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Updated: June 17, 2025
In a sun-cracked and time-curled leather holster tacked to the seat at Smith's right hand, a large revolver with a prodigious black handle hung ready for the disciplining of bandits or bears, as they might come across Smith's way. Smith rounded up before the tent with a curve like a skater, bringing his four horses to a stop in fine style.
"Are you a skater, my dear?" asked the captain, addressing his wife. "I used to be a tolerably expert one and moderately fond of the exercise," she replied. "I should like the pleasure of taking you out this morning, for a trial of your skill," he said. "Shall I send for skates for you?" "Thank you, no; I think I have a pair somewhere about the house, and perhaps can find another for you."
Faster and faster their legs flew over the ice as they dodged cracks with more certainty. Skater after skater was left behind, often by a hair's-breadth margin of safety which evoked half-heard protests as they skimmed on. "Almost there," shouted Bill as he increased his efforts to the utmost. "Tie," yelled John as he shot over and grabbed an arch of the northern bridge to stop his momentum.
Most likely it expected to hear a plunge; but, instead of that, its hoofs came down upon the hard ice; and, by the impulse thus given, the animal shot out with the velocity of a skater.
But as they had on thick coats, and as they did not fall very far but went spinning over the frozen pond, they thought it was fun. Over the ice they slid, just as a skater slides when he falls down, and finally they stopped and sat up. "Huh!" grunted Russ. "That that was fun, wasn't it?" asked Laddie. "Lots of fun!" agreed Russ. "I wonder if he did it on purpose?"
Terry explained that his car was not addicted to producing these sensational effects, and compared the difficulties it was now combatting with those which a skater might experience if the hard ice were covered an inch deep with soft soap. "We shall soon be out of this," he said, "for the road will be better higher up where the hill begins, and the rain has had a chance to drain away."
He glanced up at it as he passed, recognizing perhaps that he was as a skater on thin ice, his safety entirely dependent upon his agility, as he made his way to the flare of light which came from a wine shop. The place was full and noisy, but there was a sudden silence as he entered. He was well-known here, and every pair of eyes was fixed upon him keenly.
Their masquerade costumes were as diverse and elaborate as though it were a ball they were attending. There was no dress as simple as Janet Steele's Red Cross uniform; yet with her glowing face and sparkling eyes and white teeth there were few more effective figures in the party. She had proved herself to be a fine and strong skater.
The King proved himself to be an expert skater, and under the respectful gaze of the crowd, described graceful curves and difficult figures upon the ice. At length the attention of the King was drawn to a woman, who, equally clever, seemed to be amusing herself with copying his evolutions.
The milkman also takes his milk-cart round on a sledge, and the farmers skate to market, saving both time and money, for then there is no railway fare to be paid, and a really good skater goes almost as fast as a train in Holland especially the Frisian farmers, for Frisians are renowned for their swift skating, and the most famous racer of the commencement of the nineteenth century, Kornelis Ynzes Reen, skated four miles in five minutes.
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