Show big thing on ice ica T ibe he spead of tho the ico ice boat in is io credi blo ble and it will till when tailing tiling it across the wind ind go faster than linn the gule guie that pro ps pela I 1 s it tim this seeming paradox has been goo BO learly clearly shown that I 1 shall rot col take taka tile ap pp buo to explain it now the ilio reason for the amazing numbers ol of ico ice bouts is because anybody with a a hummer anil and 8 aw and a lew few bowls boards can cac make one even the largest of them are no expensive except its HI far as ai ilia egli call is i concerned toronto loconto lo day cy is ia about three miles milaa wido and seven or light eight miles long nl fit least those were about its dimensions dimen siona when I 1 was there quite a few years ago A long low sandy island keeps out the waves 0 of lake ba ontario tarlo and its there theio is is no current tho the bay has hai nothing to do when winter sets in in but freeze and it generally stays stars frozen until navigation is open everywhere else also I 1 only led bud OZO one ride on an joe foe t but I 1 remember the ho trip with tolerable cl clearness cleR earners rnea there is nothing quite so bright and fresh especially the latter as a student who is 13 taking in his bia first empen once euco ol of city lilo life two of 0 w in this cal 10 lov 1 condition hall hail trotted down tie the crisp frozen street to tho the esplanade where toronto turns turca out to goo BOO tho the totters skaters and the cicalo acha A go gay party 4 0 f four were just ast hoisting asting iho zai big triangular 8 sail ol of a yacht that lay on the acarl the the captain marked us an aa bi his a proy prey I 1 I 1 nao a ride nde over to tile the island gentlemen fa uhe ilia delicately applied flattery which will 01 ko he disguised in the word 11 gentlemen gentleman captured us and my lay comrade answered a tor for both and said baid 1 I wo we would boneet be most h happy I 1 1 we my sprang down on the lea ioa and took our oar places on the ilia triangular framework wor k there wro were no seats unless the ciona could bo be so BO called cal leil some fat eat on these anil and some on the flooring oring ono one of tho the men shoved around the sharp and end of tho the triangle which had fixed at it the point a movable skate attached to a lover lever after the manner of the tha helm belm of a eail estil boat at each other point boint ol of the triangle we was a fixed skate chate gild and from be ba tween them rose the tha mast the man pushed tho the ico ice yacht out from the lea of tho the wharf and gorang on board the iho wind merely touched the tha sail bail yet et we slid along faster aster than some borao boys boya who were skating chahl keep with us na one urchin asked if be might hung hang on ho wits was given a cordial permission and ho he held tho the point of tho the triangle anglo and bis fret feet together skated along without auy exertion the instant with we we were a 0 out ut of the ho influence of the warehouses tho the boat 0 shot h 0 t ahead like lao a thing of life the T h 0 mar mac at tho the wheel winked at his coin panyong pa niong and suddenly veered the boat around this was for the benefit of the bo boy on skates Bl cates instead of tumbling tam liling over however ho he slid oat at right angles rios kept his bill feet like a italo little man and found timo time to make maka a derisive deri five notion motion with his hi hand band llevad he bad been been thero there before now that the gale eo struck us the speed became terrific terri flo wo we two hold held on b the timbers but were laughed athy at by our companions co l ions who accustomed to iho t notion tion sat gat unconcerned every very now and thou then I 1 a patch of snow would be DO encountered that perceptibly less ened the speed and when it a boat struck a patch it was with that wo we fiedt our places wo skimmed among the other yachts and threaded between skit skitters in it a way that mado freedom from accident marvelous marv cloas most of the lime ono one skate rarely touched tho the ice merely dipping down on tho the crystal surface now low anil and then to I 1 lift flirt a white me of ico ice from the tha glistening blade I 1 was in a constant terror that the he boat would a upset past which I 1 gathered from boru the conversation of the boatmen wait a frequent occurrence wo ve now rapidly the island where do yon ahli ta laud gentlemen 1 2 baked asked the iho ely bly friend was past speaking me HO I 1 answered 11 oll oh anywhere were not pr 1 all taht ho he cried mating making straight tor for the island until within a few ew roddi roils of it when w ban ile ho suddenly end denly turned the helm halia all about out at right angles natural philos philosophy phy las L is taught me that tile iho iceboat ice iea boat must havo very hastily loft left her lei course when the helm was chaugen chaug ohan geil eJ I 1 therefore firmly believe to this day that hat she d di i chatine chat ize but personally I 1 have lava no knowledge of the fiot I 1 going to chalico ny my coarse merely be canso tho I 1 li a boat did I 1 kept right on and aad I 1 will do my friend the j justlee to eay thal he be stuck by me we ve slid tho tha remainder remi indor of tile distance I 1 to tile the wand lalund ri rapidly lIlly ro boures potti ires ures till nil un while anti anil allow itil tor for increased friction misao ulu irist i rood tin time as tit alb yacht hive duo the ilia speed i hit we ivo about wo we lolled a good part pait ot of the A iba ay across t alio lie island before wo we concluded to stop step my friend bing bain a mail ann of 0 piety and principle wua avail deprived ol of the junsola ton tit influence nance that I 1 who had it no anch scra ples proc proceeded coded to uy any self with willi I 1 guv guo wm liin my opinion pinion of our lato late companions in a etlo of rhetoric thet otio that I 1 hitter myself did justice lie ile silently brush brushed etl off lui ith clothes and ekly tou toot tt a sort of 0 inventory of 0 the damages listening nil all the while doubtless with some ant ie is faction to my impassion eil do clo cuenco quenco our friends on tua tile load who lio lad braced themselves thenis elyea lip ili whim when the tha inin camu came were more inore than a milo away anwa y hut but they again veered around aro unil and ami before wo we coalie pay bay jat jaick k Il they snooped down liti bido UH and got out ont 1 I say BUY tiled cried the lender leader etli an look 11 av whit bat did ou oil folio fellows we get off for why dida t you stay with Us ua 21 this ellna was adding insult to injury and ani I 1 think I 1 my lay sense ot of the fact fac in a manner that to no one could fuls kuisun urt der staid you said you were not particular about la but bat it seems to mo me that hint ij if you yon were more particular your clothes would last looter longer I 1 hall had a wild at that moment of c capturing tho the yacht mid ajl running a muck across to the city I 1 whispered the ho idea to lo ay friend for tho the yacht was wai at anding empty no Beirer aber to tu us thita to the other oilier rang gang bat ho he believed ia in turning the tha other oilier cheek also and I 1 help but proposed prop walking wiil liing baric back to the city w which I 1 objected to so BO back ho he s started alono alone rever never answering it a word floril to the tha party who now nov urged lum him antl amli me aoto to go back with them hell ho n soon get tired of that well catch up lit to hitland hit hain nand and take lim liim on go with ab wont you 1 this was to mo me ll 11 oh certainly when im thrown brown dinong a nico nice gentlemanly lot of f fellows 01 J T hope chopo I 1 know dobough 11 to stick io them you a fow few minutes 11 then ilien they laughed I 1 was going gome to suggest ro marked a another u 0 ther that he ha I 1 thrown from among a nice gentlemanly lot of 01 fellows I 1 and then tho the rest laughed bella again F brooding ovo over ray my wrongs I 1 west went ith them up to a hotel hotal which I 1 think now must havo have been Ha gathins Ilan lans thins there was an aa un tuned piano pian there othere and ami ono one ol of the tha follows pounded thereon while others sting bung I 1 was waa darkly plotting all tho the to meanwhile tho four seemed determined to drink all there vas MM in ill tho the hotel and I 1 woolda t be sure but they succeeded they started out bois boisterous find anil boozy and we wera soon in the boat again my comrade oon I 1 ilia hid do very little progress pro gross gOol anil al the strong barong broeki breez was bandiuk frig him im further in its direction diro clion than he wat was making towards tho tha city ina in a low few seconds we were beside him but he would not eyen even answer their invitations to come on inboard onboard board off sped the yacht again lor for half bil a mile and then turning owe swept t inck back pnat him av within athin a foot of his t ody body at a fri frightful 8 speed then the half drunken holms nian man av whirled it around and brought it ton to ft standstill stand still bedora my frightened right enod but stubborn chum vr who li 0 again rel refused based to come on board got get aboard for my sake bako said quid I 1 11 incautiously 11 dont you yon see lies haa drunk whoa drunk cried tho the helmsman indignantly you yon are said bid 1 I 11 the whole gang of you von then they all solemnly that I 1 was the only drunken man on board s though although the who wanted to fight mo inc but bat was prevented by tho others wel viell arly anyhow how sa said la he I 1 I 1 ill tike a alico out of the coat bud and the conceit out of tho the other fellow and to this they all agreed ag reail I 1 now trembled for tho safely ol of my friend and begged them to domst desist with A w whoop hoop we slid binl along tho the lea ioa for nearly a 3 mile and then camo came around like an arrow the boat spoil sped towards tho the don doomed me d man the hal martisia kept inn his eye fixed on him alone and consequently y c could not lot attend to bach lucli trivial titi things alg aa tho the other yachts ground around va us wo narrowly missed several only es CB caping calling by the quickness of their steers men but one big follow fellow wilb two tiro sails came I 1 racing up op the baw ba find and a rapid mental tid mathematical lon lation induced rne me to fling myiel once onca more on the tha ice I 1 heard the thoc crash nah hoth both bouta boat were instantaneously reduced induced to kindling wood the tha proverbial luck of ijo drunkard saved tho the conr our but gwoon two on tho the other boat were somewhat badly injured the that the four our wore were sentenced tb itt pay tor for the damage they did woo was because of the straightforward testimony tamon my friend gave gl tiBb them in a court cour I 1 th thought OIL 9 h t you yoa believe in revenge I 1 said to him afterwards atter varda 11 1 l well said bail ha be dr ly some BOBO poolo people 10 take theirs in ialo words matin and in aw oMing 1 I dont swear till I 1 got gob into court and then than the words count fluke flake sharp tn in detroit free arco ardas |