Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1904-09-01
hard over and sent the machine leap.

hard over and sent the machine leap.
ing ahead.
In the field just beyond. There's
father now" she cried, catching sight
Of the bent form.
MIR. Reed. thinking Marian had de-
SPARED OF saving the wood. had him.
self given II up and started disconso-
lately toward the house
Go back. father called Marian,
clearly. go back and get the pillow
ready"
They reached it about the same time
and MIR. Reed was quickly made &C
quainted with their plan. Swiftly
they worked. and soon the field pillow
was attached to the rear of the motor
car.
Then was illustrated the most pro-
gressive idea in blowing up to date.
Mr.. Reed. guiding the pillow handles.
followed the pillow. which cut through
the unbroken wood sod as easily as a
knife cuts cheese. Challis at the lev
er held the machine down to accommo.
date the pillow. but even at the slowest
possible pace Mr.. Reed had almost TO
run to follow it. At last it was over,
and the machine stopped with a final
mighty throb. while Mr.. Reed stag.
gered to the ground exhausted.
But they won in the race with fire.
The corded wood was protected by a
SPACE OF freshly turned sod. and the
little company on the opposite side
watched the sheet of fire sweep toward
them threateningly. only to fall back in
impotent wrath as it encountered the
freshly turned sod.
Now that il was over, Challis had
time to observe the girl. who. from
her loving task Of bathing her fathers
heated face. smiled up at him wanly.
The dark hair, though tumbled. was
picturesque, the face pale. but sweetly
attractive, and Challis thanked the
luck that brought him to the farm Just
in the nick of time.
You saved the wood for us. We are
ever SO grateful. Mr.. -" she began,
then paused in embarrassment.
My name is Challis." he said. quiet
ly. Il am only too glad to be CT SER
vice to you. but il was really you who
saved the wood. I should never have
thought Of so clever a PLAN
But ideas don't count without the
wherewithal to carry them out, so
with all my planning We couldn't have
saved the wood without you. And 1t
isn't altogether the wood. you know"
she broke off. impulzively. 1T means
so much for mother. She is almost
blind Ecw. ald the doctors think an
operation will save her sight: but
operations cost money. and that Is
what you have saved for u.s." she fin
ished. the expressive face alive with
feeling.
Challis' heart quickened its beating.
Net i. fer alone could have done lit
tie. II is the auto which deserves our
gratitude. And it has paid for itself a
thousand times this afternoon"
Il never liked the noisy things be-
fore, but ! shall always love them
hereafter" she said. impulsively; then
at the expression in his eyes, for some
reason she blushed
This was the first time Leo Challis
ever drove an automobile to drag a
pillow. but IL was not the last time his
machine found its way to the gateway
CT the Reed farm; and when he and
Marian were married a year later. the
same machine carried them away on
their wedding Journey.
MIR. Reed, who is fond of telling the
story of Marian's motor-plow, invari-
ably adds: That was the liveliest
span CT horses ever held a pillow for
Farm and Fireside