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, I love him very, very much----" The machine started forward with a tremendous jerk. Jinnie gave a frightened little cry, but the woman did not heed her. The motor sped along at a terrific rate, and there just ahead Jinnie spied a lean barn-cat, crossing the road. She screamed again in terror. Still Molly sped on, driving the car straight over the thin, gaunt animal. Jinnie's heart leapt into her mouth. All her great love for living things rose in stout appeal against this ruthless deed. She lifted her slight body and sprang up and out, striking the hard ground with a sickening thud. She sat up, shaking from head to foot. A short distance ahead Molly Merriweather was turning her machine. Jinnie crawled to the middle of the road, still dizzy from her fall. There, struggling before her, was the object for which she had jumped. The cat was writhing in distracted misery, and Jinnie picked him up in her arms. She was sitting on the ground when Molly, very pale, rolled back. "You little fool! You silly little fool!" she exclaimed, leaping out. "You might have been killed doing such a thing." "You ran over the kitty," wept Jinnie, bowing her head. "And what if I did? It's only a cat. Throw it down and come with me immediately." Jinnie wasn't used to such sentiments. She got to her feet, a queer, rebellious feeling buzzing through her brain. "I'm going to walk home," she said brokenly, "and take the kitty with me." Saying this, she took off her jacket and wrapped it about the cat. Molly glared at her furiously. "You're the strangest little dunce I ever saw," she cried. "If you're determined to take the little beast, get in." Molly was sorry afterward she had not let Jinnie have her way, for they had driven homeward but a little distance when she saw Theodore's car coming toward them. He himself was at the wheel, and waved good-naturedly. Molly reluctantly stopped her machine. The man looked in astonishment from the girl to the woman. He noticed Jinnie's white face and the long blue mark running from her forehead to her chin. Molly, too, wore an expression which changed her materially. He stepped to the ground and leaned over the edge of their car. "Something happened?" he questioned, eyeing first one, then the other. Molly looked down upon the girl, who was staring at Mr. King. "I--I----" began Jinnie. Molly made a short explanation. "She jumped out of the car," she said. "I was just telling he
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