The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-14

aged to land In the trap as the COB
bolted for the gate. They tore down
the driveway and swung into the street
Higgins, bis dignity by this time fully
recovered, sat beside Miss Sterling
with folded arms and impassive face.
They drove around the lake at
reckless pace The girl gave the cob
his head, and the cob made the most
Of his opportunity. They bumped over
stones that lifted the groom a foot
from the seat and swung corners that
sent the trap on to one wheel Hig
gins covertly watched his young mis-
tress' face and prayed mentally.
On the other side Of the lake a cool,
wooded road branched from the lake
drive. Miss Sterling swung the cob
into this, and for the first time in his
ten years service Higgins took the mi
tiative in conversation.
BEG pardon, mum; the roads not
safe, mum. They do be rollin' it with
road roller"
Miss Sterling smiled grimly.
$50 much the better" she said and
licked the cob with the whip. The cob
responded with a jump that babe fair
to dislocate Higgins neck, and the
trap went tearing up the road.
When Frost left the house he walked
aimlessly around the upper end Of the
lake, reviewing mentally every word
of the quarrel On the far side of the
lake he paused before the little wood
ed road that branched of the lake
drive, and because the little wooded
road seemed to offer the peace and
quiet he sought he turned into it and
walked leisurely through the mottled
shadow cast by the branches above
bis head
He had proceeded a mile or so when
he came upon the steam roller bump
ing and scraping over the broken stone
with which the roadbed was being re-
paired. For lack of better occupation
he perched on neighboring wall and
watched the roller vending its ponder
GUS way back and forth
He had been there perhaps an hour
when be heard the whir of rapidly
moving wheels He looked up to see
a well known trap drawn by spright-
ly cob come smartly around the turn
Of the road. In an instant all was con-
fusion, for the cob at the sight of the
roller stood erect on his hind legs.
There was a little feminine shrek and
a howl Of fear from Higgins. The la
borers on the road yelled excitedly.
The cob came down on ell tours
again and plunged madly into the wall
close to Frost's perch. The trap reel
ed crafty. There was a sound of
smashing spokes. Miss Sterling was
tossed from the driving seat into a
clump of bushes, and Higgins sailed
over the wall like some ungainly fowl
The cob kicked himself clear of the
wreck and galloped snorting up the
road.
Frost ran to the girl and lifted her
from the bushes. To his unutterable
joy and establishment she was unhurt.
All at once he fell to laughing happily
"See here, you've come to mel You've
groveled at my feetw he cried.
At that moment Higgins crawled
painfully over the fence, his hat gone
and his tousled hair bristling with bur
dock burs.
HE amt no ladies' horse, num-" be
began in depreciation.
Miss Sterling. supported by Frosts
arm, laughed lightly.
higgins, he's DEAR" she declared.
Something from Frost's pocket was
Sid deity into Higgins palm.
1.-THE cob, mumT Higgins inquired
Whereat Frost laughed immoderate-
u, and Miss Sterling flushed.