The Motor Girls
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"It didn't take you long to learn," complimented Bess, while Isabel said:
"Paul--er--is he--"
"Yes, he is," admitted Cora with a laugh. "The youth of the garage."
"Well, I don't remember a thing he said," confessed Elizabeth; "but Paul--who could forget Paul? Didn't he have nice teeth?"
"And so polite," added Belle.
"Wasn't he just splendid?" concluded Cora. "And such a number of things that he told me. But come on, get in," and she slowed down the motor somewhat, while, removing a pair of buckskin gloves from her long, tapering hands, she produced a small, dainty handkerchief and rubbed a spot of black grease from her aristocratic nose.
"Got that when I was oiling the rear wheels," she explained.
The twins entered the tonneau, neither of them caring to risk riding on the front seat just yet.
Cora speeded the motor up a bit, glanced behind to see that the tonneau door was securely fastened, and then pulled the speed l
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