Show 4 11 F ia a CI V 7 TX dij X I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 n k e 4 1 0 1 F YOV 1 I 1 A mr VL 71 a lid d FA L 11 I 1 cy 11 1 1 I 1 1 rp 1 0 I 1 it I 1 I 1 I 1 bijj c 4 1 I EYE 51 I 1 40 8 I 1 4 a 4 SKATING FOR A PLACE snowstorm LP hal bad such it a experienced two days and id never nights it had raged continuously as B many any burled buried in a sly Eiert thine was feet deep except exa ena blanket of 0 it falte several the lake it its a glassy surface had kept free by tho the beca of 0 th the teen been wind but it 11 had not been very cot cold d and except along shore chore tho the lea ice w iraa as not thick bert hill 1111 lived on tin the shore of th the e lake on the outskirts of 0 Lake lakeview view he e ties a stock lly built lid ad or of about alf teen end and very fond ot at outdoor sports q when rhen not lot it in rena school of lie was nearly always during daylight ro wing fishing swimming or sica RI the season n permitted life his great ambition vias to become a mail maii there was waa a village paper I 1 in n Lake lakeview view but I 1 it t was only a weekly and berta ideas ranged above this what lie ho had in mind was a place on the staff eti of some big city dally daily ile he felt that if 1 he could only rave have a etem te he as bound to succeed the ivac previous spring he be had graduated from rom tho the village age school nuh honors during the summer bummer lie ho had done some old odd jobs but there thi re was no place for or him in I 1 eak v 1 velch aich promised promotion I 1 in n heberl hf hla chosen berl 1 line inc it ans was in the early part of 0 the he even iab g on the second day of the tha storm that ha t bert heard of 0 a bad accident that had bad occurred on the railroad line two to balles nalles out of Lake lakeview view the express going coins vest had encountered a snow slide in a gorge gorce and been thrown front rom the track several people had been killed and ninny many others seriously hurt an engine chich happened to lc be on a sitting at Lake lakeview view was waa at once sp spat 8 ched to the place of tho the dign disaster ster il 1 th doctors on board and now no 1 he be heard they were nere bringing the dead doi d and the he injured ratio into tile the village on oil a coup couple e of nai flat cars ber bert t dashed ot off to lo the station allon et sure enough there they were the injured bellig made as comfortable as pou possible sible at hours houra near by the dead In trusted to the undertakers care valle hire the remaining passengers raan engers vere slowly being t c lommo dated with shelter and food W the village folks bert was very much glitch interested and stood mood listening eagerly tani riv to the stories told by the iho pas A bt baranger ranger was talking to the operator cant you get a word thi taugh he ha ass as ascii as iii not a mord the operator answered why the railroad people would do in tithing anything to mend fiend it message to the city hut L the wires are down donin the connection aas as broken halt half on an hour before efte he accident occurred when will it be axed not beffie morning at the earliest anil and perhaps northen not then theu its ita forty miles to the city and the line runs through 2 lot of cuts in which aich the snow know Is 13 deep well be dutky it if the IN alrea larea are arc working ly by noon the stranger uttered an exclamation 0 anal anger ger and tit mst it and no th cliance r e of 0 getting a message through in III any 04 oilier way tho rho OVern operator oye tor batill unfilled d you see the condition ot of things he said how many people do yo you think would try driving or of tramping d through this thin snow now why IN lay man it would lie certain death lic birlon rtin la is the nearest town and its miles avva avay the stranger turned im away ay lit a clear cigar aud and began to smoke savagely bert approached T pro tile the one who smiled knowingly lino angly as the hoy boy came up there bert he be said raid theres one or of lour our profession and hes ja in a had bad ax fix lie he has an account of the retire railroad ad accident slid and he cant get it through t to a tile the city hes hell it a member of the C cosmos as staff anil and was as on oil the train that u as a wrecked bert was all excitement at once and he he retarded regarded the I 1 he stranger mith curiosity mixed if with alth ann abc e ile he felt a great sympathy tym pathy for the man too and by and by afi plucking up he walked over or and anake to him As jl hard luck you cant got your account ulm gli 11 it he bald aid yes 1 ca pred the 0 ther other moodily it a a b splendid story tory ti I 1 wold nt rates malione I 1 1 m n 9 a Kc on oil it for or twenty dot lr r but it must bo be in tho 1110 office by onet one eone thirty tonight or the chance is eifle the bert did not reply nut but sat act down on short bench be beside tilde the man and cud cudgelled clidge gelled llod hla his brains for or a way out of 0 int difficulty it I 1 he could only leslae tomo some plan to help lh cosmos Cog moa r reporter ethe all at once he jumped to his feet ct rn ill take that message tor for you final ani telegraph it to the city he maid ald th man looked at him keenly you I 1 11 INC he tam said how ill take taha it down and across ati oni the lake oa a my skates or at leat least fit ill try I 1 on can telegraph it from rom pine bluna bluffs it if the tha I 1 diw too to the city aren arent t down there the tl man slapped him on the backs back are loure a trump youngster ho he ex calmed almod TU ill have the lh story ready in giov soon boon cna can you start hearit Hl ariT As al oon men aa a I 1 can get home and back ick that will be about lial halt an hour it 11 take an hour to get bit to the bluing or ir probably have to skate around a ir 1 t 01 thin ice it 8 hutlock now ill P e jai in I 1 tile hie bluffs by balf pant a 9 you enry at wont face by it 11 it if you ott put tile C 1 ter me inc mali all the leamon nine loan inan ill IH ir or ou here wital but n rt thought little of nhat tu return ilk he fulghu get bet for or the lh taik the th 1 I 1 I 1 e a iden idea that lie he N was as enlisted in the service 0 of f tile the cosmos the bigat of the city capeis was waa repaid enough for him the rho thought of tile lh possible rog sible danger ahead ahad never entered his mind either full of oc ills project et he made hi hh s ar arangel rats nta and came back without to ex explain to anybody but w when ho e had d received the bundle or of written sheets from the cosmos man antl and mas da leming li aln a sudden thought that lie he could not possibly return till late made him call to tile the telegraph operator to send nord w ord to its fattier father where ho he had rone gone final instructions were given him ira by tj the to newspaper man also a card to I 1 show to tho the operator at the bluffs in default of money to pay tor for the telegram ten minutes later he be had clamped on ilia his skates and nine on off the breeze blew directly rose the lake front from the northeast it struck him on his right side and while it tit did not actually impede him made ran no easy task but the me ico was fit linn in and preen green and as a smooth as jt it could be said and lie euting along at a smart pace for there was not a better skater in lake view five miles were covered in short order then lie he slackened his hia speed and began to consider ahat v hat course bo be should adopt if lie went all tho the way down the lake to it a point opposite pine bluffs and cut straight across to the ton ton IN it aou would id be safest for lie he would have thick smooth ice fee for the whole bole distance but it would also take him longer than to strike diagonally across the I 1 lake ake from alibro ho be then ARs AS the litter latter plan would mould i take lake him 1 over ve r a couple uple of miles of ice b M b of 1 I it he c could not be suie state but lie ho arnould anould thereby save nearly half hair an hour bour or 0 valuable time provided tho the ice hold I 1 aw 0 I 1 7 11 N 11 I 1 W 11 r r I 1 y 1 I 1 I 1 51 I 1 t 1 mr aj gk I 1 11 o 0 I 1 4 P I 1 irk ila I 1 I 1 III N 9 3 4 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 az I 1 I 1 I 1 the cosmoses Cos moss correspondent A couple of minutes of debate d decided e him the cosmos needed the tory story r 1 as the man had called it as scoon 0 on as possible ho he had bad undertaken to bee that it 11 got cot through quickly ile he felt that it if a regular member 0 of o tile the start of 0 that par paper had tho the matter in hand lie ho would not ills hla convenience veni ence crace or even come danger against doing the service speedily lie ile suai around and started out on oil a straight course for the town tho the wind laid was on oil ills back and if 1 lie had fast he now was ringing along at a pace N which filch made b his Is earlier effort seem can slow in live minutes he ae was entirely A without the shelter of 0 the high ground tins tile ice was still firm but almost transparent under the light which the moon occasionally gave as it struggled from between clouds it had stopped knowin snowing but little whirlwinds whirl winds of 0 light powdery makes hakes now and then scurried across hla his path por for some reason which he could not at first explain bert began to STOW grow uneasy lie iio strove in vain to dailve the fear ear from hla his mind the see ice looked backed no thinner there was wan no break in it apparently patently ly it 11 was mas firm and capable of 0 hearing bearing his hl weight but somehow the feel 0 of it told him film that lift lie was in danger As he swept toi rot ward ho he teemed to be rising and falling ailing with each long Bt rolie lie he had been on uch such ice before it bent under him in waves and lie he knew that if 1 there ha had 4 been more light by y looking over nil his shoulder lie he would have seen een it II undulating in long swells just like the water of 0 the lako lake on a calm day the ice was waa too thin to bear his weight jf if he stood still for an instant the skimming speed or of hla hill flight alone kept him from crashing through it would it grow thinner it it did there we waa a title little I 1 chance of his ever retting getting safely to land fund lie ho was nearly in the middle 0 of the like lake and there presumably the ice was weakest ca kest lift ile knew it was a race for life suddenly hak back of him tho the panting boy an ominous crack it did not need a glance behind to tell him ablat had happened thia the ico ice had 1 broken I 1 there its as it rome released fiam his hl weight A chill struck through him lint bill the fear merely made him increase lie he knew that he was waa going at alt at a tremendous rate yet it seemed a as s it if the darge dangerous space would never b be e passed but now flow through the dal daleness kness the lights ot of pine fine blurts bluffs began to twinkle only a 0 few allies away bert no ito long longer r felt tho the g rise and L a it tall I 1 a I 1 of the iha ice beneath him h I 1 an land skated sk ted wl with tit new confidence dence tired though he was tal his 4 speed did not slacken iio had reached safety at last lie he struck the shore near nea a the steamboat wharf and it was only a minutes ute a work to pull ott oft his bin skates then ginging them over his shoulder by a trip strap he waded through the snow to the tha path which latch had been partially shoveled clear rive five minutes later lie ha was ut the belor telegraph raph effice bare are tile lh mires marca work lna ir ht he asked breathlessly eath lessly alt AH open returned the off official iclal thank goodness goodne aa ejaculated bert bior or it a torment he had thought thou glit of tile hie antul possibility of oc being here after acht ml fill ills his bolk uld luid danger lla lie un buttoned butto buttor nud iud him coat and pulled out tho the precious manuscript send that through to tile ali Comin val an fast fant QA aji you call kajii tiame he be maid hald handing it to to ille th operator and here ik all iny y card tile DIP op operator prator gla cod at tho the bit of n and th tarn ra looked curiously I 1 I 1 6 I 1 U I 1 I 1 11 2 at the HIT boy are you one of 0 tle the cosmos me moil alien he asked 1 I am tonight dort bert an answered arod promptly 1 I brought that message meSSa message gc across the lake tho the man uttered on an ejaculation well ion newspaper Paper follows fellows do beat all soon the message mes sige was speeding oer mer 1 tho the AN alren ires and to bert the clicking of 0 tho the instrument was the tt aee sort of music lie he leaned on oil the sill bill of 0 the office counter and eagerly listened until the ills last word anord had been transmitted ahn he sudden suddenly 3 realized that he had to that raught and that he be should bo be starting star Unc for or lie ho would have to go back by bv the longer loncer way ivay As A he h reached the door of to tho room the telegraph instrument again began to click and the iho operator sane out to him here hold on om there cosmos Cosm sending a message to you from tho the city office and bert halted in after a minute the operator majd ali thy Y say pay send live hundred words on your trip across the lake they know anything about that asked cert bert in wonderment it waa in your account here at tho the end explained the operator dont you remember 9 bert did not remember iut but he understood the cosmos man had added a 0 line explanatory of how his story was to be put on tho the N wires free for a moment the yo 9 aspirant for newspaper honors id not know jut just what to do a here was as his chance but it was so RO unexpected that surprise of it hew beall dered him but he nian manneck aired to answer all right tell them they hall have it tit at once tho the experience lie ho had no fo recently been through was still vividly clear to ills his minds eye find and lie he pave gave it in a simple story the live hundred words ivere quickly written an and dispatched sp ached signed alth Is name ahn it de auert t with a 0 good to the operator trudged nith a light heart donn don to the frozen lake it was a long hard pull back for ho he had to malto make a big dolour detour to avoid the thin ice and it was 12 13 when 1 I hen ho he reached home his ii father was balting for him so BO was the Cosa cosmos men man rod and many were the words of praise he got for his pluck but happy as these mad maale bert feel it was ii a letter let lor which camo came a week lack later that tita made his joy the greatest it was from the managing manafi Ing editor of the Co cosmos canos and it offered him a chance to work for the paper with the promise 1 if he lid did well that he would be regularly enrolled on the staff OS of course hert bert bolf a prompt acceptance soi aci cep tance w with I 1 th ills his fathers fai hery approval and how much ho made of his opportunity Is in shown by that lie he now has to a ro place on the cosmos casinos force and Is fl one of that papers most trusted workers Nor kers T mcwilliams TC C WILLIAMS A BARREL FIDDLE copyright all rights ro reserved served I 1 A riddle made front from an ordinary barrot barrel and a few odd pieces of lumber lias has just J d st been constructed by it a massachi a etta Ce ceilius illus and greatly to the surprise prise of all himself included it Is iff a if 11 H breusted la in the name of this enterprising amateur instrument maker who ho bo however wever Is no jio ama amateur beur musician but on the contrary a lol inist and oello cello player of no mean older 01 der it was the lack of a cello hah was mas indirectly responsible fur fr the production of this unique instrument although an enthusiastic player alth abundant time at his disposal lie he had no instrument ai elih till u aich he could beguile the long and monotonous hours houm of his work as awl siant station agent at prospect east bast somerville mass the station la Is in the residential portion of 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