The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1912-11-14
P rornoted to (, the.
iIig!lll School (,
By OLIVE EDNA MAY a.,

Huntley had gone through the sum.
mer without a vacation, had worked
very hard, and in the autumn felt that
he required rest or a change. Els
nerves were on edge. @,7's
He concluded to go to New Eng
land village where there was good
library. III the morning he walked. III
the afternoon he read in the library and
at 8 o'clock in the evening went to bed.
One crisp November morning while
walking along country road he saw
an auto coming Its motion varied be-
tween five and twenty-five miles an
hour, and its direction was wabbly.
''That chauffeur" remarked Huntley,
doesn't know his business. Reckon
he's never handled an auto before"
When the machine came near enough
for him to see it plainly the chauffeur
was seen to lie a young woman. To
Huntley she appeared to be about six
teen years old. She stopped in the mid
die Of the road and said:
do you know anything about auto
mobiles, sir?'
Certainly What can I do for you?"
"Why, I've come out without much
experience and have been getting rat
tied ever since started. l have un-
dertaken to go from one place to an.
other, twenty miles apart, have got
midway between the two, and If |
continue to manage as badly as have
I shall get killed before reaching my
destination. Besides, think there is
something the matter with the ma,
chine" 49,. '
Huntley looked the auto over, and
while he was doing so the girl allghted
and Joined him on the road. When he
turned from the machinery and looked
1T her he saw one arrayed in the cos
tune of the period. In other words.
she wore a hat shaped like a coal
scuttle, coat-she had left her fur
coat in the :luto-like a pair Of bee
ties wings. while her skirt about her
ankles would have fitted about her
neck. Huntley had seen hundreds of
girls on the street IN the city from
fourteen to eighteen dressed exactly
in that fashion.
"Your machine seems to he all
right" he said. IF you will permit
me will get in with you and be your
chauffeur for awhile. Then 1 can tell
better if there is anything the matter
with it,
The young lady was only too glad
to have him take the responsibility of
her shoulders. So Huntley stepped
into the auto and chug-chugged away
down the road. The girl hoped she
wasn't taking him out of his way, to
which he replied that all ways were
his, since he was IN idler. Then he
began to chat with her, remarking that
she should learn to run her auto, for
she would find it very convenient.
Among the uses to which it might be
put was going to school. To this the
young lady remarked that she would
ind it convenient indeed. especially
since her books were heavy to carry.
asked her what grade she had
reached in school, and she said, "Next
year I'm going to be advanced to the
high school,"
Though she said this with some
pride, Huntley didn't consider that she
had cause to be proud, for he thought
her old enough to be in the high school
already. However, he was more en-
tertained with her prattle than he
would have been with that of a wo-
man near his own age. Indeed, he
was so pleased with the little miss
that he drove her to her destination.
When he left her and she expressed
her obligation to him he said the OBJ
legation was his-that he found him.
self much refreshed with the innocent
chat of schoolgirl and wished he
might repeat the ride. She seemed
much gratifled with this and said that
when he came to the town where she
lived she would be pleased to have
him drop in and see her mother.
Huntley. having obliged himself to
trudge back ten miles for the pleasure
he had enjoyed, was not likely to re-
main away from the person whose
childish chat had SO amused him. At
any rate, to get away with an evening
the evenings being the hardest part
OF the day to get Overcome night, when
tho moon was shining brightly through
the crisp autumn air, he started to walk
to the girls home to call on her moth
er. She had given him her name, but
he was not sure Of her address. SO on
reaching the town he was aiming for
he dropped in at a bookstore to In
quire.
do you know Mrs. Beckwith?" he
asked the proprietor.
Certainly. have just taken an or
der for books for the next year in the
high school Of which she is to be prin-
cipal."