"We'll go and see!" exclaimed Russ; and the two boys set off on a run.




CHAPTER VI

OFF TO GREAT HEDGE


Russ and Laddie saw Grandpa Ford holding the bridle of a horse harnessed
to a light carriage, in which sat a pretty young lady. The horse was
trying to rise up on its hind legs, and Grandpa Ford was doing his best
to make the animal stand still.

Not far away was a large automobile, and smoke was coming from the back
of this, while a man, who seemed to have just gotten out of the car, was
hurrying toward the prancing horse.

"I guess he's all right now, Miss," said Grandpa Ford. "When that
automobile back-fired, and made such a bang, it scared your horse."

"I never knew him to be afraid of an auto before," said the young lady.
"But then I never heard one, before, make such a loud bang."

"Nor I," returned Grandpa Ford. "It was enough to scare any horse."

"And I am very sorry it happened," said the man who had gotten out of
the car. "My machine is a new one, and it does not run just right, but
this is the first time it ever made such a racket. I thought I was going