Part 10 (1/2)
He stood up and tried to take Ida's hands froain, but she see toward the it up Then Ida, with a flash of instinct, did the only thing possible Instead of putting on brakes and trying to stop, she pressed the accelerator pedal, and the little car shot forward at a momentarily increased speed
Between theht up with a crash against a fence, splintering the rails Ida, with ht she possessed, jaroan and a jar, ca sound, and Cora's big, four-cylindered ed into the Streak, for, in spite of all Cora and Walter could do, the Whirlwind could not be stopped in tie car was not great, for as she saw that a collision was inevitable, Cora had quickly shi+fted the wheel, and but a glancing blow had been struck A uard was torn froency stop, had prevented a worse accident
”Well,” ree voice, ”we're alive, at any rate”
”Yes,” added Bess sharply, ”and no thanks to soan Sid, the color fla into his face
”Look at your radiator!” suddenly exclai a leak!”
A strea down from the front of the Streak testified to this A piece of the broken fence rail had ja others out of place
”No o in her,” observed Sid ruefully ”We'll have to be towed back hoed irl had leaped out and was critically exauard,” she replied as she reached up to the steering wheel, touched the levers and shut off the engine
CHAPTER VI
GETTING A TOW
For a fewat once, and there was considerable confusion Sid and Ida calances, for the htless conduct, and that their runabout had been the ed did not appear to lessen their offense
Walter took the wheel of the Whirlwind, which Cora gladly relinquished to hihway The Streak, of course, could not move under its oer for more than a short distance, as the water had all leaked out of the radiator, and, there being none to cool the cylinders, to operate it was to invite disaster Jack and Bess had alighted frory
”Nice way to race!” he exclai to you, Sid Wilcox!”
”Oh, you have, eh?” sneered Sid ”Well, I don't know but what Iso close across etof the sort!” cried Jack
”Oh, Jack! Please don't!” begged his sister ”If it was ize”
”Your fault!” exclaimed Walter ”It wasn't your fault at all It was--er--well, Sid and Ida were to blame”
”That's the way it looked to me,” declared Cora
Ida stared at Jack's sister for a moment, and then, with an open sneer on her face, turned deliberately away
”Oh, I'lad we escaped, anyhow!” ejaculated Mary Downes Her voice attracted Sid's attention He had not noticed the little work girl before At first he appeared to scowl, and then he smiled h Cora, puzzling over Ida's irls,” called Walter fro there in the sun”
”You've got to tow me,” ordered Sid in a peremptory manner
”Got to?” repeated Walter, with a curious inflection