Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-25

BOLTON gave a couple of savage toots on his horn and kept on, ex- pecting the girl to get out of the way. To his sudden consternation, however, he discovered that she had no inten- ton of doing so, and as there was not room enough in the :oad to so around on either side of her he had to put on his emergency brake, the result being a grinding and jarring. attended by a stop that was so sudden as to make it difficult for him to avoid going out, head first. over the hood.
 "Well,' said the lady. q think you might have done little better than that. If anything had been the mat ter with the brake you'd have run over me-" >a
 "Will you please favor me with your reason for nearly soaring the life out of me?" he asked, intending to be frigidly sardonic. "I don't see"
 He stopped suddenly. noticing that she was laughing at him, and noticing also that she was about the most beau- tl1ul girl ne had ever seen.
 Throwing his cap aside and remov- ing his goggles, he stepped out of the automobile to see if anything had hap pened because of the sudden stop. As he was down on his hands and knees, looking under the car, the girl ap- preached and stood beside him.
 "I hope nothing is damaged" she said, '.Is"S L;y -o ,no ,
 "tt looks all right" he h'' I replied, piled standing up. q can soon find out whether anything's tbe matter or not. But why on earth did you want to stand there in front of me?"
 T can't tell you that just now" she answered, and he noticed that the color of her cheeks deepened percepti- ply as their glances met Also she quickly turned her mead, directing her gaze toward the big, fine country house that loomed among the trees in the splendid park which sloped upward from the road. Please find out whether 1t will go. because if it will 1 want you to do something for me-"
 h moment he had satisfied himself that the automobile was in good order, despite the severe strain that had been put upon 1t. After going ahead a few hundred feet he stopped. waiting for her to approach.
 Tt is five miles from here to Groton- ville,' she said. Will you take me there and back? r. you will I'll ex- plain when we return why I have asked you to do it."
 Bolton got down. and. having opened the back door. invited her to take a seat in the tonneau. zatss se z
 Unless you are in terrible hurry" the lady said, leaning over the front seat. when they had gone two or three miles. "it will not be necessary to break any records on this trip. I would enjoy it just as well if we didn't go half as fast"
 He switched to the low speed. after which it was not necessary for him to keep his attention so closely centered upon the steering wheel that he could not turn occasionally to look at his fair passenger.
 ''Is this your first ride in an automo- bile?" he asked.
 Oh, mo-" she answered. What made you think think it was?"
 Your desire to have me go slower"
 'I see that you arc not much of an eeotist"
 What has my eaotism to do with it?"
 "You might have thought that I didn't want to have the pleasure of riding with you SO soon ended
 I'm quite willing tG accept your ex- plantation. I wish 2 tire or something would give out"
 But I haven't said that was my req son merely suggested that if you were egotistical you might have thought it"
 May not hope taat is your reason. snyhow?-
 T don't suppose I have any eoniul over your hopes"
 You might have he replied. put- ting his goggles in his pocket and looking very seriously al her.
 If you viii please let me out she replied. T will walk back
 T can't do that I've agreed to take you to GrotonvilIe and set you down in front of Mir: whs-tons."
 -'Oh." she exelained with . little gasp. -do you know my eousin.-
 -I should think | did And more than that h.ppen to knox that you are Miss Langley
 The deep crimson returned to her eheeks and she turned a very stiR back toKard him e-@s