The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Breaking the Ice

Wolcott, R. "Breaking the Ice." New York Saturday Press, January 27, 1866, 50, 51.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
short fiction
Abstract

A helpless young man tries to get closer to a girl by going to social functions and parties. When he finally talks to her he accidentally literally breaks the ice, falling on a huge ice statue.