Show DAILY SHORT 1 FICTION STORY A Triple Miracle By SARA LONGLEY I C cc n tit I MIA br be liens OPP I- I at i Betsy picked b her r way ay through a or vf t marble chips chip shavings and plaster ended pUPil piles of umber lumber And nd net UW saw horses and dodged oIs Is C ready to catch a the un tin tin- I I Iry p For Far r the great fat domed hAil hall ot of the lIty ICY City house hOUle was being re- re I fe-I nOdded according to plans drawn by bO laon the Ibe celebrated architect the door of the library she unlocked unlock tL groping her way In the thed d dark Amone mon the heavy pieces of or shrouded shroud furniture and drew up a window window window win win- dow shade 16 6 let In some sun Mercy How V cloeo and stuffy and But Dut I 1 must call all mother on the phone and tell her I trot got here safely In my new roadster and Ill I'll start for Clover Hill Bill as soon lIoon as u I 1 have haye some lome luncheon at tho the hotel bote She threw up the windows and car- car ned led the phone over Til be home In time Ime for dinner mother Til ru start back at 2 I haven't bavent found your YOW gray velvet oat coat tat yet but Til ll get some of the workmen workmen workmen work work- men to help belp me up the stairs What Raining up there Why Its It's lovely here hue The suns sun's out and the sky Is aa as blue as aa June Junel Oh dont don't worry about the he car ear Im I'm not afraid of ofa a little wind rides Iyo ive got Jot to learn to take allkind all kinds kind of ot roa roads s. s Harrison No 10 I have hl not seen n him just him Just some flame workmen Things Thing are terribly messy Well bye- bye bye Ill I'll be homo home by 6 Yes I know youre you're having bavins a n dinner Dont Don't worry Goodbye She hung Up tip and looked out at the ky sky Just aa 8 she had said the weather was tab 8 perfect A thunder shower sixty miles mD away didn't frighten her She looked fondly fondl at her new road car a e. alent lent rk Brewster green with Ivory wh wheels ls Near NI It t t at the curb was a ridiculous UlUe Bridge 00 so mud caked Betsy won- won term dared that It could go RO Repeated layers of mud mod had dried and hardened on the until there was scarcely a eem- eem l iso of cf l spoke left lett and chains about i. i much mitch h needed on that dry smooth M an extra tall tail on a dog clung roDI to the tI tires Iv wonder to me ml said Betsy In- In 5 bow how some people can treat No matter what kind It Is II ot seine same aa as a 1 yellow ellow pup is a aI aLlt's dOg I yours youve you've got to take care true Vue said a 0 man on the stone atone Cay outside the window but butI buta I a yell w pup pop wouldn't b be happy If It he f were ere clean elean H lIe It would only go KO out and andI r roll ll In the gutter Utter again If It his Insides lide l I well welt taken care of hes he's happy and Iteli go until he drops drop Betsy looked at his overalls and grimy hands and changed the subject I I have to get to the second fIod r and the tho stair ar art are gone What hat can I do You Yeu can ean n go up a q ladder ladler perhaps But i lt pretty high Anything I can con do I 1 dont don't think so 80 Im willing willing-and willing and honest I wont won't touch anything All Au right agreed Betsy Bety suddenly trusting his brown eyes Heros Heres the key to mothers mother's room Open tho the big bis bux box at the th foot of ot the bed and get a agrey gray grey vt coat Th Then n close up everything every every- thing again please Ill do it he declared and was gon gone Betsy looked up the library and nd went out to itt her car r. After a n short delay theman theman the man came out with the wrap Im sorry sony to keep vou ou waiting but I could not flot find It right away he explained Ills eyes were not smiling now and hi his lips were set ver very firm She won won- I at the change Koi- Koi Koian an aD hour after she left the hotel things went famously and the green car flew over the white hard road and even evet after turning off oft on to the dirt road things were well enough but soon little puddles began to appear that had hadnot hadnot hadnot not been there before and the ground got KOI softer and Betsy had more manipulating manipulating lating of clutch and gears than she cared about Then rounding a curve between a high wooded bank and a aravine aravine ravine she found herself herselt in mud quite a afoot afoot atoot foot toot deep She put on ore more power and plowed through but the wheels started to slip and do what she would she continued continued continued con con- to skid terribly Suddenly she put on the brake and the oar car stopped dead What had happened happened happened hap hap- she couldn't tell but the car wouldn't move at all in any direction There she was alone in a miles away away from help and another storm coming She looked at her dainty high heeled slippers and then at the mud She couldn't walk I She would wait walt for tor help But she remembered that the road was a short cut between two highways highways highways high high- ways and little used She might have to wait watt for hours Then she heard a snappy little chug chug behind her She turned and there was the ugly little Bridge car she had made fun tun of with her accommodating workman turning the wheel this way and that with one hand My he mUt must be an expert to bounce through this slough of desp despOnd nd that way wrong he called I dont don't know It wont won't move Let me try So he crawled In but failed to get any response You have done something something something some some- thing to the gears Theres There's no ho tion Lots of ot power but Its It's no use Oh dear how can I get homo homer I IT if you'll ride in my in-my my little yellow rellow dog Ill I'll be glad to Betsy looked at it with it-with distaste and pictured herself riding into Clover Hill Hm Thank you OU no I think Ill I'll Ill I'll- But Buted she stopped There was nothing I for her herto herto e ed oP fas Th th to do No way out Then she e had a plan If It you would take me to Dexter I 1 can take the electric nearly all the way Would you mind Id be delighted to do anything you say So she abe got in after spread a paper over the dusty seat Tell me are you hurt she asked suddenly I strained my hand a little this morning morning that's that's all but all but I can manage the steering rm Im so sorry answered Betsy She wished the brown eyes would smile again but his face remained serious and set They reached Dexter and she boarded a 80 car ctr r. r Goodbye she called to her benefactor benefactor bene bene- factor and thank you so much She had thought of ot paying him but something something something some some- I thing held her back The trolly car went five fhe or six miles through green fields and curved around the foot of the hills Th Then n suddenly It stopped I There has been a landslide called I a 0 man up front And sure enough there across the track were stone and I dirt It would take hours to remove Betsy left the car and looked disconsolately disconsolately discon discon- at nt the mass Thirty miles from home Then she heard beard a familiar sound and turning she beheld e d her I workman friend in his brave r lI little t Bridge bouncing along the road near the track Come on he be called Wont you let me take you home You lou are ore terribly kind said Betsy but I believe after all there isn't anything anything anything any any- thing thing- so reliable as a a. team I If you wouldn't mind taking me to North Stanwick I can make the afternoon express Just as sa you sa say he agreed But Im I'm going to Clover Hill anyway and you are very welcome If you dont don't mind riding in my car Betsy thought of ot the Boswells and the Harpers the Carter and the out for tor their afternoon I spins and she he could Imagine their re remarks remarks remarks re- re marks upon her arrival In a muddy lit littie little little lit lit- tle tie Bridge No thank you Ill I'll take the train and be done with it So she took the train at North Stanwick Stanwick Stan- Stan wick feeling at last that her troubles were at an end But after alter a few tew miles there was a Jolt and the train stopped The bridge is on fire Just ahead explained the brakeman to an anxious lous in in- in quirles It was discovered Just in time timeto to flag us U Bets Bete wa was waa in despair She was getting getting get get- ting Uni very tired tre and nervous nerous She walked up and down the track trac wonderIng wondering wondering wonder wonder- ing what to do when a voice called across a fence Do you want a lift II It I was her workman in his faithful Bridge Yes Tes she called wearily Will wm you please take me home Harrison was coming to dinner said sid her mother at 7 but ut he fell tel down downa a ladder today tody and broke a bone in his wrist wrist so he may not be able to come Hes He's a fine young oung man Betsy Hes He's les le's a sculptor as well as an architect and he has a fine tine future I wish you would take an Interest t in him if he comes I think hell he'll hel come mother said sad Bps Betsy blushing |