Hal and Mab carefully putting away their new skates, followed their father.

The Seventeen Little Bears sat on the bank trying to fasten their skates.

Daddy Blake took off his skates, and then, with a long piece of fence rail, while he stood on the bank, the children's papa broke the ice around the edges of the air hole.

have a care; if you turn like that you will surely catch your skate in mine.

Many of the boys brought their skates to school and never went home for lunch, but just ate a couple of sandwiches in order to spend as much as possible of the noonday pause on the ice.

" She sat down on the bank and removed her skates.

He looked high and low, but he could not find any skates.

Up in the Litchfield hills, where the winter set in early and lasted late, Betty had learned to use her skates well, and she and her brother Oliver had been the best skaters in the township when she was hardly more than a child.

There are lawns too lovely to bear the weight Of a troop of boys when they roller skate; There are porches fine that must never know The stamping of footsteps that come and go, But on every street there's a favorite place Where the children gather to romp and race,

Fly can't light arter Sam'l's cleanin' up nohaow; he's got ter skate.

They procured skates and glided off hand in hand, equally proficient, equally practised, maybe on this same lake; for both had learned to skate in Russia.

Observing this island of Bohio to be very large, that its land and trees resembled Spain, that his people caught, among other fish, many skates, soles, and other fishes like those in Spain, and that nightingales and other European birds were heard to sing in the month of December, at which they much admired; the admiral named this land La Espannola, which we now corruptly write Hispaniola.

" Andy no sooner saw the skates than his face brightened up with the most evident satisfaction.

Put in a fish-kettle all the above ingredients, and simmer the skate in them till tender.

Cleanse and skin the skate, lay it in a fish-kettle, with sufficient water to cover it, salted in the above proportion.

"I am, Daddy," answered Hal, pulling on his red mittens, and swinging his skates by a strap over his shoulder.

cried Hal in delight, "Now we can try our new skates.

It was growing dark and cold as Betty climbed up the bank and seated herself on a pile of boards, while Peter unstrapped her skates.

" "Or do as that explorer who is to set out in search of the north polehave a combination skate and boat, so when fairly going we can keep straight on.

All the party carried skates, which flashed like silver in the keen winter sun.

A series of such poems, suppose them accompanied with plates descriptive of animal torments,cooks roasting lobsters, fishmongers crimping skates, etc.,would take excessively, I will willingly enter into a partnership in the plan with you; I think my heart and soul would go with it too,at least, give it a thought.

" It was at this moment that Diggory Trevanock stepped forward, and remarked in a casual manner that if Mugford didn't wish to do it, but would lend him the skates, he himself would go down the slide.

"Do you like your skates, children?"

A playmate passed him, looked at his position, then sang out: "Hey, Bobbie, have you lost your other skate?

"And Daddy's going to take us skating; aren't you?" asked Hal as he measured his skates on his shoes to see if they would fit.