Dave Porter and His Rivals
body r
her go!" cried
Porter, as he let off the hand brake and advanced th
eady," respon
r," added Ben Basswood
rst out Laura Porter, who was one of thr
inutes then; I'm not particu
Jessie Wadsworth, anxiously. "Mamm
o look after the food,"
es lunch time, and you'll see Phil stow away about fifteen chick
on olives, Dave!" cried
e; I love them!" cr
ckly. "But start her up, fellows, if we are going!" he added,
a of the mansion in front of which the two automobiles were s
touring car moved gently away, out of the grounds of the Wadsworth mansion and into the
breeze blowing to freshen the air. A shower of rain the day previous had
ouths were to return to Oak Hall school the following week, and they wish
party," Roger
y," Phil had answered. "It's too st
It was decided that Dave should run the Wadsworth machine, he having learned to do so some time before, and Roger was to run a car hired at the new Cru
les an hour," remarked Sam Day, who sat in the back
ed Jessie Wadsworth. "What an
answered Dave. "He wouldn't want to
ndicott. "I want to view the scenery. It is lovely
ugh we haven't such big mountains a
spot for a picnic," said Jessie.
r," went on Dave. "I heard in town last week that ne
e Eureka Paper Compan
do you know
ing about it. It is a company in which
utomobile, and his face grew serious, as he remember
office, about what great things his father was
hil Lawrence's comment. "If Nat cou
self?" questioned Sam Day. "I haven'
ince our little affair at Ni
to return t
motor-boat and some other t
ong without Na
ence. "But maybe, with Link Merwell gon
" cried Jessie. "I trust we ne
o Oak Hall," said Dave. "He got his walking papers and tha
nything about Jasniff l
nited States. Personally, I haven't seen or heard from him since we
ading automobile, and a moment late
oad!" And in a twinkling the second car shot ahead, and was "hitting her up," as Ben expressed it, at thirty mile
ed Jessie, with a little ga
traight road," he answered. "We'
fast," said Lucy Basswood, Ben's
g with a great noise, for the muffler had been cut out. All of the girls screamed in fright, and instinctively Dave and Roger ran their cars as close to the right side of the road as possi
way ought to be arreste
struck!" gasped Jessie, sinking ba
ize them?" aske
," answered Roger. "I was b
Dave. "I didn't want them to ta
llows," said Ben Basswood. "He l
questioned s
Poo
. "Surely, he wasn't dr
hap,-and two were on the front seat. Bu
e last week," said Laura. "I be
y Glen Falls," said Laura. "It would quite s
Phil. "If they stop anywhere, it will be most likely at some ro
way. The girls were very nervous, and the boys did all in their power to remove the strain. But the girls
give him a piece of my mind," said Dave. "It
e last half of the journey was over a winding dirt road, and the boys had
ack by way of Haslow," said Dave. "That will give
mall settlement, boasting of a tavern, a blacksmith shop, a church,
that racin
of the tavern, the engine still runni
lows who were in i
inside for a dri
ce, as the tavern door swung open and two young men a
Poole!" cr
races before autoing became popular. He once tried to sell Caspar Potts a horse, but we found out the ani
ed to sell my father a horse, but fathe
two other persons stepped forth. They, too, wore linen dusters and touri
in astonishment. "
ave. "How in the world did they get here, a