"
"But don't you think we had better walk," Grace suggested nervously.
"I'm afraid to trust myself to the old thing again."
"Oh, there won't be any danger now," Will assured her. "We can go back
by a roundabout route where there aren't any hills to speed us into
haystacks. How about it, Frank?"
"You're right! We are not going to take any more chances, I can tell you
that." Then, turning to the girl beside him, he added, "How are you
feeling, Betty? Awfully shaken up?"
"Not a bit," she assured him, gaily. "Why, after the first shock I
really enjoyed it."
"That's the way to talk and I'm mighty glad no one's hurt. Now for
home."
After a great number of half starts and sudden stops they succeeded
finally in backing the great machine away from the haystack and out on
the road again.
"Now remember your promise," cried Grace as they started off. "No more
speeding, Frank, and no more hills."
"Right," he sang back, cheerily. "We have had excitement enough for one
day. Just watch me."
And, true to his word, after an hour's roundabout trip, they swung
quietly into Deepdale, without having encountered further mishap on the
way.
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