A Slippery Day (1910)

The morning after the blizzard old Moneyton starts to walk to his office, since the cars are not running and it is impossible to get the automobile out. He is not particularly well pleased with the idea before he starts, but his distaste is made positive about seven seconds later when he slips down the slight terrace that raises the grass plot above the sidewalk. He is wading knee deep in the fleecy snow and it aggravates the rheumatism that is bad enough anyhow in poor weather. He makes a little progress when he slips and falls. The fall is in part due to his efforts to dodge a visitor from the rural districts who is coming the other way. He carries the farmer with him and when he rises is so flustered that he falls down again and takes a few encores for good measure. He manages to get his balance and makes slow progress, but presently he falls again and this time he carries two young women with him in his descent. They pelt him with snow and hurry out, leaving him to regain his feet unassisted. A policeman is the next victim and the man of the law takes him into custody for assault, but Moneyton is unable to keep his feet and carries the policeman with him in some of his falls. Rather than take him all the way to the station the officer throws him into a snowbank and leaves him there. Moneyton goes on his way down the street, spreading havoc and devastation wherever he goes, until at last he is seen crawling on all fours back to his own domicile, with the determination to transact his business by telephone for the day at least, but the sight of another wayfarer taking a header into a pile of the beautiful snow brings a laugh to his lips.

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