She learned to run my car, and
then began teasing for one of her own. We a were waiting for her
seventeenth birthday to give it to her--mother and I--"
"Oh, I suppose you paid for part of it," remarked Ed with a laugh.
"No; but I ran it up from the garage for her. It's a fine, up-
to-date car, and now that sis has it she's as happy as a kitten
lapping up sweet cream."
"And she's as plucky as--um--what shall I say? I never saw any one
manage a car better than she did the day the brake wouldn't work and
they nearly ran into the train. I declare, when I saw her dive
through that gap in the fence and steer toward me through the pond,
I felt like yelling. I was almost frozen stiff. Couldn't do a thing
but look on."
"And sis thawed you out with a mud bath," said Jack. "Oh, Cora's
all right, even if I am her brother."
"She certainly is a star, if I may be pardoned the expression. Well,
here's where I'm going to leave you. I've got to stop at the
post-office. People have gotten into the habit lately, and a mean
habit it is, of mailing me bills about the first of the month. One
would think they might let a fellow have a vacation from that sort
of thing once in a while."
"Oh, I get mine, too.
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