Smyrna times., 1924-01-02

"A concluded Ethel, to which John
replied: Every WELL" and went on his
way.
This was the conclusion Of one Of
those little atmospheric disturbances
known as lovers quaTrels." They had
just drifted into it-as sometimes hap
pens. When they came to think it over
afterward neither Of them could tell
Just exactly how it started or just
what they had been quarreling about;
but each was sure that the other had
been in the wrong.
Why two young people as sincerely
in love with each other as Ethel
Barnes and John Warland should quar-
rel in this absurd manner it is hard
to say.
OF course Ethel and John were very
miserable after they had thus parted
in anger. And just how obstinate they
were, too, you can imagine-hOw de
termined each was that the other
should speak first" That there was
to be no more speaking between them
did not enter the heads Of either party
to the disturbance.
Ethel and John were two obstinate
young people The fact that they
/ were much in love with each other
predicated the final yielding of one of
i them. Among the other desperate
things that Ethel did in the disturb
ance of mind caused by her quarrel
with John was to buy a small car-or
rather she persuaded her father to
buy one for her-and to learn to drive
it, after a fashion.
At this stage of the game Harry
Benson came into it. He and Ethel
were old SchOOlmates, and she fre-
quently gave him rides in her car.
And such was Harry's admiration for
Ethel that he was willing to risk life
and limb for the privilege of sitting
beside yer while she did weird things
with the steering wheel Of the
machine. It is just possible that
Ethel figured that seeing Harry en-
scOnced in the car by her side would
E make John jealous
As a matter of fact. it did make
John Jealous; so Jealous that, fully
I recognizing Harry's peril he did not
, in the least care what happened to
: him He hoped however that, in
T the impending smaShup whenever II
should take place Ethel would not be
e hurt. Yes. he told himself, in spite Of
the manner in which she had treated
5 him, he sincerely hoped she would es-
+ cape unhurt. If Harry Benson only
$ knew anything about driving a ma
?, chine now. he thought. it would he diff
d ferent he would not have worried so
e much But Harry did not know, and
f Ethels driving was certainly far from
that Of an expert AS matter OF
V fact, had Harry been the best driver
in the world. John would still have
! been disturbed at seeing him in the
= car with Ethel. John had a machine
of his own in which, before their
u "fareup." he and Ethel had had many
long and pleasant rides together. and
70 he never took his seat in it now with
e out signing. That machine was filled
= with memories which would not bt
silent.
30 Sometimes Il seemed to John as 1
of every noise its engine made kept re
peating over and over again, Ethel
is Ethel" One day, in an unfrequenteC
NJ highway, John, rolling along in his sc
40 dan, came in sight of Bthers car hov,
y to in distress Something had gon,
NJ wrong with it, and Harry and its fai
- ] A.rCa4no aAAVtk rTofn1vr
= ing to set 1t right John hesitated
: stopping, got out and, addressin
! Harry, said: whats the matter
90 Can help y0u"
Ethel turned her back and gaze
=. at the distant horizon while Harr
- answered: 81 don't know, the blame
thing won't 60, somehow" John dis
- covered at once what was the mat
a" ter, did a few things with tn
10 mechanism Of the car and had It worl
w ing In a jify. Then he entered hi
ny own machine and drove or. never ono
81 locking back at Ethel, whom he ha
'le ignored wholly in the proceedings
Ethel was Grievousiy disappointe
that John had not attempted % spea
so to her. Also she was extremely angr,
and all the way home rated poC
Sic Harry for his ignorance Of autom
biles and his general ineficiency. 81
declared that she would never Il
him ride In her car again. She d
,le let him ride with her again. howeve
at and the very next time she aid :
tys the lOng-expected happened. Bthel
cd car took on a skittish mood, evincC
ow a disposition to climb telegraph pole
at jump fences, and otherwise displays
an exuberance Of spirits quite inco
no slsteh' WIN 'ne salety-hrS' lusa' Jon
ala coming down the road in kIs seda
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