The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-02-05
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Syndicate.)
Alice Hildreth came dancing into the
room where her mother sat, waving an
n open letter in her hand.
Mother, mother" she exclaimed
joyously, "Aunt Helen wants me to
make her visit while she is in the
mountains! Please, dearest, say can
1 90" she pleaded. II do so want to
60 through the mountains"
"But, Alice" demonstrated Mrs. Hill
dreth, you
snow, mother" interrupted Alice,
'.you know you are going to be a dar-
ling and let me CO."
After many arguments and much
teasing, Alice convinced her mother
that she ought to be allowed to 60. So,
on the following Monday, bright,
sunny day, Alice started in her little
gray roadster for her journey to. Aunt
Helen's.
Up hills and down she went, SLOW
ing up now and then to admire the
beautiful scenery. Everything was SO
new and marvelously beautiful to her
that she wished she had week to
spend on her trip.
She paused while to admire the
'Old Man Of the Mountains" then
speeded up In order to reach her des-
tination before dark, and in her hurry
she did not notice the Danger" sign
that gave warning of the dangerous
Three Mile hill of Franconia Notch.
Suddenly, after making a sharp turn
she saw stretched before her the most
dangerous descent in the mountains.
She damned on both brakes, but they
only slowed the car up trlfle. The
roads were all cut up from recent rains
and were in q terrible condition, and
poor Alice could only brace herself and
clutch the wheel, thanking her lucky
stars there was no one in the road.
She went over the last bump and
down,the final slope at an awful speed,
/ when suddenly young man in sol
dier's uniform came running out from
the side of the road. Alice reached for
her horn, and in the second that fol-
lowed the steering wheel was wrench
ed from her other hand as the front
wheels struck q rut. She felt herself
going over, and then everything grew
blank.
When she came to, Alice found her
self lying on her auto robe with
young man in khaki bending over her.
It did not take long to discover that
she was miraculously unhurt, but the
car was completely overturned. They
stopped passing farmer, and the
young man, with his help, finally sue
ceeded in righting the car again. And
wonder Of wonders-it was not dam
aged much, save for dent in the mud
guard and broken windshield.
Alice discovered that Donald Wane,
Z for as such the young man introduced
{. himself, was bound for the same town
as she. So it was quite natural that
she should invite him to go in her car.
It does not take two young people long
to get acquainted, and in the two hap
py weeks that followed they spent
much of their time together. Just be-
fore Donald was called for service
overseas he asked for and received Al
Ices promise that she would let him
guide her car down the path of life as
long as he promised not to tip her out,
.because," she declared, ''the spill
gave myself was enough to last life
time"
When Alice told her mother Of her
experience after reaching home safely
she also showed her new ring that
sparkled and cleaned on her left
hand.
"Now, mother" she leased, "aren't
you glad you let me 60 to see Aunt
Helen? Because" she added, "even if I
J did have an awful scare, never would
have met Don If it hadn't been for that
\ wild, wild ride.