Outing . up the mountains, we walked. But what a comfort it was to arriveat Washington, to glide over the smoothpavements as lightly as an ice-boatskims over an endless lake. We ped-aled up the hills and arrived at thesummits as fresh and exhilarated as ifwe had been coasting. Uncle Darbyspoke truly when he said that wheelingwas the greatest, grandest, finest exer-cise to be had. What can excel it ? Your veins tingle with the exercise,and you feel strong enough to plowstraight up to the top of imagine you are a bird, sailingover flower-covered prairies ; you fancyyourself a gr
Outing . up the mountains, we walked. But what a comfort it was to arriveat Washington, to glide over the smoothpavements as lightly as an ice-boatskims over an endless lake. We ped-aled up the hills and arrived at thesummits as fresh and exhilarated as ifwe had been coasting. Uncle Darbyspoke truly when he said that wheelingwas the greatest, grandest, finest exer-cise to be had. What can excel it ? Your veins tingle with the exercise,and you feel strong enough to plowstraight up to the top of imagine you are a bird, sailingover flower-covered prairies ; you fancyyourself a greyhound bounding after abreathless and frightened jack-rabbit ;you even compare yourself with a flashof lightning or a whizzing realize how Monte Cristo feltwhen he climbed upon that rock anddeclared that the world was his. We reached home safely, showeringblessings on the dear, benevolent headof Uncle Darby, and nursing an over-powering ambition to, some time, circlethe globe on a
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