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"My goodness," Helen declared, but in this emergency she'd have to "you'd think we were going to be get Sam to a hospital. gone a year on this trip instead of a The trip to the next town was 4 fortnight. It's silly turning our nightmare. They found a doctor and money into travellers' checks."
bound the doctor took X-rays and "Hal" Sam: retorted. "That's all. Sam's arm in aling. Sam reached you know about it. Suppose we were into his "left hand and produced all held up and robbed? Suppose we the funds he had in cash. There was lost our money? Suppose we found just enough to pay the doc. ourselves stränded in some jerk town · "Good lord!" he declared when they away out in the sticks? Then were outside, "now we're in for it. where'd we be?” ***
I can't sign the checks, and We "We wouldn't be any better off," haven't any money."
" A. smug look Helen said, "if we were robbed or if came into his face. But I prepared we lost our travellers' checks."
for just such an emergency. I left "Don't be ridiculous. - Travellers' some cash in the bank. You can send checks aren't any good except to the a wire and well have it in an hour." person in whose name they are made "A wire from where Helen asked. out. The owner has to signi each Sam stared. "Then he looked one before It's made valid.”
around. It was"a" tiny" village. No railroad touched it, and certainly there was no telegraph office. "Good gosh!" he said.. Desperation leaped into his eyes. They were stuck good and proper.
"That wouldn't help us any if we
· didn't have any checks to sign," Helen argued, “Why not save the money it will cost to buy the checks and do something special with it."
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They'd have to head But she knew there was no use in for the next town' and spend the night further argument. :: It was -Sam's in the car Perhaps they didn't nature to be cautious. Overly cau- have enough gas to reach the next tious. He never took chances. He town. Certainly they couldn't buy prepared for every emergency. He food. Why, they didn't have enough looked ahead and made a routine of to pay for a telegram.
his life. If anything happened to Sam suddenly realised what a fool interrupt that routine he worried and he'd been, "It's my fault," he ad- fretted and was unhappy.
mitted. "I've known for a long time Helen was different. Helen liked to you were right and was wrong. I've splurge. She liked the unexpected. been too stubborn to admit it. I'm She enjoyed doing things on impulse. sorry." Sam was always spoiling her fun. Helen's mouth fell open. "You
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The longer they were married the mean you're actually sorry? You more at odds they became. Sam al- mean that this proved to you that it ways won't but there was a time doesn't pay to be too cautious, that coming when Helen would rebel, and from now on you won't spoil my fun that would be too bad.
by. preparing for a lot of unlikely emergencies?"
The day before they were to start on their motor trip, Sam showed her a neat little black book. The book contained $150 worth of $10 travellers' checks."We're all set," he said. "Now we won't have to worry about having our money stolen."
Sam nodded. I guess," he said, "I'm a dumbhead.””.
"Well!" declared Helen in great 1e- lief, "then I won't have to spend an uncomfortable night sleeping in the car just to teach you a lesson.”
"What do you mean by that?” Sam asked.
Halen didn't reply. She had been looking forward to this trip, and she didn't want. to spoil it by promoting "I mean," laughed Helen, "that I an argument the day before they was afraid something like this might started. But she had her own ideas happen, so I took that reserve money of a man who took such ridiculous out of the bank." precautions.
Sam's eyes blazed. "You mean They had planned to spend most of you've been carrying all that cash Itheir time around the Great Lakes, around with you loose? Good 'gosh! visiting the northernmost section of Suppose we were held up? Suppose Wisconsin. They took a diagonal we lost the money? Helen, how course, cutting up through Illinois. many times must I tell you it doesn't On the third day they blow a tire. pay to take chances?" Helen was disgusted.
Helen sighed wearily, “Forget it, Careful Sam," she said. bitterly, darling. What's the use?"
She "starting off on a two weeks' trip reached into her purse and produced with a tire that is practically worn a neat little black book.” “I had the down to the tube."
money turned into travellers' checks, He had intend- made out in my name. A precautionary. ed to change that tire the day before measure." starting. He had forgotten.
Sam didn't reply.
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(Copyright, 1938, By The AB- He got out and took the tools from sociated Newspapers.) the trunk compartiment. It was blis- teringly hot.. There was not a tree within miles, Sweat poured from his face as he worked. His patience be- gan to go. A stubborn lugger_nut broke the last remaining tie, and he gave a savage jerk with the wrench. The wrench slipped. Sam, squat- ting on his heels, fell forward. His at hand, bracing his body, buckled beneath his weight and something. snapped. A cry of anguish 08- caped his lips. :-
Helen get out of the car. She Baw what had happened, and a sort of panic seized her, Ehe wasn't a very good driver, didn't even have a license,
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