Show snowshoeing SNOW SHOEING 1 I came I 1 saw I 1 conquered is not at all applicable to the r ice at bow shoeing and especially does it fall wide of the maik when a beginner begin nei starts out with a pair of norwegian ion nines in that case the motto 1 I went I 1 started I 1 fetched up would be the more appropriate one day deung the past week a professing fiend into our sanctorum with a scarcely audible spreading his physiognomy and inquired it we enjoyed out door exercise having pot used to that kind of ic creation in our younger davs b play lound a wood pile with an axe picking superfluous arbs aiom among the growing crops and taking care of the stock v e made in the affirm 1 I thought you would and so I 1 came around to invite you to take a snowshoe ride with me can take ou over here to a place where we can hae the finest run in the country but bow do ou manage those are they snow shoes yes and when you go down hill on them all you have to do is to straddle this pole and bear down ono or twi trios on them will make ou awell man and that care worn look will vanish from face well we stalled and in the trip out lexinea to v alk on them passably wea ly having them muffled we got up hill and traveled along till we at least four miles from town and nearly tuckered out but that matter when ft e stilted back down bill we could sit on alie pole and ride ill the way without an effii t farally wo beached leached oui destination a bald lull which wis nearly a tableland but which sloped gradually to pirk city the pitch becoming and it neared the tov n alter a little talk and a breathing spell ve faced and started the slope was so gradual that alie pole bad to be called to our assistance to anh us along for a few yards abe next yards the shoes c arned Us along at a snail pace and all went well we conversed on the lela tive merits of snowshoeing and coasting and voted the palm to the former Gid dually our speed was abed 1 he sage bi ush on eitner side seemed to be getting thicker now they look liko a hedge fence now a blue etreal and now afeei la ing insensible for an instant as it seemed we gathered up and looked around ah there is the friend who started no its a spruce tree which has been struck by lightning V e have been struck too iho shoes were rusticate in a small proe ot sage bruah about efty ams ahead going after them and picking out a run where spruce trees grow we stained off again hoping for bellei luck but as the snow shoes had each picked out route we left m directions at once until like the colossus of rhodes wo found asunde an ancient water course hut perseverance wins wo mut leipe and after assuming a natural were off once more now we bad conquered splendid ride A twig reached out of the snow and wo into the mountain fler scrambling around foi a the surface was le ached the snow mounted and off we went again this time a cai elega wronmin had sticking out of the snow but co dida t take it aang one shoe staid with w but the other was mean benua along by itself about a mile ahead but never mind one ahoo will do for the remainder of the route so away we stalled going down a hill with a dip of about forty five the single attained too great a velocity but we sat down and the shoo got away but we beat it to abo bottom there 13 a shouldering ing volcano in that hill it was w aim hot 1 on airving in town w e heard that our friend bad about three hours beffie and had left on afternoon ham for a tour of the world and now as we stand and ponder over the laati er and hope that the camphor v ill draw the inflammation out wo am e resolved to discourage as 1 ir as m our power lies all outdoor |