The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-03-30

1OOk1uS Ike pdlT O4 CUupdSSeS anu
Swimming in whirligigs over the slick
ice toward Albany. He hadn't had
nothing to hold on to, you understand.
Well, If l hadn't seen 1t | wouldn't
have b'lieved that a human being could
spin SO long or travel so fast on his
back. His legs made kind of smoky
circle in the air over him, and he'd
got such start thought he'd never
stop a-going. He come to place
where some snow had melted in the
sun, and there was a pond, as you
might say, on the ice, and he went
through that, heaving spray like one
Of them circular lawn sprinklers the
summer folks have. He'd have been
as pretty as a fountain If we'd had
| time to stop and look at him.
For the land sakes, heave tor /
| yelled soon S could get my breath.
you've spilled the skipper
skipper be durnedr' bowls Jona-
dab, squeezing the tiller and keeping
on the course. "We'lI come back for
him by and by. It's our business to
win this race
And, by ginger, we did win it! The
way Jonadab coaxed that cooked hat
on runners over the ice was pretty
yes, sir, pretty! He nipped her close
enough to the wind'ard, and he took
advantage of every single chance. He
always could sail; I'll say that for
him. We walked up on Archie like
he'd set down to rest and passed him
/ afore he was within a half mile of
home. We run up abreast of Dilla-
ways, putting on all the fancy frills
Of liner coming into port, and there
| was Ebenezer and a whole crowd of
wedding company down by the land
/ ing.
"Gosh!' says Jonadab, tEgging at his
whiskers. Twas Cape Cod against
New York that time, and you can't
beat the Cape when it comes to get
ting over the water, not even If the
waters froze Hey, Barzilla?''
Ebenezer came hopping over the ice
towards us. He looked some surprised
where's Philip he says.
| Now, I'd clean forgot Phil, and /
guess Jonadab had by the way he
colored up.
PHILIP says be- "Phil? Oh, yes!
| We left him up the road a piece. May
be we'd better go after him now"
But old Dillaway had something to
say.
"Cap'n," he says, looking round to
make sure none of the comp'ny was
following him out to the iceboat, 'I've
wanted to speak to you afore, but
haven't had the chance. You mustn't
b'lieve too much of what Mr.. Catesby-
Stuart says, nor you mustn't always
do just what he suggests. You see,'
he says, s'hes a dreadful practical
joker"
Yes" says Jonadab, beginning to
look sick. l didn't say nothing, but
guess 1 looked the same way.
Eyes said Ebenezer, kind of uneasy
like Nov, in that matter of Mrs
CRANKY. s'pose Phil put you up K
asking her about her sons laundry
Yes? Well, I thought so. You see
the fact is her boy is a broker dowT
In Wall street, and he's been caught
making some of what they call 'wasl
sales of stock It's against the rules
of the exchange to do that, and the
papers have been full of the row. Yor
can see,'' said Dillaway, how the
laundry question kind OF stirred the
old lady up. But, Lord, it must have
been funny!'' And he commenced tc
grin.
/ looked at Jonadab, and he looked
at me. / thought of Marin CRANKY
and her being dying to know us" and
/ thought of the lies about the ''hod
of change and all the rest, and
give you my word / didn't grin, not
enough to show my wisdom teeth
anyhow A crack in the ice an inch
wide would have held me, with room
to spare l know that.
Hum" grunts Jonadab, kind of dry
and bitter, as If he'd been taking worm
wood tea, 81 see! He's been having q
good time making durn fools out OF
u.s.
"Well,'' says Ebenezer. mot exactly
that, p'raps, but
And then along comes Archie and
his crowd in the other iceboat.
"Hi!' he yells. who sailed that
boat of yours? He knew his business
all right. I never saw anything bet
ter. Phil-why, where is PhilY'
| 1 answered him. phil got out when
we jibed,'' says.
"Was that Philip he hoIlers, and
then the three of 'em just roared.
"Oh, by Joye, you know" says
Archie, that's the FUNNIEST thing /
ever saw. And on Phil too! He'll
never hear the last of it at the club,
hey, boys?' And then they just bel
Tered and laughed again.
When they'd gone, Jonadab turned
to Ebenezer, and he says: 'tThat TAX
ing us out on this boat was another
case Of having fun with the country
men. HeyT
! 81 guess So" says Dillaway. 81
b'lieve he told one OF the guests that
he was going to put Cape Cod on Ice
this morning"
/ looked away up the river where a