Read the excerpt from "A Century Ride.”"Great Scott!” he stammered, "what’s the matter? Surely ’tisn’t Mrs. Dunlop?” and he gaped at the dusty little lady, who sat on the door-step, and the wheel which lay on the roadway."I’m choking with thirst,” said Maude. "Get me a drink of water, and I’ll tell you,” and the Doctor bounced in for a dipper, and out to the pump for the required beverage."Don’t take much,” he stammered incoherently. "I’ve put a drop of whiskey in it. Now tell me, in the name of Heaven, what sent you riding across the country in this fashion?”