Middletown transcript., 1910-11-19
BY MARY SARGENT HOPKINS

the club inspired q splrlG oA |
in all the other mem
bers, each promising to do their
share toward making this outing
by the sea q memorable occasion.
The weather reports were
watched most carefully by all,
and as the day drew near and the
weather continued uncomfor-
tably cold, the east wind being
more than usually raw, even Sue
became little dubious about a
wheel trip to the seashore being
the most enjoyable thing at this
season. Some wsggish friend,
hearing of the proposed run, sent
Sue a copy of Mark Twain's dis
course on New England Weather,
in which Q says: The weather
is always doing something, al
ways getting up new designs
and trying them on the people
to see how they will go. / have
counted one hundred and thirty.
six different kinds of weather
inside Of twenty -four hours. 1t
was who made the fame and
| fortune of the man who had that
marvellous collection on exhibit
ton at the Centennial, that SO
astonished the foreigners. He
was going to travel all over the
world and get specimens from
all climes. / said, Don't you do
it. You come to New England
on favorable day. told him
what we could do in the way 0t
style, variety and quantity.
Well, he came, and he made
his collection in four days. AS
to variety, why he confessed
that he got hundreds Of kinds ol
i weather that he never heard ol
} before. AS to quantity, well
after he picked out and discard
i ed all that were blemished in any
way, he not only had weather
enough, but weather to spare
weather to hire out, weather tt
TO sell, to deposit, weather to in
> vest, weather to give 10 the poor
oil The humorist then goes on Il
: speak of the dazzling uncer
) tainty of our weather, says tha
/. there is only one certainty, ant
that is that there will be plenE.
) of it-a perfect grand review
: but you never know which en'
OF the procession is going t,
q move first.
81 The club professed to fin,
o great comfort in this, and fel
!. secure in their plans for pleas
! ure, no matter which end move
]. first. IL the pleasant end, wheel
Z If stormy, cars.
Continued cold weather wit
e no snow had served to put th
!, roads in excellent condition fo
b cycling, and nine o'clock Thank:
s giving morning found our part
r skimming along at a pace tina
: certainly would have bee
& scorching on a hot summer day
: Their fondest wishes wer
!. realized as to the much discuss
LED weather, for the day was pei
/ fect-fair and bright, but brisI
Withal, the sun warm, but no
8 uncomfortably so. In fact,
8 was one of those surprising
] varieties which the New Englan
weather man keeps on han
j with which to astonish fol
4 eigners.
/ The party were dressed 70
q the occasion, not bundled ur
. but wearing extra warm under
clothing, and each girl had
+ chamois vest under her snug
fitting jacket.
Various packages were dis
& posed in as many ways upol
! handle.bars and beneath saddles
q the contents of which were T.
supplement Sues box. Alread,
: the feast was eagerly anticipat
7 ed By the boys. why is it tina
/ boys both small and large ar
8 always hungrsH)
81 The little company we're in tn
i best Of spirits as they sped owe
the hard, smooth roads; cheek
!, grew red and eyes bright as tn
/, lexefcise set the blood In rapi,
circulation. Fill that upon
! sumner day would have beel
! traysrsed afoot by ell but th
! strongest seemed to literall,
fiatten as the party at q sigma
from She leaders, Sue and Ned
! put forth 9 little additional effor
which brought them 10 the tol
ready for q delightful coast dow
The othef side
As the road to their destina
tion lay over quite d billy stretcI
Uf country coaster brakes, will
(which All their wheels Wer'
htted. proved inyaluabIe ii poin
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