New-York tribune., 1912-03-10


England hill, with baby blizzard gettin IN
its fine work. No wonder most OF EN- de-
clded 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
1 of a snOwstorm, and next mornln When
we looks out the State of Connecticut was
qivin a good imitation Of frosted cake, ana
thick frostin' at that. Must have rained
little along towards the last, and then iroze
no solid; for everything outside was gllStenln
and the sun lust breakin through the clouds.
And YOU never saw a grouchier lot than
the bunch that struggled in to breakfast
Wow, They was sore on everything, specially
Pincknev and the weather. First they q IN
spect the looks of things outdoors, ana then
thev'd turn peevish on Pinckney.
"But this is terrible" remarks Senor Del
RianO "One might as well be in prison.
"Nv 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; 81.
"Whv. we'll play bridge Ha, ha. says
Pnckney. ,.
Belmont. BAH"
Bv the middle of the forenoon 1t was al,
most a mutiny All they'd do was to stand
around and grow at the snow.
"Gee! what a sour lott says | to Sadie.
"AIc for the attic.
THAT'S why | was proWlin around up
L in our room investigator. There's
French window opcnin onto httle We
randa: 50 steps out, and discovers tnat IhG
wind has heaped up big drift almost level
with the low caves. The veranda must nave
been used as a slecpin' porch once; tor IN the
corner is one of these bed hammocks that S
been left out by accident, mattress and all.
It's an iron frame hammock, made OF inch
and-a-half gas piping, with the sides turned
M at each end. You've seen EN-: But II
never struck me before how much they
could look like a sled.
well. we'll" says I, gain from the ham
mock to the snowbank. 81 wonder II 1t
would work? 1t might break the monotony'
if nothing more.
Three minutes later I've buckled my
trouscr 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 a foot.
~Hcre goes. anyhow" says |, givin shove
with one foot and grabbin' the mattress.
And. say, talk about your happy boyhood
davs, That ride beat any coastln Id ever
had. The hard freeze on the damp snow
had made a crust like 50 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 a motion on that was some rapid,
believe me- Zip-zip-zip! goes for a good
half-milc, before brings up at level space
off in the next township somewhere. Maybe
YOU never tried hammock tobOgganin'
We'll. its all to the hip-hip. hustleS back
towin the thing and my first move IS to call
for Sadie.
Hey, Get your mink coat on and come
try this" says |.
Shes 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.
"Whc-c.e,," says shc as we takes the first
iouncc. "Oh. my, Shorty! but isn't this
gorgcous;'
o its a gloom dispcllcr all right says /.
I'll have to let Pinckney in on II next
BY Joyc, Shorty" says he after one trial.
you're genius. Wei make toboggan
carnival out of this. But We need some more
b,,r,nocLS ri order them at once.