New Britain herald., 1924-08-05

morning "i must have dosed off,' the Wreck mumbles,
 NOW co ON WITH IRE STORY
 Ho did not see what she was laugh Ing at ss he stepped down Into the stream and waded ashore. but res trained from asking any questions
 "Ths coftee's still hot" she said. a' he joined her. q think we'd better finish it. and then All the bottle with water. And I think we'd better save half Of these sandwiches. too. We may want some lunch" ..,.-..
 shs watched him slyly as he etc his breakfast. still rubbing the sleer out Of his eyes. Evidently he had slept In his wet clothes all night, bu' he did not appear 10 be any the worse for 1t. After the meal he care' fully polished his spectscles, put them back in place and scrambled to his feet with the residence of a youth. The Wreck was a good deal of a puzzle to her. She felt that there was a lot of fraud about him but that he was entirely unaware of It..
 He went out to the car again, found tho block and tackle, and then crossed the stream in search of a suitable tree to which he might hitch one end of his line. Sally questioned his. pur- pose immediately She did not see why hc wanted to haul the car out on tho other side, because they would never get back to the ranch that way. Why haul it backward? The Wreck made an elaborate show of patience as he explained. The bank over whicl, they had plunged was too steep; there was | better chance 10 get out on the other side. Anyhow, they wanted to keep on going, didn't they? He didn't believe in going backward. She saw that he knew more about the mechanical demands of the job than she did and let him have his way
 With two of them hauling on the tackle, Sally in the hiyver and the Wreck on the opposite shore, they finally worked the thing clear across and half way up the sloping bank. Then he started the engine and the car pulled itself. out under its own power. It seemed to Sally almost a miracle of engineering, but the Wreck took no pride in it as he coiled up the tackle and tossed it into the back of the car. tr"s ', :
 NOW what are we looking for?" he demanded, as he settled himself behind the wheel. 'The ranch or the railroad?" r.. <, Are you still thinking about the railroad?" inquired Sally in amaze- ment. '..
 Why not: We started for 1t. Whats the use of quitting? sup pose there's a train today, just as there was yesterday
 "of course. But-well, itsseemed better to head back to the ranch"
 Thought you wanted to ~ get to Chicago and buy your trousseau?",
 Sally colored faintly. ,,-<.
 '"I never said was going to buy a rousseau" she observed. .... '' Well, your father said 50, any how" ,...g.,; .,.'Did he? Well, ] don't know what I'm going to buy yet. Maybe I'll buy trousseau and maybe I won't. If sec one that I like I probably will" ," - ''Tes; you probably will,"' said the Wreck. My idea. is, keep going. If you start out to buy a trousseau, for the love Of Mike, buy it. Don't start if you can't finish Here goes for the railroad, And"
 He paused to regard her critically. eff you catch today's train, you don't need to say anything about missing yesterday's-unlcss you want to-"
 The flivver plunged forward through the cottonwoods, which were more sparse on this side of the stream, and was out in open land again, where 1t looked fairly level for a considerable stretch.
 '"The thing to do now is to look for that road" said Sally. After we find it and see which way 1t runs, we can tell better what to do next.
 He drove in silence for several minutes, htading in a direction she suggested. He seemed preoccupied She knew that he had something or his mind, and at last it came.
 If you tell the sheriff that l missed yesterdays train, and If he tries to give me the laugh" said the Wreck, "Ill bust his. nose all over hiA face"
 Sally greeted this with joyou. shriek.
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 The going became better and bet ter, although sally could not yet dis cover that the route they followed promised to carry them either to the railroad or to the ranch. But it was a relief to Dc in open country again, where the nndulations were gentle and rhythmic, like a. long ground swell. and where the fliNver sailed fairly stable course.
 With the Tightening of his labors at the wheel the Wreck became al- most loquacious. He talked a good deal about Pittsburgh and all points east. If his conversation carried a note which stressed the inferiority of the west, Sally declined 10 be drawn into argument. He seemed to be happy and he was doing his best to render a service and she was willing