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Show !Q AN AIR HOLE, and Watery Erperince of dee on Board an-Iceboat. an-Iceboat. gEBVANT YOUTH. " ' h Tall to Pieees?-Pine-ag Question, tuo first time 1 evei m keboat. It was neat the Hudson, about thirt y ree other passengers were I was the only novice. I ,fraid of air holes, for I eat deal about them. See-ifrv See-ifrv raids iu front of us, , o"r track, I nervously nan-. attention to it ,1c I am blind?" he replied, had bothered him that twice before. A second J, "Hold on, all!" and I, .Id on fast enough, as the f on another course, waB , craft and went eliding ice nt a wonderful rate of was a splash, and I felt over my head. I thought t, for, in my fright and d not noticed that I had , but when I rose, splut-;urface, splut-;urface, I saw my com-t com-t away, and quite safe, as in the air hole, and I terof an hour before I half drowned and two-Since two-Since that day I have 1 to offer suggestions to but have devoted my at-rely at-rely to my own business, olding on when he tells : Sun. - : )tMervaht Boy. torn I write is never at a sthing to observe. Last ower caught him while From his retreat he kept e whatever there was to ortly after observed the at and little, settling in rass for shelter from rain. er was fairly over he saw ome and drive the dragon : covert, hunting them ieir lace winged finery, inch dragon flies, pointed yellow, were too Btrong ut the little slender fel-in fel-in fancy colors brown, dusky became meat for go I remonstrated with g stones at' a king bird, aat be was doing it only d. True enough, it did From his perch on ahigh ird calculated the curve battering defiance as the by, rising a few feet too near, only to settle le place, oth bird and boy, for sev-lg sev-lg bird returned daily to -Cor. Forest and Stream. |