The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-07-20

she saw nothing but the white roao
ahead of her. She passed vehicles and
overhauled others, but she was scarce
~ conscious Of it. AS she approached
the bridge the strain was too much
and her fingers unclutched from the
wheel, and the auto dashed its way
through the roadside fence and came
to a standstilI in a field. Then Miss
Flint tainted away.
When she came to- her senses the
constable was sprinkling water in her
face and saying:
Come, now, none of your tricks with
me. You are just playing possum be-
cause l have caught you. It's case
for Squire Johnson, and / shouldn't
wonder if you got Jail for it."
"What-what are you going to do?''
asked the girl as she staggered to her
feet.
"Put you in the village lookup and
notify the squire, of course. Take my
arm and come along. The machine is
pretty well busted, and we can't use
it. Wonder it didn't blow up and
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or something of that kind"
I'll was just taking ride" was
the humble answer
.Just making the dirt fly thirty feet
high and soaring folks and horses half
to death. Well. the squire will be
tickled to see you. He's been aching
for the last week to get hold of a
speeder and give him a good dose OF
county jail How dare you take the
chances-how dare your
would you take a dare from two
girls?" asked the prisoner as she re-
leased her arm and faced him.
''No-o-o, guess not"
'Well, l wouldn't, and so therel If
they want to send me to Jail let 'em
do itI'
She was taken to the Office Of the
village justice of the peace and ar
raigned. On the way there the con
stables heart melted He saw that
she had had bad scare, and, he liked
her defiant spirit Therefore, while he
had to make complaint against her.
he did not put the speed at thirty
miles an hour To this he added the
statement that if the auto hadn't
struck a stone in the road it would
not have struck the fence
Then he turned and winked at the
wondering. shivering girl to put heart
in her.
1t may have been one of his honor's
soft days. He delivered lecture on
the rise and fall Of the Roman empire
or some other equally interesting sub
ject and concluded by suspending SEN
tence. Then the constable invited the
ex-prisoner home with him to dinner
and set about arranging to send her
back to her friends.
Evening had come, and she was
about ready to start when Gordon
came galloping up. When he had in
troduced himself as the owner of the
smashed auto he asked grimly:
"And who is to pay the $500 dam
ages? And who is to pay for my trou-
BILE? Why, if the justice had known
all the circumstances he'd have sent
you to jail for yearp'
"But the other girls dared me to do
ity' protested the culprit. with trem-
bling lip.
Say. young man." said the constA-
BILE as he drew Gordon aside. you just
get even by daring the gal to marry
you. She amt the kind that takes a
dare. See? You can drive her back in
the buggy. and you just keep daring
her all the way. Lord. but wish
was in your shoesw
1t was fne moonlight ride. 1t was
not too fast. The situation was little
strained at first. but after awhile the
farmers heard laughter as the buggy
passed
Perhaps there was one dare. perhaps
dozen. The society paper which an
nounced the engagement few months
later didn't specify. Society papers
don't always go into minute particu-
lars.