Regaining his composure, he suddenly leaned forward and half whispered to the secretary: "Mah young friend, don't let Senator Langdon get switched away from Gulf City by them cheap skates from Altacoola.

" "C'm-awn, yuh lazy old skate!

" "C'm-awn, yuh lazy old skate!

" CHAPTER VIII THE SKATING RACE Daddy Blake and the two children glided to and fro over the ice of the frozen lake on their sharp steel skates.

For, as soon as Hal let go of his Daddy's hands, his feet, on which were still the slippery skates, slid out from under him, and down he went again.

" "C'm-awn, yuh lazy old skate!

These are known as the white skate, the long-nosed skate, and the Homelyn ray, which are of inferior quality, though often crimped, and sold for true skate.