Part 31 (1/2)
”Runaway! Look out for the runaway!” the girls heard several persons shout
”It's a horse running 'away,” declared Belle ”Let's stay where it's safe--up here”
But Cora had started down the path, and Bess followed her
”It's a runawayflashi+ng through the trees It was a runabout, dashi+ng along the avenue without a hand to guide it, and as it gathered speed it swerved from side to side
”Why, it's Jack's car!” cried Cora as the auto flashed past her
”Can he be hurt? Where is he? 'Oh, Jack!”
She started to run, leaving Bess on the path
”I ht Cora ”It may run into a person or a teaht of the uselessness of her act she found herself running down the street, along with a shouting crowd of men and boys As if she could catch up to an auto!
She hardly knehat she was doing
”Oh, can't some one stop it?” she cried ”Turn off the power! It must be stopped!”
”By Jove! That's a plucky chap!” exclaier ”There!
He's lost his hold! He'll be run over!”
A youngatte beneath the wheels But as the car sped on he pulled hirasped the wheel just in ti up on the sidewalk, and an instant later he had shut off the power and applied the brakes
”Why, it's Ed Foster!” exclaimed Cora as she came up beside the halted runabout ”Oh, Ed, are you hurt? I'ht have been a bad accident”
”Oh, I'h How did it happen?”
”I don't know We were sitting on our piazza e heard the cry, and I saw the car speeding away”
”Where's Jack?”
”I don't know that, either I'ed,” remarked a man who had been nearly run down
The crowd, rather disappointed, on the whole, that no accident had happened, turned away Cora got in Jack's car beside Ed, who started the machine back They were s
”Any dae done?” he called out as soon as he saw them He appeared very anxious
”None, but it was a narrow squeak,” answered Ed
”Where's Jack?” asked Cora
”We took him home”