| Show ROMANCE ON THE ICE reasons beasom for the coolness that exists between two brooklyn lovers she was a poor skater she said but bat her escorts escort who thought she was just about perfect in everything else insisted that she could skate well enough for criticism and that he much of a skater himself so they went to the park together one day last week and were very ery soon on tho the ice perhaps you might have seen them for they were as noticeable as ever were two lovers from the country when they first visit new kew york and take a walk on broadway each had told the truth but each se secretly believed that she and he respectively ively was a better skater than she and he had pretended when they were fairly launched so to speak they took hold of each others hands bands and in their attempt to maintain upright positions their lings and of the air with their arms not in use suggested st vitus vitue dance look out therel there I 1 where are you going shouted a skilled skater whom they suddenly plunged into and nearly upset he had braced himself for the onset and they split on him as it were she went one side aide and he the other two pairs of hands were in the air as if trying to claw chunks out of the sky then came the collapse he went down on his back aud and she well she tried to eit down but made quite a frantic and unnecessary effort the ice seemed to her to meet her half way and there was a very dull thud indeed there I 1 told you so shouted the skilled skater he ele was addressing himself to the young ladys escort and at the same time gallantly went to the r side ide of the young lady apolon apologized zed to her very handsomely for running into him and assisted her to rise before her escort had found time to do anything but glare at him then the skilled skater later said to the young lady permit me holding her firmly in position he gave her a fine spin across the lake and back again by that time the escort had gained a tolerably erect 1 position hurt asked the skilled skater patronizingly bothee not hurt except as to his feelings he said with a feeble attempt at politeness that he was not injured and this time directed his glare at the young lady the skilled skater smiled mischievously raised his hat bat to the young lady and glided away for my part snapped the escort when they were left alone 1 I think the ice is no good would you like to i go homo she asked with a shade of stiffness and three shades of sarcasm they might as well he grumbled and when they got their skates off and started homeward the temperature seemed to grow colder he said he might not be up that evening as he expected to be detained in the city nud and hs he has not been uv up since D rooklyn brooklyn standard union |
