The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1921-04-28

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- 1921, by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate,)
Sput, sput, cough, cough, hesitate,
~Iut-siIence.
"n-a-r-n."
TINS one word expressed more dis
o>t anger and hopeiessness than a
.1ber Of the masculine sex could
ave expressed in twenty. AS you have
-4c>Sl Il, she was fair lady, but the
.1.r iady's motor was not so fair.
Yes, truly, it looked as if 1t was one
the cars driven on the ak. And
.oW the engine had died, never to go
I~HjM, so it seemed to Phyllis. She
~"eW nothing about engines except
.uW they propelled the automobile
hch she drove. Anyway. she had
'.,rr driven this oue-no one had
sept the gardener.
"IlSguSting-With seven cars In the
lliIy, that | should have TO take this
" thing, and what will | do when
"other comes h0me-she'l scoId me
"r skipping when | was supposed TO
However, Phyllis was not the girl
80 sit down and sigh, She had heard.
ly yes, her brother Bob had told her,
that once when his car got stalled he
".a started it again by juggling wires.
""IL she could jl:gle wires. She jig.
,Ird wires and cranked the old thing,
nui ~ ma avail.
Ii looked serious to her; here she
""> on this lonely country road, at
r.ol ten miles from civilization,
'n. nee She came, and no one know
~ how far ahead. She was still con-
tomplat.ng, when long, yellow road
5nr. with q single occupant, peered
'ncr the hill ahead. The car stopped
u front of her and the occupant got
3H. Yes, it was he, tall, handsome
;md a little naughty.
"My poor child" he smiled pityingly
nd SupefiorIy.
He seemed hugely amused about
~omething, and at once Phyllis became
conscious that she did not look quite
dapper. Her face was smudged from
her greasy hands and her hat was
a~kew. Besides, there was streak of
grease on her. skirt.
"Having some trouble?"
"Oh, now she retorted, "just play
ing. Don't you want to play, toO?"
The sarcasm went over his head, as
1t often does with q self-satisGed per-
son.
What piece of old junk |" he ex-
pIoded next. 1T ought to be in the
junk heap, then it wouldn't stall way
ont here Phyllis had wee bit of
lomper as well as pride, and she
thought savagely: you'll pay for that
lOung man."
Her tone was quite meek and wist-
ful as she said: II suppose So but it
usually has gone 1t must look fright
ful to yOu-I am used to it, you See."
''Well, where were you going to-
child, when this thing happened? Any
way, you'd better let me take you
home. I'll not get messed up and
dirty because this thing is dead" with
emphasis.
Every well, just as you say, sir"
with just the proper amount of re-
spect from a person so inferior. Phyl-
lis settled down IuXuriously in tn"
deep roadster and sighed.
Like it, kid?" he asked her after
they had slid along for a few sec
onds.
"Gee-it must be wonderful to
be rich, isn't it?"
why, yes quite; we have another
motor-we call them mOtors-besides
this one"
Honest? You must be a relative
of Rockefeller" Thus the conversa-
ton proceeded; all the while Phyllis
was raclzing her brain to solve the
problem as to where to be left. Sud
denly she struck on it--she'd have him
leave her at the laundress' house. She
would see about that blouse that had
tailed to return with the rest of her
fine laundry.
Say, do you live here?" he asked.
'Ugh--isn't it hot and unpleasant here
though %
"Oh, of course not as nice as your
for IT must be mansion you
live in; but it's better than nothing.
oh, here we are. How can ever thank
You. kind sir? You've been a real fairy
prince to me except. of course, they
always marry the poor girl and make
her happy"
''Well, you see, father would cut me
off without a cent. They did not do
that in prince days. Perhaps, though, !
will come TO see you some day, poor
kid"
In moment more the slick yellow
roadster slid out of sight. Phyllis stood
for moment with smile of triumph
Oh her begrimed face. She had fooled
him, and some time he would meet her
In her own environment and then per-
haps his head would diminish in size
a wee bit.
week later Phyllis. radiant and
charming, stood greeting the guests at
her coming-out party. Soon he stood
before her. Ee opened his mouth.
closed it, opened it again, but emitted