"I'll go!" offered Alice. "I can take this horse and carriage!" for a rig was hitched outside the "store."
"I'll go with you!" cried Estelle, and then, in costume and made up for the pictures as they were, they got into the vehicle and drove off.
CHAPTER XIV
IN THE SMOKE
"Do you think he'll die?" asked Estelle, as she took the reins and flicked the horse lightly with the whip.
"I hope not," answered Alice.
"Did it make you faint to see the blood?"
"A little. Did it you?"
"Yes. I can't bear it! It makes me—— Oh, it makes me——"