| Show WIND AGAINST STEAM A iloco nn ilowit a biml E vinton contributed a capital story of yachting on alic Hii ilson to alio st nicholas from wo tho following vivid account of a trial of speed between an ice yacht and tho fast thi rc is a roar and a rush behind what next tho down train tho boys look avci their shoulders as the big black monster shoots p the whistle blows sharply anro handkerchiefs waving from tho windows tho ice yacht is jut now holding nearly across alic river A race a race boesl cries alio skipper as lie gh CA a quck turn of his hand with a sheer and a spring alic y are oil after alio llio train now alic r fcc tho race boys steam against wind linw alicy lly Eun thing is blurred and melted together and indi t act tho ice is all 1 bluish white haze with diamond from alic runners blazing up the windows of the train anro heads they seem to shout to alio llio on alio ice yacht who licar only alic fisli of lio wind and alio alio wind alio boat rears higher the windward fiercely through alie air and alio llio ico alios in a almost up with alio llio train now and creeping on vill alic wind hold asiu never fear this is no ll 11 iw but a steady galo it as it alic black train was slowing up vet no it is the liveli hying faster literally on the dingi of alic wind and now a crack in the ico alic skipper himself aud scam alic ice with eigio eye an old hand at ice is he wo can do it I 1 think lie say now brave condina Ko and alio llio train sees tho crack too alio cars alavo all their long length with heads and gestures and warning shouts do they everybody is asleep tharo ou that light allying y wanderer tho upper cago of tho crack is higher by full six indies alic lower and between swirls the black treacherous aro upon it whiz splash as lie ico sags and alio runner catches tho cold tide Ls a wild tremulous swing anil sway a toa of tho windward runner and lie crack is far ataru how iho train cheers and look now alio black snorting engine falli wind give them three checri boys and swing your cap and hold fast while you are about it the track is clear ahead alio llio locomotive whistles anil snorts and i hobits in wild salute at the yachts victor ajster fiscor lill there is only the ring of alio llio runners lie roar and kiili of alio wind alio and leap and swing and sway of alio wayward craft |
