The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-22

bled unsteadily, indicating that he was
fatigued. OF course there was only one
thing to do, and tie was to pass him
leaving a good margin between his vehi-
Gle and Theodore s; and that should be
easily accomplished, 1 reasoned, for the
road was unusually wide at that place.
So l steered toward the extreme right
side, but for some unaccountable reason
the horseless carriage gently swerved to-
ward the left. L steered harder and hard
er, but the malicious thing persevered in
its evil way, heading straight for our be-
loved spiritual adviser who was bending
low over his handle bar and had not OBJ
served us. Theodore sat perfectly still
until We were within a hundred yards Of
each other, when she emitted shril cry.
Look out!' she screamed.
And the Reverend Mr.. Winfield did look
out could see him making frantic eff
forts to steer to his right side, but his
wheel refused to obey, and chanSed It's
direction gradually, finally making
straight for us. OF course, this all hap
pened in a very few moments. Our rector
saved himself by purposely falling off his
bicycle, which promptly fell on top Of him.
For an instant we had view of the I'M
fortunate gentleman sitting fiat in the
dust which made him cough fearfully.
His glasses were aWry on his nose, his
mouth was partly open, his eyes had
wild, indignant expression Theodoras
carriage ran over his soft felt hat and
we soon left our worthy rector out Of
sight. Just before l was ready to col
lapse from the nervous strain we reached
the spot near which we were to picnic,
and, without realizing what l was doing,
1 shut off the motor, steered toward an
open space by the side of the road and
put on the brake. Theodora's carriage
stopped gracefully and without a jolt
as if it were the most docile creature one
could wish for. When we had recovered
from this shock of surprise we all stepped
down upon the ground.
Well" said Theodore with a self-con-
gratulatory tone. 1--WE didn't kill any,
body"
NO" remarked Jack but by gee! we
come mighty near it once r twice"
was too much fatigued to reprove him.
Notwithstanding a natural adherence Of
slang. Instead, 1 suggested:
Lets go down to the spring and get
drink"
This idea was approved by all, and We
strol.ed through the cool woods to rock.
whence gurgles a stream of cold, pure
water. 1t was refreshing, very; and al
ter we had rested I sent Jack
after the lunch baskets. He returned with
the Information that they were not in
the carriage.
Il do believe you came away and
forgot them" Theodore said, looking me
in the eye.
"Who?" I demanded.
I'VE, she replied.
Then little Dorothy began to whisper. 1t
had been time for her luncheon half an
hour previous, and she was becoming fret
ful
"Tll tell you what we can do I said;
Farmer Worsters place is at the foot
of the mountain, and only a mile or two
distant. The children can get bread and
milk there, at any rate, and we can pro-
cure something for ourselves, l suppose
And see dear old DOM" cried Doro-
thy, with sudden glee. She had wept
when / sold him
We retraced our steps through the
woods, climbed into Theodore carriage
and started again. 1 put on the pressure
this time, and when we reached the sum-
nit of the mountain I suppose We were
travelling twelve miles an hour.
Better go slow" said Theodore.
l put on the brake without appreciate
effect. BY this time we were descending
the steep road. at what seemed a terrific
rate. Trees. fences. rocks. simply sahe1
by us. The machinery whirred and cat
tered. l was struggling with the brake
which somehow failed to work.
Don't YOU dare jump l COMMANDED
as Theodore made a slight movement.
You hold Dorothy in your arms ara
Jack you hold on to your mothers ankles
as tight as you can, so she can't jump.
What will become of us?" asked Theo-
dora.
We're all right If we don't meet team
on the mountains" 1 shouted in return
When we get to the level I'll reverse w
machinery. which l can't do now. for tne
sudden stop would throw US all out Oh
our heads"
never knew before how the young lazy
feels who dives from the top of circus
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