The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-08-29

uculaf when they went to hire the ma
chine. They confessed TO being tlmid
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 ut steady jog this
might have been covered by noon had
not something happened to prevent
As they were passing through Ja-
maica, the journey only just begun, n
handsome young lady emerged from
house. stepped into steam runabout
and. acting rs her own chauffeur
started off at II fast clip.
by George. but did you ever see
anything To compare with herr" gasped
young Weaver. who was noted MS Inn
preSsionAhle
"IIandsomcst girl | ever snw." was
the reply
Did You notice that look she threw
ut me-
1T WAS meant for me"
You 20 on! Say. Id give all | ex-
pect 10 get from my grandmother's es-
tate 10 know that girl What eyes!
What hair! As her eyes looked into
mine for an instant r
she was looking into mine, and there
WIS II roguish, defiant look in them as
If She dared us 10 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 n tire comes Off or
anything breaks She may meet
train al n crossing, run into ditch or
have something else happen. II 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 doltH replied young Knowlton.
she doesn't know that you are ON
earth. Isn't she Swimming along pretty
fastf"
Seems to me she's let out n link.
This is taste han we ever drove be-
fore. but ", got to take chances or
lose that girl
The girl In He ruDabout 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 revenged on them. She
ratified along at IL 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 Il trembling hand. ON coming to
where the highway separated 20 unite
n quarter of a mile farther on, she
chose the toughest way The light
weight run65Out 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 | will lose her"
grimly replied Knowlton. This IL
rather bunny. but I'll stand ten miles
Of II for another look from those blue
eyes"
Her black eyes, you mean"
Il mean blue. If ever take you out
into the country again may be hang
ed"
Ditto. Because II handsome girl
takes it into her head to fIrt with me a
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 size was In sight and Jogging
along ut an 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 highway
that WIS not macadamized. 1t was
heavy with sand and the auto groaned
and complained as 1t made the steep
hills.
IF she wasn't the best looking girl
ever saw began Knowlton.
II Sllt llHuu udFfi us 10 IDllDW
her replied Weaver.
Then there was scream ahead of
them. and tire was seen to leave one
of the wheels Of the runabout and the
machine to come to standstill
eye gods but what luck for mar
whispered Weaver.
Say. now, If you don't let me do ali
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 its own. There were too
many stony spots on the highway to
run It 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 bet
ter looking than they had given her
credit for. She was not at all embar-
raised over the meeting. She was