fear-exciting

Updated: April 30, 2025

It was a feat that a professional acrobat would have found easy, but that very few but professionals could have accomplished. It was when he reached the beam that the boy surprised his mates. He got his legs over the beam and rested for a moment; then he commenced the descent. In some way he wrapped his legs around the rope and, head down, suddenly shot toward the floor at a fear-exciting pace.

Grace Brooks Hill - The Corner House Girls at School