see it," said Walter, quickly. "I want to talk to her, and----"

"Oh, that's a different story," admitted Cora, with a smile. "But what
will Norton do?"

"I'd like to drive the _Flyaway_, if I might," put in the latter. "There's
a bad stretch of road ahead, and perhaps Belle may not be equal to it."

"Don't you dare intimate there's danger ahead," cried Belle.

"Not exactly danger," returned Norton, with a wink at the other boys, "but
the road is rough. If Cora wants to I guess Ed could drive her car for
her, too."

"Thank you, I'll wait until I see what sort of a road we are going to
encounter, and if I can't negotiate it, I'll let Ed take the wheel,"
assented Cora. "But I've driven over some very hard stretches myself;
haven't I, Jack?"

"Indeed you have, Sis. But it's all right if Belle wants Norton to drive
for her for a change."

"Well," began the Robinson twin, "it all came so suddenly. I don't know
yet whether I want Norton to drive for me. Of course I'd like to have him
in the car, if Bess wants to go with Walter for a change, and----"

"That's it," broke in Norton. "Just for a change. Hurry up now, girls,
get in the cars and we'll be off." He ran here and there, helping lift
in the luggage, and appeared anxious to make a start. In fact, the boys
had seemed in a hurry ever since they brought up the girls' cars, and
this very haste might have made the motor maids suspicious, but it did not
seem to.

Then came the proposal for the change in companionship for a time, and
this took the attention of Cora and her friends. Jack had run his car
close up to the rear of the _Flyaway_, so that the back of the tonneau was
not easily seen.

"All aboard!" cried Ed. "We're off!"

Quite a little throng had gathered on the sidewalk in front to see the
start, and among the persons might have been noticed a certain number
of boys, with paper bags concealed in their hands. These same boys might
have been observed to be receiving signals--in the way of nods and winks
from Jack and his chums, from time to time.

"I am sure those boys are up to something!" exclaimed Cora to Eline, as
they took their places.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean some trick."

"How can you tell?"

"Why, Jack's so anxious to get us off. He paid the hotel bill for me,
bought me a magazine and some candy. He never does things like that unless
there is something queer about to happen. Does anything seem wrong? Do I
look all right?"

"Perfect