Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-03-06
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lC0pyraRht, 1918. by Mcclure Newspaper
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Alice Hildretfl came dancing into the
room where her mother sat, waving an
open letter In her hand.
Mother. mother she exclaimed
joyously, Aunt Helen wants me to
make her a visit while she Is in the
mountains! Please, dearest, say can
60" she pleaded. Il do so want to
20 through the mountains"
but, Alice" demonstrated AIRS. Hi
dreth, you
snow, mother" interrupted Alice,
ayou know you are going TO be daEs
ling and let me 60"
After many arguments and much
teasing, Alice convinced her mother
that she ought to be allowed to go. So,
on the following Monday a.abrights
sunny day, Alice started In her little
gray roadster for her journey 20 Aunt
Helen's.
Up hills and down she went, Slow
ing up now and then to admire the
beautiful scenery. Everything was 50
new and marveIously beautiful to her
that she wished she had week TO
spend on her trip.
She paused a while TO admire the
"Old Man OF the Mountains, then
speeded up. In order 20 reach her des-
tination belIbre dark, and in her hurry
she did mo- notice the sDanger 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 Ia the mountains.
She damned on both brakes, but they
only slowed the car up trifie. The
roads were all cut up from recent rains
and were In q terrible condition. ana
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 O 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 for
lowed the steering wheel was wrench
ed from her other hand as the front
wheels struck a 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 2
| young man in khaki bending over her
1t did not take long to discover that
she was miraculously unhurt, but the
car was completely overturned. They
| stopped d passing farmer, and the
young man, with his help, finally sue.
ceeded lib righting the car again. And
wonder OF wOnders-it was not dam
aged much, save for dent In the mud
geard and a broken windshield.
Alice discovered that Donald Wane
for as such the young man introduced
s !. A. .sEi 3 80 II q il
she should invite him to 60 In her car
1t does not take two young people long
to get acquainted, and In the two hap
by 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 hin
guide her car down the path of life al
long as he promised not to tip her ont
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
did have an awful scare, never would
have met Don If 1t hadn't been for that
wild, Wild ride