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Her fingers gripped convulsively the handle-bars. She was moving alone. It was inconceivably awful and delightful. She was on the back of a wild pony in the forest. The miracle of equilibrium was being accomplished. The impossible was done, and at the first attempt. She thought very clearly how wondrous was life, and how perfectly happy fate had made her.
January third: A wet, sloppy, snowy day, our "January thaw," Mr. H. says. I took the two children out on the sled upon the ice and pushed at the handle-bars until I was reeking with perspiration, afterwards giving Jennie her lesson at her auntie's. There are twelve of us under the Mission roof tonight, including Miss E. and the native. January fourth: These are great days.
Folsom, who had been heaving at the handle-bars all the way up the Dexter Creek hill, halted his dogs at the crest and dropped upon the sled, only too glad of a breathing spell. His forehead was wet with sweat; when it began to freeze in his eyebrows he removed his mittens and wiped away the drops, then watched them congeal upon his fingers.
That was when Varney's hands let go of the handle-bars. The next instant they fell upon Hammerton's withdrawing figure and brought it up with a sharp jerk. Peter heard the ensuing struggle, but saw nothing. He paid Varney the tribute of sitting still in his seat and saying not a word. The contest was bitter, but brief.
"Thought you said your wheel was in good condition," came from Pepper. "So it was when I looked at it this morning." "What's wrong now?" "The handle-bars are loose for one thing. I don't know what else is wrong until I look it over." The machine was brought forth from the bushes. The lamp-glass had been smashed and the light had gone out.
As it was made in huge circular sheets, we would often punch a hole in the middle, and slip it up over our arms. This we found the handiest and most serviceable mode of transportation, being handy to eat without removing our hands from the handle-bars, and also answering the purpose of sails in case of a favoring wind. Yaourt, another almost universal food, is milk curdled with rennet.
Of course the boys could charge up it quicker than we could pedal, but I even heard the voice of their stout instructor growing louder through the mist. "Oh, to think I've let you in for this!" I groaned, my head over the handle-bars, every ounce of my weight first on one foot and then on the other.
Through the tangle of prostrate trunks of a burned-over forest and the dense underbrush that follows such a fire, with not enough snow to give smooth passage over the obstacles, we made our toilsome way, the labour of the dogs calling for the continual supplement of the men, one at the gee pole and one at the handle-bars.
You know about that midnight blue satin Hertz had the brass to dump back on us because the skirt was too tight. Huh?" Her eyes were far and away. "Huh, whatta you know about that, Gert?" Her hands, gripped around the handle-bars, were full of nerves; she could feel them jumping in her palm. "Huh, Gert?" "What you say, Phonzie?" "All right, don't answer. Moon all you like, for my part."
Andy stopped the flow of acetylene gas, and then his chums turned the rays of the other lamps on the disabled bicycle. "Handle-bars loose and also nuts on the front wheel!" cried Andy, after an examination. "Say, I believe some enemy did this!" "Who?" questioned the young major. "I don't know. Maybe Ritter, or Coulter." "Hurry up and tighten things," cried Pepper. "We don't want to be late."
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