4/10 I confidently expect he'll make a pancake of dear little Mumbles before he's five miles on the road. If I'm any judge of character this Wampus is a speed fiend." "He is recommended as a very careful driver," said Mr.Merrick; "and moreover he has signed a contract to obey my orders." "Very good," said Beth. "I'm not afraid of Mr.Wampus.What next, Major ?" "Next," continued Patsy's father, with a solemn wink at the row of curious faces, "your inventive relative has ordered the automobile rebuilt, thinking he's wiser than the makers. He's having a furnace put in it, for one thing--it's a limousine, you know, and all enclosed in glass. Also it's as big as a barn, as I said." "You said a freight car," observed Patsy. |