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"This laoes out--you silly old josser,

why did you step in front of hty old life"--(this to one unhappy pedestrian who side of the road)--"never goes

out, dear old thing It's out now, I ad

order--Gosh! That was a narrow escape! Nobody but a skilled driver,

old Ha to create

a sensation; there's nothing like it on the market--whoop!"

He brought the car to a standstill with a jerk and within half an inch

of a City police the traffic with his back turned

to Bones, blissfully unconscious of the doo with you, Bones," said Hamilton, when they reached the

office, and he had recovered so bush to the nerves"

"Thank you," said Bones gratefully "I'm not a bad driver, am I?"

"'Bad' is not the word I should use alone," said Hamilton pointedly

In view of the comments which followed, he was surprised and pained to

receive on the following day an invitation, couched in such terms as

left hi the

beauties of rural England

"Noon't take a 'No,'" said Bones, wagging his bony forefinger

"We'll start at eleven o'clock, dear old Ha the thinguho! for

the beautiful sea-breezes"