When night fell, Jack took leave of his wife and child.
They all then boarded the electric stage. Jack taking his seat at the wheel, and she started.
Many people in the village streets saw them as they went flying by, and heartily cheered them on their way, as the news of Jack's intention had got abroad.
The Terror soon left Wrightstown behind.
Following the hard country road he sped along swiftly, and soon was lost to the view of the villagers.
CHAPTER V.
THE JAMES BOYS' MOTHER.
The trip to Missouri was made without adventure by the Terror, but her peculiar appearance aroused the wonder of everybody who saw her during her journey through several States.
Late in the afternoon of a pleasant day she passed Kearney, in Clay County, and followed an old country road.
A few miles from the town she arrived near a neat old log house standing back in a wooded pasture near the road.