Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-11-15

| Tor. It's not much OF road. '~'".
CINE: but a car r'r'" =
spring."
"How far back !.
ed.
Sally could not even gues..
"It can't be far" she said.
The Wreck stood for a moment IL
| gloomy contemplation.
"It upsets my nerves to turr
back" he announced. II get jumpy
and shaky. 1t irritates me. But
oh. Elazesr'
He reached for the crank and
yanked It viciously. Sally dismount'
ed and stood GREATNESS while he
made a turn. He managed it ulti.
mately. after furious charge int.
clump of saplings. which hattened
under the attack like wire entanGlc'
ments before a tank.
| Get in," he commanded.
They were off on the back trail,
leaDing and careening. For ten ten:
pestuous minutes they Travelled the
down grade, with Black Top casting
a long shadow before them.
keep your eye peeled for that
turn Off" admonished the Wreck, as
they plunged reeling into little
green coulee through which a tiny
stream trickled.
Its queer about that road, but
can't seem to find it," Sally con
l faccod oftar awhile
Sally glanced at the watc'
strapped to her wrist and caught he
breath.
"Do you know that it's after So
o'clock?" she cried.
He bent over to examine tt
watch, then produced his own. whiey>
he wore in a pocket.
"Ten after SIX" he confirmed. -
think we're both a few minutes
fast
"And do you know we're supposed
to catch that train at seven?"
Sally's voice had note of conster'
nation.
Don't get fused" he advised
"We'll make it.
He was plunging forward again
but she checked him with a vlgor'
Gus grip on his arm.
Were headed in exactly the
wrong direction. We're going South.
and we ought to be going north"
well. we've got to go south until
we get out of this what-you.may'cal'
It," retorted the Wreck. "I can't turn
around here"
"But-but-"
J Sally was thinking about the eac,
, bound express. She did not kno'.
but she had a feeling that the RAJ
road was still very far away. The,
had been Oh the road since moot
and she could not for her life t.
how many miles they had wastee~'
but proba oily most Of them.
But wlat?" asked the Wreck, ih''
patiently.
well just never make that tram
why not? Who say, SO? Cert
:, " we will. If there's a r.
.e It. Just as soon as we get 70 { :
}" road you spoke about"
W "D"t v-hc"n is the road?"
moved his hand
RI tt.v.l tl.e ,...eel, folded tHem in hi
,e lap and looked atSher. .--.
~ you said it was over this way
s didn't you?"
T-Pm not sure. said it was il
a certain direction from certai
IN place. But don't believe we've beel
~ going In that direction. At least, no
a all the time"
,e We've been going as nearly Il
r. one direction as we could" he sait
4. coldly. Don't blame me it tn
country is hodgepodge."
At I'm not blaming YOU"
Look here: have you got the fde
&c in your head that I'm lost?" he de
manded.
y please go ahead. It's getting late
10 and later" y.
~ Because if you have" added tn
. Wreck. "Ill remind you that drov
>" all the way from PittsbusG withou
70 getting lost And if you y9thi.ik. 20
~ can lose me in a little wo!by.not hin
prairie you'll have to guess som
"a more"
~ "Oh, drive on" exclaimed Sally.
He did drive on. eXpartly and fl
= riously. She cast hopeless glanc
:" at the low ridges that seemed
20 have sprung up on all sides. an
- frowned anXiously. Perhaps IN
W Wreck was not lost. but sally va
quite certain that she Yves.
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