Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-27
OF INTEREST TO THE WOMEN
THEIR MARRIED LIFE"
C.pyr,eht By r.ser..s,onM News service

lady returned. booking the gray curIs
on her forehead II thought l was
most too old for that sort of thing.
but she says not Mrs. Birdsall looked
up at her tall splendid niece admir- r
ingly. I'm real glad we got acquaint-
ed. and I'm proud to have a niece who
writes stories. oh. | read them in the
magazines. I've got the last one right
in there now
"Well you must surely promise to
come and see u.s. Helen said. STOPPING
and kissing the old lady's forehead
impulsively. She shook hands with
Warren shyly and tears came to her
eyes when she huggeo Frances. and
said good-by. Then with final snort
of the engine they were off for the
homeward drive
Tell me-" Frances said. looking UP
at Helen from her place on the run
ming board WAS that hotel as good
as you said it was?"
1T wasn't half bad" Warren de-
clared Il slept fine"
ITS noisy place. Helen said. land
the people l saw down stairs last night
We're awful. but of course they didn't
bother us. We thought the mechan-
ical piano would keep us awake, but
! it didn't, and the bed was really COM
Portable"
Yes. you should have been with us
when we stayed at a farmhouse in
Shelter island. Frances. no running
water, and straw mattresses: that's
what l call really camping out
They all became rather quiet as they
sped along. 1t was gorgeous Fall day
and the road stretched in awhile RIB
bon before them. There was a sharp
tang in the air. and the colorings on
the country side Were lovely enough
to keep anyone occupied
When they finally came to a straight
away, Warren blew his horn and be-
gan to pass "A few of the crawling cars
in front of him. Once or twice he had
to turn in sharply to let another car
pass that was coming in the opposite
direction. 1t always seemed to Helen
at these times that they passed un-
necessarily close to the other car, but
she kept STILL as she knew Warren
hated to be annoyed when he was
driving.
Frances loved contest of this kind
and she leaned forward slightly. little
tendris of flaming hair escaping under
her green velour hat.
Frances. you love this, don't you,"
Helen said finally.
Frances looked up suddenly "Oh.
yes. ! do she returned. I'm never
afraid in a car and l don't mind any
thing like this"
Il don't mind strai aightaway, and fast
driving" Helen said little nervously,
But don't like passing cars like
this. One has to be careful"
They had passed string of cars
and were now going quite fast, when
suddenly, just ahead of them, man
driving a car filled with people. at
tempted to turn into a side road. Helen
gasped and turned white. and Warren
with muttered exclamation, applied
his brakes.
II was too late to avoid a collision,
however. unless he swerved a little
and turned into side road himself,
which he did, just passing the hind
wheels of the other car as it wobbled
helplessly and stopped The racer
skirted stone fence, and went over
the ditch into field, and then stopped.
They had not turned turtle, in fact
nothing had happened but a shaking
up, but Warren was furious. Several
cars had stopped and a woman in the
car had tainted Someone asked War
rem If he needed help, but he had no
difficulty backing the car cut on the
road. and turning it around.
The man who had been driving the
other car came forward sheepishly
Narrow escape, wasn't it," he said
fatuously.
Helen was too angry to be sorry
criminally Negligent and If il had not
been for Warren's presence of mind
they might have had fatal accident.
Seems to me you had better have
some lessons in driving" Warren re-
torted; you ought to know better than
to take crowd of women out when
you don't know any more about hand
ling car than you do
Turning to Helen and Frances as
they drove off. he said. It's not the
chances that you take yourself on the
! road, it's the danger from other people
who are incompetent drivers that cause
accidents"
Helen had been leaning back in the
car weakly. Weren't you frightened,
dear?" She ventured.
''F'rightened?" Warren snorted, Il
should say not, but | was mad clean
through and / guessed | showed it."
! Il guess you did," Frances said laugh
ing, and then they all laughed, and
the tension was broken.
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