Part 15 (2/2)
The place boasted nothing so ed to find a little bake shop where the rosy-cheeked country woman orked there made the rolls and cake, and, wonder of wonders, set upon the table a pitcher of fresh milk
When they had finished this rural but eeneral store to buy a few supplies that they would need that night It was necessary to lay in only a lihtfully left her cottage well stocked and had inforetables of all kinds could be had fresh froain, eyes upon that ribbon of road in front, intent upon reaching their destination before nightfall
It was not till about four o'clock that they met with their first setback
Betty had just rounded a turn in the road, horn honking for all it orth, when she found herself alon
She yelled to the driver and put on her brakes hard, hoping desperately that Mollie would not run into her from behind Grace shrieked and covered her face with her hands
It was a narrow escape, for when the car had finally stopped there was not on in front Luckily Mollie had been warned by the noise of the horn, and had stopped her machine just around the turn of the road She and Mrs Ford and A to see what the matter was
Meanwhile Betty had recovered herself and was shtened driver His horses, startled by the noise and shouting had tried to bolt, and he had had all he could do to hold thehtly heated condition on the part of his te, her voice still treht--”
”Yes, an' I thought too,” he interrupted, in a gruff, rude tone that whipped the color to her face ”It would be a heap better if soasoline wagons”
And, still ry irls stared after him dumbly
CHAPTER XIII
OUTWITTING A CRANK
”Old grouch,” cried Mollie, shaking a vindictive little fist after the departing farmer ”If it hadn't been that you would have killed yourself too, Betty, I almost wish you had hit him”
”Well, I don't,” said Grace ruefully ”nobody ever thinks of poor uess we had better be a little more careful in the future,” said Mrs Ford, a worried line between her brows ”Better to be a little longer reaching Bluff Point than to endanger our lives and perhaps the lives of others”
”It almost looks as if we shouldn't have any choice,” said Mollie, and they looked at her in surprise
”Well, we can't hope to pass that wagon,” she explained, indicating the vehicle that was now so at a snail's pace ”There isn't room, with the ditch on one side and the drop on the other”
”It will be easy enough if he ested Amy
”He'll move over if we toot at him,” added Grace
But Mollie shook her head doubtfully
”I'm not so sure,” she said ”It would be just like hi the road”
”Get even with us?” repeated Betty indignantly ”Iin the road when I wanted to pass How ridiculous”