought to steer
a sled on any crust, Il bet could
'sYou had better not, Rob- said his sis
ter. You know mamma knows best"
The sled was under the shed. and there
was fine hill down through the orchard
toward the beech woods. I'm good mind
to let her zip just once" he said. 'eYou
won't tell will you, Curly?"
1T would be awful wicked. God would
see you if mamma didn't" she said
II am going to try her just once" said
Rob. 1t took but a moment to draw the
sled out on the crust and head her toward
the beech woods Then Robbie put UP his
feet. and as he would have said ''let her
Zip"
At first the sled went quite slowly. but
the pace grew faster as soon as it got
away from the shed, Faster and faster
it went, until Rob could scarcely see to
steer Then it began to slue, going round
and round, and almost before he knew It
the sled was going backward, sideways
and every other way. Then 1t took sharp
turn and came up against an apple tree
with bang. Robbie had thought it would
hurt terribly when he struck the tree, bu.
he did not seem to feel it, only he felt
sick, and very queer. 81
The next thing he knew he was lying upon
the snow under thes tree. and mamma was
bending over him rubbing snow in his face
and tanning him with her hat. Curly was
standing near by,;scrying. His face and
hands were bloody and there was a bad cut
ON his head. Mamma helped him into the
house, and he lay upoact the lounge while
papa went for the doctor, to sew up the
ugly cash. 1t hurt more than he had
imagined anything, could when the doctor
took the stitches In his head, but Robbie
bore it like a little man.
When the doctor had finished Robbie SIR
prised his mother by saying II wish you'd
shut up!'',
Why, who are ysu talking % she ask
ed in surprise, Il hope you don't mean the
Doctor" - .gpr ; -1nfJ1lE ..a;f -
No. don't" ssaid Rob. ST mean con-
science. He keeps saying, Served you
right, you orter get hurt and mamma told
you better, and l. wish he'd shut up.
guess it's enough to have your head sore
as though it had been scuIped by Indians
and sewed up with a waxed end, without
having conscience keep saying mean
things"
Nh
pinched Robbie's leg, and told him he was
a brick. He also gave him 5 cents for his
bank and the head was at once better
Clarence Hawkes. in Farm and Home.