The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-09

fished the snow flakes out of her hair and from down her back. 'Its the finest sport in the world" and with that a half dozen snowhalls were precipitated in our direction, which made me feel like the end of the world had come all in a jiffy, and that murder wasn't such a dreadful crime as people supposed.
 Such a lovely sense of humor you all have" shot back at the bunch as they screamed and laughed like a set of 16- year-old boys and girls. What is 1t about me that makes people throw snow balls at me? Tell me that Three times today has some jocular person given ev- idence of his high spirits in this way"
 Tits your saucy little nose." one of the men said that makes me want to tease you and then besides you hate so being leased" .
 "Oh," I said, and covered my face with my veil.
 "All ready for climb up the hill again." shouted two or three of the men. Everybody attentions Come on now"
 Lets go home," I suggested with a sudden Illuminating light. Think of the iAN0 biS OpNh lllC anu lnO tSbupk ana the fruit cake and all the nice things we've left behind us''
 The descriptive appeal of "home com forts" was so affecting to me that 1t brought tears to my eyes. but it in no wise moved the idiots who composed the coasting party.
 "Go home. no: pooh," said one of the most strenuous in the bunch, and so I started up the hill with them again and it was then that l discovered that snow had penetrating power unequaled even by air.
 | T am convinced that on the Fourth of July next l shall find some of the snow seereted about my premises on this the Seventh day of January A. D. 1912,' l announced.
 The men laughed and caekled like they were at a Broadway Opera Comique-such roars of laughter that 1 was ready to fight, and 1 noticed that even Peggy's high spirits were beginning to ebb like the tide.
 'fThere was another old pair of gloves at home that 1 might have worn," she confided to me. "Of course, there were no ear muffs that l could wear because, in our family there have never been any Puritan ancestors. Nothing but Southern ones-but might have borrowed some.p
 T told you so," l chanted with the perfectly good grace of the Bromide. T told you not to come. 1 knew how 1t would be. Don't you wish we were at home by big blazing fire, eating candy and fruit cake? Shouldn't you like that?''
 Better than anything in the wide world" said Peggy. "I never dreamed that my teeth could go on like this and not drop out, and Tine sure l look blue as indigo"
 You are not the beauty that the pa pers accredit you with being when you go to the fashionable functions" I said Tor simon pure meanness, because she had inveigled me into the party. Those who want to may rave over cold wealth CT and the Winter Girl and her rosy cheeks and bright eyes, but it is my pri- vats opinion that no human being could look either pretty or attractive in the cold"
 Just as I spoke a snow ball struck Peggy between the eyes and she said With whitening sarcasm as she looked straight at the man who threw it:
 T wish he would freeze to death right where he is standing now, and he would never be discovered even by Walter We'll man D
 Some one asked at this juncture if any body had taken the observations in the last few moments, and If by this time we wern't about 92 degrees North, where upon one of the men mentioned some thing about a Hot Scoteh," and it seemed to me that an angel choir joined in the refrain.
 Are the men as cold as all that" I asked presently. q thought they were having a glorious time.'
 You never can tell Men are such pos eurs,' said Peggy furously. But any way. everybody come and go home with A1e and let's make merry over a big fire and the last of the Christmas candy and cake and Egg Nog."
 The invention was accepted en masse, and we piled again into the autos wait ing, and started for home.
 'I wouldn't have believed that any crowd of people as good looking as this one could look so hideously ugly" Peggy said to be soto voce as we sprinted on
 Nor ], l chirped, nesting in little corner where l could get warm.
 Never did anything look so lovely as the holly bedecked rooms of Peggy's house when we reached there, and after we had thawed out and been refreshed we huddled about the fire and one of the men said:
 ''If the snow lasts let's go on another party tomorrow"
 q have an engagement for every day and night this week." ] shouted
 50 have l." said Peggy.
 And so have l." declared the other women of the party.
 And it turned out that all the men had too, or said they had, which was the same From which l argue,'' I said en pas sant, that most of us like to do our coasting vicariusly."
 And especially Dolly" said Peggy. laughing.
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