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I don't know what it will be
but, it will be something to
vary the monotony.
Some of the young ladies were
after me the other day to
go out on "skies." Do you
know what they are?
I'll explain for fear you do not.
They are, from all the way,
from four to six and seven
feet long, about six inches
wide, and taper slightly at
each point, and turn up
like a sled runner. There
is a strap about the middle
of them into which you
thrust your foot and
then take your stand
at the top of a hill. l, with a
long pole in your hands, and
you sort of slide down the

I don't know what it will be
but, it will be something to
vary the monotony.
Some of the young ladies were
after me the other day to
go out on "skies." Do you
know what they are?
I'll explain for fear you do not.
They are, from all the way,
from four to six and seven
feet long, about six inches
wide, and taper slightly at
each point, and turn up
like a sled runner. There
is a strap about the middle
of them into which you
thrust your foot and
then take your stand
at the top of a hill. l, with a
long pole in your hands, and
you sort of slide down the