The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-14
THEIR DRIVE,

You don't appear to see so much or Bob as usual lately, Cecil" remarked Edna as she took off her golf tam or shanter and settled herself in the will low rocker. You haven't been quar- reling with him, have ypu?"
 "No, we heyen't quarreled-that is, I haven't" Cecil smiled inscrutably.
 "Then there is something wrong be- tween you?"
 Well, yes, I suppose so. You know Bob is proud of his knowledge of horses. He has told me q good deal about the fine roadsters that his grand- father used to raise at their old place ins Kentucky, so I thought he could ride or drive any sort of animal. I expected with enthusiasm when he asked me to drive out to Edgewater one afternoon dine with some friends of ours and come back in the evening. He came for me about o'clock with a smart little trap and what seemed to my untrained eyes good-loolSing horse. Bob said he had picked the horse out of a stableful, because he could see at glance that he came from the Bluegrass country, We reached Edgewater without any start ling incident, though as We drove through Buena Park Bob showed me dear little house with a garden that he told me--but that's another story and 1t doesn't matter now, anyway"
 Cecil sighed.
 Never mind, dear; go on.''
 Bob congratulated himself a num- | S5tsxy he had chosen a Kentucky horse. He said there was nothing like thorough bred for speed and intelligence. We did go so fast that I was disappointed when we arrived at the Gases, where we were to dine, for the drive had seemed very short, Bob drove the trap around to the barn axd put the horse in a stall.
 About 8 o'clock he went out to get the trap. He was gone so long that ! MT. Gage, who had been showing me their asters, started to offer his assist ance. Just then Bob drove out of the barn and called to me to hurry, as the horse was impatient. I made my adieus hastily and really had trouble gettinng intto the trap, even with Mir. Cages help, for the horse would not stand still. In a second we were off at 1 almost breakneck speed, which I didn't much enjoy, but Bob said 1t was great sport I tried not to show my nervous ness. Oh, Edna, that drive home was tsimply nightmare! At last Bob him. self wanted to go more slowly. I think he was afraid we would be arrested for fast driving. It was only after the severest efforts that he succeeded in getting the beast to slacken his pace I thought we should be thrown out while he was hauling at the reins and at the animal. Yes, he did use som very strong language in his excitement
 ''When we began to go more slowly I told Bob that I was surprised that he should lose his temper and he sai{ 1 that if I tried to drive as stupid { blockhead of a lightning-legged muit as that brute was I'd forget to smil and look sweet myself. Of course made no response to such rudeness We drove on in frigid silence-at leae it was frigid on my part, though
 believe Bob was pretty hot, for it tool all his strength to make the horse gt in the right direction. I thought tht horse would pull his arms off at times and when we wanted to turn a corne 1t was something dreadful the way Bob had to yank the beast.
 "As the livery stable where he hst rented the trap was only block iron our house, I offered to get out there Indeed, was anxious to see the las of that animal. There was no diff culty about getting him to turn in g the stable. He turned so quickly tha we barely escaped being upset ant shot up the incline at furious speed coming to a standstill so suddenly tha fell halfway over the dashboard.
 'The manager of the stable stepped up and took hold of the bridle while Bob helped me out, and bursting into l a loud laugh, asked who harnessed the horse.
 "I did said Bob. And I tell you