They that know nothing, fear nothing. a
ang, fear nothing. away back in 1886 my alert young friend, miss alla
gordon, and my ingenious young niece, miss kathar
rally as ducks take to water. the very first time they mous
nous young niece, miss katharine willard, took to the tricycle as natu-
long shady street, with its pleasant elms where
in its pleasant elms where for nearly a generation mother and i had had
our home. even as the war-horse snuffeth the bat
is the war-horse snuffeth the battle from afar, i longed to go and do like-wise.
remembering my country bringing-up and var
riding, to say nothing of my tame heifer that i u
country bringing-up and various exploits in running, climbing, horseback-
y hothing of my tame heifer that i trained for a bucephalus, i said to myself,
those girls can ride without learning so can 1! " taking out my
ide without learning so can 1! " taking out my watch i timed them as they, at
my suggestion, set out to make a record in going round the square. iwo and
ht. i then started with all my forces well in hand, and flew around in two and a quarter
minutes. not contented with this, but puffed up with foolish vanity, i deci
with this, but puffed up with foolish vanity, i declared that i would go
around in two minutes; and encouraged by their cheers, away i went without a
-turning-post was reached, when the left hand played me false, and turning away at an acute
angle, away i went sidelong, machine and all, into the gutter, falling on my right elbow, which
felt like a glass full of chopped ice, and i knew that for the first time in a life full of vicissitudes
i had been really hurt.!

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