“I wish it were possible, Colonel,” I replied.
“Did you skate before you went into the army?”
“O, yes.”
“Well, why don’t you try it?”
“On a crutch?”
“Certainly—as active as you are, I have no doubt you could skate. Try it!”
“I would as soon risk another battle,” said I. “Who ever heard of a man skating on one leg?”
“Have you never heard of the like?”
“I think not.”
“I have then. Last year, I read of a one-legged skater in Boston. He was hard to beat too, it was said.”