A DELICIOUS IDEA.
Mr. Hawkins had just returned from the North, and had described some of the ice-boating he had seen to Frankie.
"It must be fun!" said Frankie, enthusiastically.
"It is great fun," said his father.
"I say, daddy," said Frankie, "it's a pity the ocean never freezes, isn't it? Wouldn't it be fine to put an ocean steamer on skates and see it scoot over?"