The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-10-06

STREAMING EVERY MUSCLE, HE LIFTED HER
INTO TIE MACHINE.
master it. l should think it would be
rather tame sport for man." There
WAS suggestion Of mockery in her
tone.
Some persons think 1t requires cour-
age to run machine like this at fifty
or sixty miles an hour, but l don't go
i'll much for high speed. The danger Is
too great. l think You would enjoy it..
Won't you come for just little spinF''
Thank you, but I'd rather not go.
OF course it's simply beautiful to look
ut and wonderful i'll many ways, but
an automobile cannot be compared
with horse. 1t has no breeding, no
horse sense, character OF anything else
liz common with man or nature. It's
wind broken, perpetually bothered
with distemper and never can be de-
pended upon in an emergency.
wouldn't give one stable ROOM"
Robben was an automobile enthusI-
asst, and Miss Westley's opinion hurt
him in IL tender spot. Perhaps his face
showed it, for she thanked him again,
but still refused even to test the cush-
Toned comfort of the tonneau
IN tell you what l will do, though"
she added. I'll take Il canter In the
park with you right now If you will let
Inc ride that splendid black mare Of
yours"
Robben studied the tall, athletic, self
reliant girl who rode a horse so per-
fectly and for the moment was sorry
that he ever had seen an automobile
But he enjoyed the ride
Two weeks later he started out In the
early morning in his automobile for
run In the country where he could
think it all over lie told himself that
by the time he returned he would have
Eadc up his mind either to propose to
Miss Wesley or TO go to Europe and
try TO forget her
He was alone, and he as turned at
moderate speed into Pelham parkway,
III Westminster, he saw ahead girl on
horse. The bracing, balnIy spring air
laden with the perfumes of budding
trees and early flowers and the notes
Of birds, added TO the physical exhila-
ration of rapid movement, had pleas
ing effect upon RObben. The girl ON
the horse fitted perfectly into the
scheme
For il few seconds he vas lost In
contemplation and admiration of her
superb Workmanship. Then lie recog-
niZed something about the pIise of her
head and the set of her Sh llcrs and
knew that the girl on the horse was
Miss Wcstley. lie wanted % Join her,
but the combination, of MI: WcstIcy
on horse and him in an i:HtomobiIe
seemed to him mfavorablr, and he
slowed down.
As he watched her he forgot all about
his trip TO Europe and determined to
propose at the first opportunity
Suddenly her horse swcrvcd violent
ly to the right and broke from steady
canter into wild gallop. Robbcn knew
instantly either that the bride rein had
broken or that the horse had taken the
bit in his teeth. Clearly the animal
was running away.
The girl retained her seat In the sad
die, and, while she appeared to he per-
fcctly cool. he knew that around turn
in the road less than mile away was
the bridge across Pelham bay, and the
chances We're great that the horse in
his blind wiIdness might dash her
against the iron supports of the narrow
structure or carry her into the bay II
she We're not thrown before they reach
cd the bridge.
lie threw the clutch on to the highest
gear, and the powerful machine, thus
urged to the extent of its sixty horse
power, leaped forward. 1t was long
chance he was taking, but the girl on
the runaway was Edith Westley.
Grasping the steering wheel with his