The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-01-25
CUPID'S QUICK
WORK
By ETHEL HOLMES

grade In His motorcar and nearing a
sharp turn.
Toot loot. loot, foot, toot!
On the other side of the summit ths
ground fell Off A motor was comm
up at the accelerated speed used By
all chauffeurs In hill climbing. At The
wheel was a girl, the only occupant
Not being quick enough in turning or
not having the strength, she shot out
on to the wrong side OF the road-on
her left.
Armstrong; car received the blow
on the bumper and was not injured
The girls car was put out of commis
sion, and the girl-well, the girl was
caught in Amstrongs arms. But 81
should be noticed that Armstrong wa
a famous baseball catcher.
"Are you hurt?" he asked anxiously
81 think not" she said, but she la
limp in the stalwart arms. Armstron
looked down into her face anxiously
Her eyes were closed. His lips were
within an inch of hers. He REDUCED
the interval to zero.
"Oh, my! Good graciousp she ex-
claimed, starting up and looking at he
car.
How fortunatew said Armstrong.
"Fortunatel Do you call that wreck
fortunate?"
II mean that you are not seriously
hurt"
But my brand new car Is ruined"
Better that than you should have
been killed or mangled. Had you been
thrown against the car or hadn't miss
ed the wind shield by a hairs breadth
you would have been killed. AS &c
was, being thrown into
He stopped short.
"Oh, dear, what am going to do?"
moaned the girl.
"Tl take you home. Ny car Is al
right"
But mine-what shall we do
with itT"
Armstrong looked puzzled. They were
In the country, far from any town
TITS or the road" he said, land won't
endanger any one. Well go to the
nearest garage and have them send
out for II. But I'm afraid it isn't
worth hauling in"
This being the only thing that could
be done, she consented reluctantly.
Armstrong got out Of his car, gathered
up her belongings, then, returning to
his car, pushed button, pressed foot
brake, made other starting moves and
began to descend the slope before him
The girl cast a lingering look at tll
wreck and wiped away a tear.
There is every reason to believe thai
Cupid had sat beside the girl ard
caused the disaster. Else why shout
1t have occurred, and why should she
have been shot into Armstrong; arms
being just enough upset to lie there
long enough for him to kiss her rub
lips? And there is every reason 10
believe that Cupid, having caused tie
collision, hoped into the rear seat of
Armstrong; car. At any rate, every.
thing from that moment was beaut
fully arranged to hasten a union be
tween these two young persons.
In the first place, 1t was late In the
afternoon and growing dark. As soou
as he had started Armstrong pressed
a button to turn on his lights. No ligh,
came.
That's bad" he said. The shocp
must have broken the electric conneC-
ton"
III Cupid was managing the affa'
this was his most important work 80
one but a fool dare run an auto at
night without lights. Another clever
stroke was that Armstrong had n0
skid chains, and there was a lot ol
Ice on the road, which, being of a
phalt, was thereby made very slipper
In addition to this, the country wa
billy and the road full Of turns. TIL
time was late in November, and witt
In twenty minutes after the collisio
darkness fell over the face Of the lanU
Coming to what looked through til
gloom as If the road suddenly ended
It was a sharp turn-Armstrong pulle
as far out or the road as he dared an
stopped.
It'll never do to go any farther in
this machine" he said.
"0h, dear, what shall we do?"
I'VE must find house. And dou
see any way but for us to stay Their
and go on In the morning."
THAT would be impossible In m
case"
"Why sol"
After some pressure the girl sal
that her father and mother wera
French The French have very strin
gent notions as to girl being away
from home, unaccounted for, overnight
Her life would be blighted.
We'll have to find a house, all the
same" said Armstrong. The rest o.
1t we can settle later"
Leaving the auto, they went back
over the road, having seen a light
some distance to the rear. Maybe Il
had been put out At any rate, they
didn't find It. They wandered for
miles before house, darkened. doomed
up before them. They were I'm a small