"Off we go!" shouted Larry, and with a crack of the whip the
sleigh started. It was drawn by a heavy pair of horses, who
looked well able to get through any snowdrift that might present
itself.
Ithaca was soon left behind, and they sped swiftly along a road
running northward, a half mile more from the west shore of the
lake. The road was level, and somewhat worn by travel, and for
the first three miles good time was made.
"If we can continue this gait we'll reach Putnam Hall by three or
four o'clock this afternoon, allowing an hour's rest at noon,"
said the driver in reply to a question put by Frank. "But we have
still a number of small hills to climb, and it's not going to stay
as clear as it was early this morning."
The latter remark was caused by the sun disappearing under heavy
clouds. Soon it began to snow, at first lightly, and then heavier
and heavier.
"We're going to catch it!" said Tom, after the noon stop had been
taken at a wayside hotel, where they had taken dinner, keeping the
boxed lunch for later on. "The snow is four inches deeper than it
was."
On they went again, the snow becoming so thick at last that they
could scarcely see a yard before them.
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