Show Not Too Late for Merry Christmas Trip Home From Dance and anda a a Hard Jolt for and Caro Caroline ine By ELE ELEANOR NOR E. E KINO KING UK In moon rose rOle clear and bright over OTer a freshly snow laden world It was the evening of the big Christmas d dance an aD c e eat eat at nt the villa town hall boll an event In which old and young all over the countryside participated a night remembered throughout the year and ond anticipated Ion long before Its arrival The couples fairly flew around the time hall holl some Bome spryly others not quite so nimbly Nevertheless there was on an heroic effort about It that was appealing appeal ing to say Bay the least The last strains of music died away awny promptly as us the clock clork struck twelve No newfangled Ideas about these them night sill dances won favor In this town As the couple couples tiled filed out of at the hall Caroline and I were wre the lost last to leave Arm In arm apparently sufficient ant suf unto themselves deeply en en- engrossed grossed grossell In an all absorbing conversation conversation conversa com tion they approached a small car parked near the hall opened the be do door of ot the machine and helped Caroline In Clo Closing the door he seated seat ed cd himself at the wheel and soon they were ort off down the road I Engines a 0 little cold apolo apologized as the lie car cor alternately coughed and choked getting up speed That was a 0 great dance Always S seems so good to see all the old college col rol fellows back bock home I lege never neer regret regret re ra- gret et my four years even If I J dM dl have to leave ve le we you Yes Yee laughingly h ho bo e slipped hits his arm around Caroline a as ae she ahe her bel assent a near car with glaring headlights headlights head head- lights came around the bend In lt the e road blinding eyes Trying to avoid hitting the approaching ca car r i which was coming coining at nt high speed ho he turned out some sOllie little distance Almost Al AI f- f most before he be knew what had hod happened hap lisp the lie car wn was sliding down the slippery It landed In the th bottom of the ditch and ond with a great j 1 lunge turned turne onto Its side i Caroline caught ht nt ot strong t arm She Sho uttered not n a sound but 1 gradually as ns the car turned her grasp relaxed and she formed merely merelyn n limp limp f little heap along with sent neat cushions a and other accessories which h all ll tumbled tum tum- t I j bled Into a pile on the Inside of ot the car ln Huss only thought was of or Caro Coro I line She mode made no reply repty to as liS he ho endeavored to free her He lIe I 1 wondered If she had been made unconscious un nn I conscious by bl the awful jolt or killed I outright He lIe heard the whir of an approachIng approach approach- Ing car Exerting his remaining strength terror stricken he be yelled Stop I the matter here here herd came two husky husky voices f Give me a 0 lift break the top or do something to get this girl out With the help of the two men Russ Russ- win and Caroline were we're extricated and they were speeding Caroline to the nearest hospital The doctors after examination and what seemed to untold time pronounced Caroline uninjured and attributed her unconscious state to merely fright gathering her In his arras arms tenderly whispered Caroline It was wasa a hard jolt but I guess we still are ore due for tor our Merry Merry Christmas Kit V it rn pr Union M |