Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-18

| he picked her up IN MS hrms' tnis
law. for a horse and buggy that a
mans never seen is too good to be
| true"
"They are yours, sir" said the
father-in-law and he turned to his
daughters husband. rs that horse
in your cellar or in mine?" he asked.
Il amt set eyes on her since Feb
ruary."
Saterlee turned quietly to the angry
and fearful vision whom he had so
callously outbid.
] "Ma'am," he said. 1f you come to
my stop first or whereabouts, the
/ buggy is yours to go on with. Ii we
reach yours first. it's mine. Now, If
! you're going further than Carcasonne
Junction III get off there. And either
I'll walk to the hotel or hire another
! trap
why" exclaimed the lady, ARE
YOU bound for Carcasonne House?
So am l."
In that case said Saterlee ele-
gantly, "we'll go the whole hog to-
gether."
Quite So said the lady primly.
You'd ought to make Carcasonne
House by midnight said the pro-
prietor.
"Heavens!" exclaimed the lady
And if we don't make it by mid
night"
I'VE will by / or o'clock"
The lady became very grave.
"Of course" she said sit cant be
helped. But it would be ever so much
nicer if we could get in before mid
night"
u take your point ma'am,' said
S9terlee. Il can promise nothing
Its all up to the horse"
of course" said the lady, lit
doesn't really matter. But" and
times in my life my actions and my
motives have been open to miscon-
struction, and they have been mis-
construed, | have suffered, sir,
much"
We'll, ma am said Saterlee. my
reputation as a married man and a
father OF many children is mixed up
in this, too. If We are in late--or out
late, rather-and there's any talk-I
guess I can quiet some of it. / rather
guess / can"
The proprietor entered the CONVEX
sation with an insinuating wedge of
a voice
II don't like TO mind other folks
fretting about bein' out all night with
a total stranger I feel it my dooty to
remark that in Grub City there is a
justice of the peace" He bowed and
made a gesture which either indicated
his whole person or that SNUG and
bulging portion of ii to which the
gesture was more directly applied.
Saterlee and the lady did not look
at each other and laugh. They were
painfully embarrassed.
Saterlee brought down the whip
sharply upon the bony flank OF the
old horse. But not for whole minute
did the sensation caused by the whip
appear to travel to the ancient mares
brain. Not till reaching a deep pud-
die did she seem suddenly aware of
the fact that she had been whipped.
Then. however. she rushed through
the puddle, covering Saterlee and the
lady with mud, and. having reached
the other side. fell once more into a
hating walk.
Once more the road ran under a
shallow of water. And once more the
old mare remembered that she had
been whipped and made a rush for it.
Fresh mud was added to that which
dry miracle of the air.
"She'd ought TO have been a motor
boat" said Saterlee, the mud which
had entered his mouth gritting I'M
pleasantly between his teeth.
The mare rushed through another
puddle.
The lady laughed please don't
bother to hold her" she said; II don't
mind-now."
u guess your dress amt really
hurt" commented Saterlee. II re-
member my old woman--Anna--had
a brown silk that got mud bath and
came through all right"
This is an old rag. anyway said
the snowy lady. who was still SNOWY,
in spite of a wart-like knot of dried
she glazed at her spattered but grace
FIJI and expensive white linen and
and-embroidered dress
well, / can see one thing" said
Saterlee, that you've made up your
mind to go through this experience
ike a good sport. wish / didn't
have TO take up so much room"
Never mind" she said. 81 like TO
think ! could go to sleep without
danger of falling out"
That's so-that's So" said Safer
lee. Maybe it's Just as well we're
something Of a tight fit"
What air this is" exclaimed the
lady; "what delicious air. No won
der it cures people with lung trouble.
Still, I'm glad mine are sound"
Pm glad to hear you say that
Ma am," said Saterlee. when you
said you were bound for Carcasonne
House, | thought to myself. 'Mebbe
she's got It, and ] felt mighty sorry"
DO / look like a consumptive?
she asked.
BLESS memo" said he. But
you're not stout, and, considering
where you said you was going, you
mustn't blame me for putting two