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Updated: July 23, 2025
This happened seldom enough for it to be the greatest possible treat when it did happen; and it never lasted very long, for the winters are warm in Devonshire. There was a little lake three fields off, which made the most splendid sliding-place imaginable. No skaters went near it it was not large enough; and besides, there was nobody to skate, the neighborhood being lonely.
For that extraordinary statement he received two castigations, one at home, that was mild, and one from the schoolmaster, who was careful to lay the rod upon the boy's sliding-place, punishing him, as he jocosely called it, on a sliding scale, according to the thinness of his pantaloons. What I liked best at school, however, was the study of history, early history, the Indian wars.
For that extraordinary statement he received two castigations, one at home, that was mild, and one from the schoolmaster, who was careful to lay the rod upon the boy's sliding-place, punishing him, as he jocosely called it, on a sliding scale, according to the thinness of his pantaloons. What I liked best at school, however, was the study of history, early history, the Indian wars.
They've worn the creases off his trousers! Didn't you notice where the creases left off and the sliding-place of the babies began?" I reluctantly admitted that this detail had escaped my observation. Jessica sighed. "Incredible as it is," she summed up, "it's all true. It's the real thing." "It opens quite a vista," I observed, thoughtfully.
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