He even seemed to be shouting to them.

Cora braced both feet against the brake pedal.

She took a firmer grasp of the wheel. The seams of her new gloves
were starting from the strain. There was a desperate look on her
face.

"Oh, we'll be killed! We'll be killed!" screamed Isabel. "We can't
get across in time!"

She leaned over, and fell into her sister's arms, while Cora, with a
keen glance to either side, stiffened in her seat. There was a bare
chance of safety.




CHAPTER III

A SUDDEN ACQUAINTANCE


Despite the tense moment of anxiety, the almost certainty that the
auto would crash into the train, Cora's quick eye had seen something
that she hoped would enable her to avert the accident.

She knew that she could not stop the machine in time, by any means
at her command. There was but one other thing to do. That was to
steer to one side.