Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1922-05-25
LOUISE'S CAR
sy ELIZABETH M'NAueHT

| c. 1924 by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.
The streets were treacherousIy icy
and the heels on the patent leather
pumps of Louises sunday and every
day shoes were high. Glngerly, she
tripped along, pauSlng momentarily AT
the junction of three automobile NJ
| Tested streets TO await an opportunity
TO gain the other side.
Glaring headlights We're TO the right
of her more to the left and countless
more behind and beyond.
Life had been Il struggle for Louise;
| it still was, yet she realized that her
present mode of living in single fur
finished room, with housekeeping priyi-
leres, was really an upward step. She
was nj least happy, and-well what
more could one desire1
For the love Of Pete, look out J!
roared hoarse voice, almost in her
ear. Something terrible had happened
| 10 something and Louise knew she was
! the Something. The girls mind was
| quite clear She knew she was lying In
| the mud, ANONYMOUSLY, like Il stray
! eat, and her fur coat was likely ruined;
| and then it came to her that the kind
est, sweetest voice she had ever heard
was conSolng her and two very willing
arms were making frantic efforts to
retrieve her hefurred, perhaps dis
membered, anatomy from the mud
poor little girl" he was saying, 1T
was all my fault" and then most stern
~ let her alone you; I'll take care
of her"
He placed her among the velvet
cushions in the large tonneau of his
magnificent car and moment later
the girl knew she was being rushed to
| the hospital. She cast critical eye
| over the interior of the car. A hum
| mer to be sure. she thought and just
! her luck, too. Her eyes glanced to-
ward the proud head. yet he was not
! too proud to drive his own car.
Her charming Sir Galahad did not
desert her as abruptly as she had ex-
! pected. In fact ne returned to the
hospital day after day to inquire about
the fractured ankle. He was the quiet,
/ courteous gentleman,
"They tell me YOU may go home to-
morrow" he announced by way Of
| greeting one morning and, honestly,
I'm sorry"
som |. replied Louise, and an eX-
| preston of extreme sadness overshad-
owed the Thin, piquant face, very,
very sorry"
Sorry? Why?" he asked in sur
prise
"oh just because she hesitated
| and he, noticing very small tear
quiyering on the black eyeash. made II
hasty departure. tlnging back buoy
| antly, 'Well, 50 long. I'll see that you
get home safely and comfortably"
That would he the end, thought
Louise.
When the girl faced the large ma
chine the following day it seemed even
more formidable than her imagination
or her memory of 1t conceived
Very few words We're spoken during
the trip mainly because of the fact
! that he was without chauffeur and
SO was once again forced to drive the
car Louise was glad that he at least
was not a parasite. In no time at all
he was helping her up the gray stone
| steps that led to her front door
suddenly, almost impulsively, he
asked, "Say, would you 60 to the NOV
| les with me some nightT
go to the movies?' In amazement
oh Of course, If you don't care for
! the movies I'll get tickets for sym
| phony, or anywhere you say. / per
| Sonally like the movies, but it's more
or less habit. Having little time to
spare, l run In when things get too
| duE"
"When things get too dullF' she re
peated Then, eagerly, please, just
what do you dor"
I'm a taxi driver"
well, I'll be jiggeredw In relief,
the girls tired expression changed TO
repose and she was very sweet and
| appealing in her natural mood OF
| laughing and crying and talking all In
one breath and l thought you were
rich and educated and OH, ever so
wealthy and as far above me as the
moon, and now, isn't that a hummer
she demanded, pointing to the car.
Hummer nothing But that's my
car and it's as good as any old hum
mer. ] practically made It myself
1t boasts parts from every second-hand
shop In the city / can't very well
name il unless perhaps, | might call It
Louise"
"Oh, please do she whispered from
! the depths Of his raccoon shoulder
Don't things always turn out per.
fectly grand?
Men Who Win Success.