ICE-MOUNTAINS.

 

“Uncie Witt, don’t you think it is fun
to go coasting ?”

“Indeed | do, Krank. 1 used to have
a great deal of fun that way when I was a
boy, and 1 sometimes doit yet Did |
ever tell you how I saw them coasting in
St. Petersburg ?”

| No, uncle, tell me now, please.

“There they make their own hills, or
ice-mountains as they are called. They
build a high scaffold of wood with steps
up one side and a long slope down the
other. On this they lay blocks of ice and
then pour water over them. When that
ficezes, tt makes a nice smooth hill, down
which they slide.

Niner tun taat must be |

“Ves, they do have merry times. Men
and women, boys and girls, all sliding
down hill together.”