Bert Wilson at the Wheel

ck

e Thomas, with as ugly a look as such a r

in a charmed circle," ch

called the lucky three. This is the fourth time

e addressed, stood grinning happily at the d

me supplies that were unexpectedly but urgently needed. There had been quite a livel

boys, was at first too absorbed in his writing to notice the unusual disturbance

of paper on which he had been writing, he step

ssion, Mr. Hollis proposed to draw lots. The fellows who should draw

on each and, shaking them well in a hat passed them around. When they had all been drawn, e

and the rest of the camp had to submit, some, however, with

akes an all-around manly one to bear defeat smilingly

e boys gave a rousing cheer for a send-off as the car, gleaming like red gold in the br

e twinkling of an eye. A great splendid flying auto is no place for disagreeable

to a wide well-kept turnpike, where th

lumbering ox carts and farm wagons drawn by sedate old horses, whom nothing could dismay. Now just in

hat one of the horses began to prance and that the

cautioned Bert; "one of those horses does

er horse plunged forward, jerking the reins from the driver's hands. The feel of the loose reins on their backs completed their panic, and before anyone realized what was happening, the horses had taken the bit

not a bit lucky at that mom

Tom, "although I don't for the life

d Bert, anxiously, "the only t

to overtake them, range up alongside and then one of

wheel and Bert, watching his chance, sprang into the carriage. The double motion hurled him backward and almost out on the road, but with a desperate effort, he succeeded in grasping the back of the seat and held on. Then

by the roadside. Ben, bethinking himself of the drinking cup that was part of the auto's equipment, filled it with water from a nearby spring, and under these attentions the ladies somewhat recovered from their terrifying experience. The elder of the two turned to the boys an

not be safe to attempt to drive them again at present, and they were greatly relieved when a

guests comfortably in the tonneau, the boys crowded into the driver's seat and were soon gliding up a broad avenue of elms that ended at the spacious and elegant home to w

he camp to see a procession of the fellows coming down the road, some beating on imaginary drums, others blowing on ho

Conquering

e news of their advent

ed the particulars. Hence the impromptu band and the nerve-racking rendition of the triumphal welcome. It was comical but cordial, and the boys would not h

rgotten. They had not finished before a strange automobile rolled up and the colored chauffeur lifting a large basket from the car and

with the mostly costly and delicious fruit. Before the onslaught of the crowd it vanis

d with incident and accident. But it was not. The "lucky three" were to be remi