. Uncle Zeb & his friends . three of the lines together, and wentdown to the foot of the hill and held one end. The otherboys pulled the rope tight, and tied the end of it to alamp-post at the top of the hill. Then they began tohaul it in and to coil it in a circle on the snow at oneside of the track. When Johnnie and Fred came back,they fastened the other end of the rope to the biggestsled, and three of the boys got on it and started. Faster and faster they went. They knew that therope was shorter than the hill, and would stop the sledbefore it reached the snowbank, and so of course theydid n
. Uncle Zeb & his friends . three of the lines together, and wentdown to the foot of the hill and held one end. The otherboys pulled the rope tight, and tied the end of it to alamp-post at the top of the hill. Then they began tohaul it in and to coil it in a circle on the snow at oneside of the track. When Johnnie and Fred came back,they fastened the other end of the rope to the biggestsled, and three of the boys got on it and started. Faster and faster they went. They knew that therope was shorter than the hill, and would stop the sledbefore it reached the snowbank, and so of course theydid not put their feet down to stop it. The boys at the top were watching. In front of themthe rope ran out of the coil like an endless snake. Thesled, slipping down the long hill, grew smaller andsmaller; then, as they looked, they saw it suddenly stop,and above it three figures sailed through the air, likefrogs diving for deep water. Over the top of the bankthey disappeared in a cloud of snow, but the sled stoppedwhere it When the other boys reached the foot of the hill, the three who hadgone down were sitting digging the snow from their ears andthe backs of their necks. 144 UNCLE ZEB AND HIS FRIENDS When the other boys reached the foot of the hill, thethree who had gone down were sitting on the top of thebank, digging the snow from their ears and the backs oftheir necks. What was the matter, Johnnie? asked one of theboys. Nothing, said Johnnie, sheepishly. Only I shouldhave tied the rope to my leg instead of to the sled.: The Little Red Workers PAUL HOWE, with his sister Dorothy and theirfather, was standing by the railway crossing,waiting for a train to go by. The gates weredown, and from away up the track they could hear arattle and rumble that told them something was com-ing. They wondered whether it would be a long, slowfreight train or a short, quick passenger train. Butround the curve came something that the children hadnever seen before - - a little car, just big eno
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