Not much snow had fallen, but there was plenty of skating, and the boys were off every day with their skates on a little lake near Fairport.

One sensation is carefully conserved until the next one comes along, but in this case the early winter with its complete change of interests, its sleighing, skating and snow-shoeing, its reawakening of business and social bustle proved a distraction almost as effective as battle, murder or sudden death.

Then relenting as a swift remembrance crossed her mind, "I was skating at the Collect, where I went with Peter late in the day.

" "She didn't say anything, but I saw it in her eyesjust like I saw she was going to be mine when I asked her in the hallway to go roller skating."

I never played a game of ball, never went fishing or learned to swim; in fact, the only outdoor exercise in which I took any interest was skating.

As soon as Quiz learned, in a roundabout way, where and when the feast was to be held, he came rushing into Tug's room, where the Dozen had gathered Saturday evening after a long day spent in skating on the first heavy ice of the winter.

It is a sort of skating on incredibly long skates that must not be lifted from the snow.

The music and the bells of Christmas, the skating, the pony riding, the racing, the brisk walk, the home endearments were not for Joepoor Joe.

It was an ideal skating rink, and the particular overflow of spirits on that evening was due to the agreement that it was to be devoted to the exhilarating amusement.

Occasionally the happy ones indulged in snatches of song and fancy skating, gliding around each other in bewildering and graceful curves.

" The three were skating close together, with their eyes on the big creature, who was watching them sharply.

The friends could not be called tired, though, after skating fifteen miles, the rest on the stone was grateful.

It struck Sterry that his friend was not skating with his utmost skill.

Kent knew he was skating on the thinnest of ice, but his love for Elinor made him fearless of consequences.

I went there often in my walks, and always found two or three schools, with the teachers, all skating together, and playing their winter games on the ice.

SKATING AT NIGHT.

Why, I have not had such sport since d'Azay and I used to go skating on your Schuylkill!"

Lawyers Co-operative Pub. Co. (PWH); 16Mar72; R525081. RENICK, MARION R. Skating today, by M. R. Renick.

The skating gander.

" He passed his cup up and began to talk of skating and other seasonable topics.

At the Sluice he stopped and looked long at the people skating merrily on the rinks down on the ice of the lake between the Corn Harbour and the railway bridge.

"Three boys were drowned skating during the lunch hours," continued Bergman breathlessly.

He was nearly home when he suddenly stopped in the middle of East Long Street and said to himself: "Now I suppose I'll never get leave to go skating again.

She made no alteration in the disposal of her time: sledging parties and skating picnics were the order of the day; she was thoroughly pleased with herself, and received the attentions of her admirers as a matter of course.

He says I am to rouse myself and come skating and tobogganing with him.