84 THE SILVER LAKE STORIES.

and soon they were rolling and tum-
bling, and wading through the deep
snow, and throwing snow-balls at each
other, and at length all set to work to
prepare the hill which ran to the foot
of the garden, for sliding. Finding,
however, that the snow was coming
down so fast, as to fill up their paths
almost as soon as they were shovelled
out, they gave up this attempt for the
present, and began to roll up huge
balls of snow, of which to make a snow
man.

Before long other boys from the
neighborhood joined them, and soon,
in different parts of Mr. Playford’s ex-