Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1906-10-12
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BY C. H. SUTcLIPPE
Copyright, 1903. by o. H. sutoliRe

Knowlton of Columbia college, "hire
an auto some Saturday and come down
here to see mei 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. Well have a
bully time" a,4
Young Henderson was still living
with his parents at their country house
on Long Island and had been chummy
with the two men 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 at the end
of the run was a handsome girl, as
they knew by photograph they had
SEEN
1t was rare chance to get out of
town and do lot of other things be-
sides, and ON n certain Saturday morn
ing of certain June an auto might
have been seen speeding two rather
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 he had placed them In charge.
The destination was thirty miles
from Brooklyn, but at a 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 a
house, stepped into steam runabout
and, acting as her own chauffeur,
started off at fast clip.
by George but did you ever see
anything to compare with herT 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 go on! Say, I'd give all ex-
pect to get from my grandmother's es-
tate to know that girl. What eyes
What hairl As her eyes looked into
mine for an instant r.
'.She was looking into mine, and there
was roguish, defiant look In them aa
IL she dared us to follow her"
by George, but come to think Of It,
we ought to follow her anyhow. No
woman has any business driving a ma.
chine Suppose tire comes off OF
anything breaks. She may meet a
train at crossing, run into 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.
She's surely flirting with mer CUR
gled young Weaver as he clasped his
hands
you doltp replied young Knowiton.
"She doesn't know that you are on
earth. Isn't she skimming along pretty
fastT
Seems to me she's let out 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 OH 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 revenged on them. She
ratified along at high speed for a
mile and could see without turning her
head too much that the big machine
was wabbling badly and being driven
by trembling hand On coming to
where the highway separated to unite
a quarter Of mile farther on, she
chose the toughest way The light
weight rnnabout seemed to sail over
the humps and rats and washouts,
while the larger machine had to slow
down and bump Its way along.
"If we lose her I'll commit suicide"
said young Weaver as he hung on for
dear life and grew paler every minute
Don't you fear that will lose her"
grlmly replied Knowlton. This Is
rather bunny, but I'll stand ten miles
of 1t for another look from those blue
eyes"
"Her black eyes, you mean"
Il mean blue II ever take you out
into the country again may be hang
ed"
''Ditto. Because a handsome girl
takes II into her head to flrt with me n
Bit
But the rest was lost In the humping.
The girl could have dropped them on
that bit of road, but she made no Of
fort. When they debouched into the
main road she was In sight and jogging
along at an easy pace. She had led
them seven or eight miles out OF their
road before they realized 1t. Each was
wishing the other would throw out n
hint about abandoning the chase when
the runabout turned into a highway
that was not macadamized. 1t was
heavy with sand, and the auto groaned
and complained as It made the steep
hills.
III she wasn't the best looking girl 1
ever saw began Knowlton.
'If she hadn't dared us to follow
her. replied Weaver.
Then there was n scream ahead Of
them, and tire was seen to leave one
of the wheels OF the runabout and the
machine to come to a standstill.
"Ye gods, but what luck for meg'
whispered Weaver
Say, now, II you don't let me do all
the talking I'll break your neckr' re-
piled Knowlton.
When the auto came up, the girl was
down on her feet inspecting damages.
1t was easy to see that the machine
must be got home by some motive
power beyond It's own. There were too
many stony spots on the highway to
run 1t on the rim of the damaged
wheel Mr. Knowlton at once intro
duced himself and companion and ten
dered their services
They found the young lady even bot
ter looking than they had given her
credit for. She was not at all embar-
rassed over the meeting She was