There was nothing ahead to break the long, hard track. Archie reached down beside him, though his eyes never left his course or one hand the steering wheel, and set his hand to some lever. The song of the great machine was for a second broken; then a new song of the road began, louder and fiercer than the first and in quicker measure.
Miss Herron felt as she did the first time she descended in the express elevator of a high office building. She was conscious that her hat was tugging at its pins. She settled herself back deeper in the seat and braced her feet stiffly, only to bounce up as they ran over some stick.
"Oh!" she gasped. "Ahem!"
"Sit tight," counseled Archie, suavely. "We'll get there in time, all right, if nothing happens.
"
"If anything breaks," she remarked, "you can usually get somebody to tow the machine home."
"People are very charitable. Yes, Miss Herron.
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