Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10

England NIL, with baby blizzard gettln IN
its fine work. No wonder most of EN- de-
cided to hit the feathers early and forget it.
| know | was one of the first to break away,
and all | was hopin' was that it would turn
to rain
TT didn't, though. 1t was the busiest kind
of a snowstorm. and next mornin' when
we looks out the State of Connecticut was
givin a good imitation of a frosted cake and
thick frostin' at that. Must have rained
little along towards the last, and then froze
up solid; for everything outside was glistenin'
and the sun just breakin through the clouds.
And you never saw a grouchler lot than
the bunch that struggled in to breakfast.
Wow. They was sore on everything, specially
Pinckney and the weather. First they'd in
spect the looks of things outdoors, and then
they'd turn peevish on Pinckney.
~But this is terrible" remarks Senior Del
Riano. Zone might as well be in prison.
~My soul freezes at sight of it. Ugh" OBJ
serves the Countess.
81 say, though, demands Prince Ranji,
"what is it one does in such weather.
"Why, We'll play bridge. Ha, hal" says
Pinckney.
From now until midnight" asks Tucker
Belmont. BAH
Bv the middle of the forenoon it was al
most a mutinv All they'd do was to stand
around and growl at the snow.
"Gee what a sour lott says | to Sadie.
"AIe for the attic
THAT'S why l was prowln' around up
in our room investigatin'. There's a
French window openin' onto a little We
randa; SO steps out, and discovers that the
wind has heaped up big drift almost level
fbn 1nyx- he do h9x-
been used as sleepin' porch once; for in the
corner is one of these bed hammocks that's
been left out by accident, mattress and all.
It. an iron frame hammock, made OF inch
and-a-half gas piping, with the sides turned
up at each end. YOU seen EN-! But it
never struck me before how much they
could look like sled
"Well, WE'LL" says |, gain from the ham
mock to the snowbank. II wonder if it
would work? 1t might break the monotony,
if nothing more"
Three minutes later I've buckled my
trouser bottoms into a pair of storm over
shoes, got into a thick sweater, and am out
there unhookin' the hammock. There was
lust room to balance the thing on the edge
of the roof, and the drop to the drift was
only about foot.
"Here goes, anyhow says |, givin shove
with one foot and grabbin' the mattress.
And, say, talk about your happy boyhood
DAYS! That ride beat any coastin' Id ever
had. The hard freeze on the damp snow
had made crust like so much sheet ice, and,
with the steep pitch of the roof and the long
slope of the hill to help, me and the ham,
mock got motion on that was some rapid,
believe me! Zip-zip-zip! | goes for good
half-mile, before | brings up at a level space
off in the next township somewhere. Maybe
you never tried hammock tobogganin'?
WE'LL it's all to the hip-hip. | hustles back
town the thing and my first move is to call
for Sadie.
"Hey! Get your mink coat on and come
try this" says l.
She's a game sport, Sadie is, or she
wouldn't have taken the chance; for, with
her weight added to mine, maybe we didn't
whiZZ some.
"Whe-e-e!" says She as we takes the first
jounce. ooh, my, Shorty! but isn't this
gorgeous?'
dts gloom dispeller, all right, says /.
all have to let Pinckney in on it next.
"By love, Shorty" says he after one trial,
"you re genius. Wen make a toboggan
carnival out of this. But we need some more
hammocks I'll order them at once
You should have heard him, too, askin'
this backwoods central for the nearest ham,
mock shop. He finlly gets an information
operator who puzzles out what he wants and
connects him with TeWett'S store down to