interrupted trip to the other end of the line and the car barn. Inside the barn Speedy put Nellie's feed bag on her and saw that she was comfortably started on her noonday repast. Then he joined Jane in the car, where she had spread out a neat luncheon of sandwiches, a thermos bottle of coffee and cake made with her own skillful hands. There was even a nice juicy bone for King Tut.
"It's great sitting here eating with you alone," declared Speedy, eating heartily of the delicious fare.
"It is fun," Jane admitted.
"Some day we'll be doing it right along," Speedy hinted.
"When granddad sells his franchise?"
"When I get that job!" emphasized Speedy.
They parted after the meal, Jane declaring that she had work to do around the house. Speedy made several uneventful trips with the car that afternoon, stopping only to buy a baseball extra from a shouting newsboy and learning that the Yankees had lost the second game of the World's Series. He met Jane at the Ryans that night for dinner, she having brought him an insistent invitation from Ma Ryan for both of them.
Speedy was forced to tell the story of the day's battle again and again to the army of Ryans congregated around the board, including Ma and Pa and children ranging from husky Danny to a baby of less than a year. Danny lamented the tough luck that had kept him from joining Speedy's forces.
"Say, what did you pull with the taxi yesterday
