Putnam patriot., 1909-12-03
THE GIRL WHO DARED
A Wild Ride and What Happened
 to the culprit.
g. AmeLtE oELAscEY.

For sfs nsafia f1e Widow Pepre7e had tueu banning aa atiilliiBa to her feuatsy fzldeaee hat alssaee and a fash ui ,slrrs had prevented iief sseps.ru. Gordon csufsla4 ff1m running down an.I taEias t6e @ork in uana.
 Fmalty ltr aaysar'ri iu bis auto. lFlfeH by himself and The machine was lefi ai eiie gate. II had rested there less than half an hour when alafg caae fhrce young Indies with i sic pslf on their shoulders 4ud Ole p9Uf B.tie Gdi to shes. taat t'4ey had nei vi lted the lake in vain that fore Boou.
 The sight of an auto was more familiar to them than that of car riage. They were residents of the city and friends it home and were sum n,ering at good Aunt Mary's boarding house. quarter of mile away.
 An auto they cried in chorus ss they came to halt.
 And the owner k in the house"
 And WI can take ride without his knowing it!'.
 .Yes. buf none of us can run it
 "Glrls. said Miss Dorothy Flint. with whom this story has mostly to do, .l have ridden In autos SO many times that I believe l could run one. Yes. know could. it's just like steering s boat after you get started. I believe you turn the crank in front first That ignites the spark er some. thing. Then. after you get in. you pull thls lever baek. and away sine goes. think the auto belongs t0 toator Doctors are always good hearted men. and Tn sure this one won't begfudge us little spin Get in"
 But fhe command was In vain. They hadnf confidence ln her experience ard skili us 4 hnuffetr If she could run iii anto. why mol drive the ma chine fe fhe lake and baekf Sine besi. taied and Eas jeeeed af. She made as 1T To turn away and WAS dared
 pefs ls Miss Bor1thy's grandfather was one of hose who tell at.Lexington pr lny wounded ep the field af Bunker IIfll. At any rate the dare had hardly been dared when she was at the crank. and as seob as the whizzing noise came te prove that ihe dead ma. chine had come to life she climbed in and gave il n start.
 She went If with whew and had not covered q hundred feet when sue wished she bud not gone It all But 1t was ioo afe There were dozen "Oh. mys'' behnd her. and she forgot ev- erythlng hut boldlng the wheel with A grip Of death.
 If she had ever heard that an auto could be stopped she forgot II now. It was hard. wide road. aud she WIS out of sight In three minutes.
 Thp other Two girls stood there with mouths and eyes wide open and feel ing helpieys even 10 scream out when young man came down from the house. raised his hat. looked around and Inquired somewhat anxiously.
 Have you seen stray auto round here9'
 alts run away.s answered one after q moment
 With g.gurI." adaed the other as the fears came ta her eyes.
 ssssst' ns gea mean that some kIrl k driving ny auto up or down the highway without my permisslon?"
 'fsyest''
 And aho Is she. may inqulfegr
 "A Miss Flint
 "Well. Miss Fllut has nerve Is she fused to driving autosY'
 "We-w we gaesa so, but sue seemed scared whrn she started of. Won't you run after her. sirf You see. we dared her 10
 And she wouldn't take dare Welt. there's Sleoo auto gone to wreck and girl lying somewhere be side the foad with Il broken neck Run after her, Why. she may be If teen niles away by this time! How could she be so foolishr'
 But If she k d.dead. sir. some one mu bring honc her her mangied re. mams said cue ef the girls as both broke down aud wept
 Well l believe there's Il saddle horse ia tlie stable. and il Set out in pursuit Young ladies let this he q solemn warning to you very solemn.
 lie was young man of two or three and twenty and did not lock Il bit like Il doctor, Besides he was not a stranger to the house from which he bad emerged He tried to look very dlgnlfiea and serious as he uttered his warning. but II was failure. Any young man of that age would have made failure of IL
 Even though the girls weie fearful and anxious as they walked along home they agreed titteriugly that he didn't look bit solemn
 He brought out the horse as soon as possible and galloped away. bu, at the lake the highway forkei There were three dvergnG roads. and be must aud did take his chance of hitting the right one. He had galioped down the left hand one for three miles before farmer replied 10 his hail:
 No; haven't seen no gal scootin by here in an auto at fifty miles an hour. If had l should have flung q rock after her Beat Fr how different the gals of this age are from those of Nas gal
 But the pursuer wafed To bear ho more He returned To the lake aud finding the right hand road little better than the middle, one. took il and gailoped ahead. When he had gone q distance of two miles he drew rein so speak fo farmers wife wedding . flower bed in the front yard
 "A gal aud an auto. ehs" she que r.ru. No. dont tnink tve seen 'em Might have seen enl. hut If 50 t has