Some Hide Their Light Others Lighten Their Hide

One liad to be a trine eareful about shaking hands entbusiastically witli liis vheelinen friends ou Saturday. Riding a wheet doesu't have a tendency to larden or eallouse tlie liamls, so when sonie thirty or l'orty stimlv cyclists met last Friday afternoon tu shovel, and dig, and scrape tlie ear'ih away at tlie top of Allen's hill, on tlie Wliitmore Lake road, so as to improve tlie bicycle patb, tlieie were soine hauds on liand which were tender as girls. They belonged to plucky people, however, and ándér tlie leadership and guidance of Ex-Ald. Prettyman, Ralph McAllaster, Dr. Carrow and a imiiiberot such sturdy seions oí America, tbe work went braveIy on. There was no let U until tlie object was accomplished, and when the last shovelf ui of eartb had been thrown, it was found that some of tlie mure tender-luuided had received souvenirs to take home witli thein, in the shape of elegantly pulled halls just at that part of the palm where the fingers cominence. The natural consequenee was that on the day following tliey were a little particular ahout aüowing any one to squeeze their hands. Sornewhere between 30 and 40 responded to the cali, and the ladies were present with a lunch for 150, so the feast was plentü'ul, aud those passing along the road were invited to partake. The ladies had a better opinión of the working facilities of the local wheelmen than the wheelmen did of themselves. Perhaps a couversation overheard by a gentleman will explain how some of the cyclists- but few it is hoped- feit about it. Two of them met on Main street tüat afternoou and one said to tlie other: "Come on Jack, aren't you goingup to help on tli e cycle path?" "Not mucli ! Are yon?" was the answer. "Yes, I'm going. Tbere will be a lot of fellovvs tliere, and then I tliink it is the tliing to lo, áuyway." "You must be a gawk who loves to wort," said the other. "Vou don't think I'm fooi enough to go up there and swear, and blister my hand do you? Not inuch. There are plenty to do tliat who like it. Then, we can all use the path, ust the saine as if we liad workerl; ihey can't shut us oíf, you fcnow." ïhat was the purport, if not the exact words, of what was said.