Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-08-22
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Copyright, 1906. by c. II. sutcline
BY C. X. SUTCLIFFE

hhoWiton OF CoiuUDia college,, 'nlre
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. Well have a
bully time"
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.
Ii was a rare chance to get out of
town and do lot of other things be-
sides, and on 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 a practical
way he had placed them In charge.
The destination was thirty miles
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 a
house, stepped into a steam runabout
and, acting as her own chauffeur,
started off at fast clip.
"By George, but did you ever see
anything to compare with herr" gasped
young Weaver, who was noted as i'm
questionable.
"Handsomest girl ever saw" was
-&e reply.
"Did YOU notice that look she threw
at me?"
at was meant for me-"
'You go on! Say, I'd give all ex-
pect to get from my grandmothers es-
tate to know that girl What eyes!
What HART AS her eyes looked into
mine for an instant =
"She was looking into mine, and there
was a roguish, defiant look In them as
If 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 ma
chine. Suppose a tire comes off or
VT Ip
train at a crossing, run into a 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 me!' CUR
gled young Weaver as he clasped his
hands.
you dolt!" replied young Knowton.
"She doesn't know that you are on
earth. Isn't she skmming along pretty
FAST"
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 on the subject i'm hand. One was
that the two young men behind her
were new to the sport. Another was
that they had left the direct road i'm
order TO follow her. The third was that
she would be revenged on them. She
ratified along at a high speed for
mile and could see without turning her
head too much that the big machine
was wabbling badly and being driven
by a trembling hand. On coming TO
where the highway separated to unite
a 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.
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 l will lose her"
grimly replied Knowlton. This is
rather bunny, but I'll stand ten miles
of it for another look from those blue
eyes"
her pldck eyes, you mean.
Il mean blue. If ever take you out
into the country again may | be hang
ed"
Ditto Because a handsome girl
takes it into her head to flirt with me
Bit
But the rest was lost in the humping.
The girl could have dropped them on
that bit of road, but she made no eff
fort. When they debouched into the
main road she was in sight aud 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 q
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 ii made the steep
hills:
''If she wasn't the best looking girl |
ever saw began Knowlton.
IF she hadn't dared us to follow