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