that they loved driving. Unfortunate man! he knew not the snare he had
laid for himself!

Punctual to the minute the carriage drove up to the door.

Felix was on hand, standing on the steps, with politeness in his air,
though with trembling in his heart because so near the horses. He
assisted the ladies in. Then he handed the reins to Miss Belle.

"Do you wish me to hold the horses while you get in?" she asked sweetly.

"Till I get in!" ejaculated Felix, taken aback.

"Certainly! You don't think we are going to drive ourselves, do you? Of
course you are going with us."

Poor Felix! He was "in for it" now, decidedly. It required a good deal
of moral courage, a quality in which he was deficient, to resist a
lady's demand. His knees trembled with fear as he scrambled in. Joe, who
was standing not far away, looked on with a quiet smile on his face. He
realized what was passing in the dude's mind.

"He'd give ten dollars to get out of it," our hero told himself.

The boy who had brought the turnout around looked at Felix Gussing
earnestly.

"Take care of that horse, mister," said he, warningly. "He's young and a
little bit wild."