“Begorra, I wish I had a toboggan!” cried Barney, pointing to an icy slope near.
“Yo’ don’ need nuffin’ ob dat kind, sah!” cried Pomp. “Jes’ slide down on yo’ feet an’ stiddy yo’se’f wif a pike.”
All the party had long pike poles with iron tips to prevent sliding into any hole or dangerous pit.
Barney was just in a mood to refute any dare that Pomp might offer, so he cried:
“Bejabers, I’ll go ye!”
“A’right, I’ish!”
Away went the two jokers at full speed across the snow. They reached the slope a few moments later.
The slide was fully a hundred yards in length, and was quite steep and slippery. Frank looked anxious.
“I fear they are rash,” he said. “If one of them should fall he might break some bones.”
But Professor Gaston laughed.