One end he held before him in his hands, and the other glided along upon the smooth ice towards the fire.
There followed close behind him another skater, with the fragment of an old stump upon his shoulder; then several others, with branches, sticks, dry bushes, and fragments of every shape and size.

These they piled upon the fire as they swept up alongside of it, and then wheeled away back from the heat which radiated from it.

Two large boys came on, bringing a long log between them, one at each end.

It looked large, but it was really not very heavy, as it was hollow and decayed.

They hove it up, with great effort, upon the fire, and its fall upon the heap threw up a large, bright column of sparks and flame.