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Down the road to the left the car sped, and after adarkness, oods and scattered faran to appear But it was no village that Leslie knew, and nothing anywhere gave her a clew A trolley line appeared, however; and after a little a car ca cityward Leslie decided to follow the trolley track
In the an to look about her, evidently recognizing so familiar in the streets or town
"You can put htily "I don't care to go any farther with you I'll go back on the train"
"No!" said Leslie sharply "You'll go ho what you intended, but I mean to put you back where you were before I'm done Then my responsibility for you will be over I was a fool to let you deceive er"
"Well, I won't go home with you, so! and that's flat, Leslie Cloud You needn't think you can frighten e now, and ain, I'll screa to murder me; so there!"
For answer Leslie turned sharply into a cross-road that led away from the settled portion of the town, and put on all speed, tearing away into the dusk like a wild creature Myrtle screamed and stormed behind her, all to no purpose Leslie Cloud had her mettle up, and meant to take her prisoner home Out of the town she turned into another road that ran parallel to the trolley track, fro now and again, as it grew darker; and by and by when they caot back to the trolley track, and followed it; but whenever they came into a town she kept to its outskirts
Leslie had a pretty good general sense of direction, and she knew just where the sun went down If it had not been for a river and some hills that turned up and bewildered her, she would have made a pretty direct course ho delayed and ry girl in the back seat The gasoline was holding out It was evident that Allison had looked after it Blessed Allison, who always did everything when he ought to do it, and never put off things until the next day! How cross she had been with hiood and kind he alas to her! How she had deceived dear Cloudy and troubled her by going off this afternoon! Oh, ould they think? Would they ever forgive her, and take her back into their hearts, and trust her again? The tears were blurring her eyes now as she stared ahead at the road It seeht for hours like this Her arms ached with the nervous strain; her back ached; her head ached Perhaps they were going around the world, and would only stop when the gasoline gave out!