. The book of months . JANUARY gayety into the middle of them. In fact, forthe first lialf - mile the track was abominable;bare stones and tree-roots alternated with pas-sages of breathless rapidity; never have I ex-perienced a quicker succession of violences. Butas the wood grew less dense the texture of thegoing became more uniform, and for the lastmile I hissed downward with ever - increasingspeed and smoothness, through the pallor of thesnow-bright dusk. Large stars beamed lumi-nous overhead, and from scattered cottagessprang the twinkling lights, showing that allwere home from the frozen
. The book of months . JANUARY gayety into the middle of them. In fact, forthe first lialf - mile the track was abominable;bare stones and tree-roots alternated with pas-sages of breathless rapidity; never have I ex-perienced a quicker succession of violences. Butas the wood grew less dense the texture of thegoing became more uniform, and for the lastmile I hissed downward with ever - increasingspeed and smoothness, through the pallor of thesnow-bright dusk. Large stars beamed lumi-nous overhead, and from scattered cottagessprang the twinkling lights, showing that allwere home from the frozen fields and safe withinwalls. Then, wonder of wonders, the full moonrose over the top of the Wetterhorn with a lightas clear as running water and as soft as sleep,making complete with its perfection this perfectday. The other interlude from this rage of tracing useless marks on the ice was a funeral. The funeral was that of Slams kitten, though the 19 //^.
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