Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1906-10-25
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BY c. H. SUIT cLIFFE
Copyright. 1906, by C. IL. sutclire

why don't you fellers," wrote Burt
| Henderson to young Weaver and
| Knowlton OF ColuIa 2ia college hire
an auto some Saturday and come down
here to see me? The old folks Will
make you welcome, and my sister An
nette, of whom you have heard me
| speak, is home now. Arrange to stay
over Sunday with us. Wen have
bully time.
| Young Henderson was still living
with his parents ut their country house
on Long island ana had been chummy
with the two meA during his days in
| college. The invitation was alluring.
Each OF the sophs had taken lessons in
| running an auto, the Long Island roads
were known to be good. and ut the end
| of the run was n handsome girl, as
they knew by 4 photograph they had
| seen.
1t was II rare chance to get out of
| town and do lot of other things be-
sides. and on q certain Saturday morn
ing of Il certain June an auto might
| uNc bttll St'il Nl't'diuS IVY
hilarious young men up the island
roads. The garage man had been par
ticular when they went to hire the ma
chine. They confessed to being timid
about speed. but felt perfectly conf
dent on all other points, and after dis
playing their knowledge in practical
way lie had placed them in charge
| hA Int,
from Brooklyn, but at steady jog this
might have been covered by noon had
not something happened to prevent.
AS they were passing through ia
maica, the journey only just begun. a
handsome young lady emerged from Il
house. stepped into n steam runabout
and, acting as her own chauffeur,
started off at a fast clip.
i "By George but did you ever see
anything te compare with her?' gasped
young Weaver, who was noted as i'm
questionable
"Handsomest girl | ever saw was
the reply.
did you notice that look she threw
at meT
1T was meant for me-"
You so on. Say, I'd give all ex-
pect to get from my grandmother's es-
tate to know that girl. What eyes!
What hair! As her eyes looked into
mine for an instant T.
''She was looking into mine. and there
was n roguish. defiant look In them as
If she dared us to follow her.
by George but come to think OF 1t,
we ought TO follow her anyhow. No
woman has any business driving ma
chine. Suppose tire comes off or
anything breaks. She may meet n
train at crossing. run into 4 ditch or
have something else happen. If we
are on hand we can assist
More speed was put on to decrease
the distance and the young lady looked
back as she heard the chugging of the
big machine.
shes surely flirting with mer' CUR
gled young Weaver as he casped his
hands
"You dolt" replied young Knowlton.
"She doesn't know that you are on
earth. Isn't she Swimming along pretty
fast?"
Seems to me she's let out a link.
This IS faster than we ever drove be-
fore, but we've got to take chances or
lose that girl"
The girl in the runabout had several
ideas on the subject in hand. One was
that the two young men behind her
were new TO the sport. Another was
that they had left the direct road in
order to follow her. The third was that
she would be reyenged on them She
ratified along at high speed for n
mile and could see without turning her
head too much that the big machine
was wabblng badly and being driven
by n trembling hand. On coming to
where the highway separated to unite
Il quarter of a mile farther on. she
chose the toughest way The light
weight runabout seemed to sail over
the humps and ruts and washouts.
while the larger machine had to slow
down and bump its way along.
| III we lose her I'll commit suicide"
sald young Weaver as he hung on for
dear life and grew paler every minute
| Don't you fear that | will lose her"
griinly replied Knowlton. This Is
rather bumpy, but I'll stand ten miles
of it for another look from those blue
eyes
Her black eyes you mean"
| Il mean blue. If ever take Won out
into the country again may be hang
| ed
| Ditto. Because a handsome girl
takes it into her head to firt with me a
| Bit
| Eut the rest was lost in the bumping
e girl could have dropped them on
ut bit Of road, but she made no eff
lrt Wien they debouched into the
main road she was n sight aud oggias
aiong at ma easy pace She had led
them seven or eight miles out of their
road before they realized it. Each was
wishing the other would throw out a
hint about abandoning the chase when
the runabout turned into n highway
mat was not macadamized. II was
heavy with sand and the auto groaned
and complained as it made the steep
hills