The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-12-26
The Blue Limousine
By H. LOUIS RAYBOLD
Mcclure Syndic ate-WNU ServiceD

small, grassy park set on the hilltop
revealed no sign of it among the
few cars scattered about
Not that there was any hope to be
gotten out of that 1t had happened
before that they had gone to bed
assured that they had eluded their
camp follower only to find in the
morning it had arrived sometime
during the night.
But if they were really pursuing
us, mother. had insisted Julie Carl
ton, they would make sO!re effort
to become acquainted. But they
don't They keep by themselves.
The trouble was that ever since
Mrs Carlton had realized that her
little girl was growing into an eX-
tremely pretty woman she had SUI
fereG from the complex that her
daughter would b. the natural prey
of all members Of the other sex.
And there had be II certain circum-
stances that almost justified her
fears. We're they not, at this present
moment. taking trip to cure Julie
of an absurd infatuatiOn for the boy
next door that frequent bette noir
of fond mothers?
OF course. jules father absolute
y secuted the idea that any car had
deliberately pursued them from
Springfield through the White noun
tains. up the Maine coast, and
across the border
And now he pointed out the prob
ability of their having turned off
on the road that led TO Fredericton.
They've just been taking trunk
route like the rest of us he ex
planned, hammering a tent stake
into the ground. Haven't seen
them all day, have we? Well
Daddy" Julie grabbed her ia
theirs arm. There it is now-the
blue limOusine!"
In cloud of dust from the gravel
road arrived the huge car of ancient
vintage for all its recent coat of
azure paint Hardly had it stopped,
before the longlegged youth whose
appearance had grown so familiar
stepped out, cast his glance toward
a square of level ground farthest
from the Carlton car, and indicated
the spot to his father in the drivers
seat with a gesture.
Well" said Mr. Carlton, very
firmly, these tourist camps are free
to all and as I've done nothing to put
any one on my trail. they're welcome
to track me to Hudson Bay-.if l go
that far And, for anything I've seen
10 the contrary. that young man
doesn't even know our Julie exists
The next few days, however, could
but show if there was actual inten-
ton behind all this. If the blue
Limousine party timed their depar-
ture with that of the CARTONS, who
were remaining over for several
days TO take in side trips to Nova
Scotia, and Prince Edward island,
there would be little doubt that they,
the CARTONS, were the object of an
inexplicable pursuit
On the second night, the blue
limousine was still there, but the
CARTONS, spending two days in Am
herst, were unaware of the fact. The
third night the car was gone but
not all of the equipment.
On the following morning, Mr..
Carlton, rising early for a speedy
getaway saw the long-legged young
man come out of his tent, look
around a bit, then start pitching out
the duffle bags.
Yet it is doubtful if he would have
done what he did, had not he OBJ
served, half an hour later, his
daughter Julie sauntering over from
the pump in the young mans COM
pany Had there really been other
opportunities for them to meet?
Throwing down the tent pole he
was disjointing, he strobe over to
the blue limousine and addressed
the young mans father. Sort of
funny how you people are trailing
u.s." he said, abruptly
The other man looked sheepish.
then grinned With a cautious
glance in the direction of his wife s
tent, he came over to Carlton and
whispered in his ear.
Say, I'm glad of chance to tell
you all about it, 1t was my wife s
idea We've been doing this motor
camping business for fifteen years
been everywhere. Got so there was
no kick out of it, going the same
old places So Abby suggested we
get thrill by not knowing where
We would land up. Last we took
was last summer and we took every
third concrete road, but this sum-
mer she says. Let's follow the first
camping party we see after pulling
out of the Athol camp And it was
you We haven't meant to be
nuisance. My son is just getting
over an illness and his fiancee is off
teaching in a girls camp. so we
brought him along. He's kind Of
disguised with his mothers idea, but
you sure have taken us into a fine
country
When jules father told her, she
shifted. That nice young man told
me all about it this morning." she
said. And, by the way, Dad. Niles
wrote me that if l don't come home