"N0-0, I think n0t," said Esther sl0wly. "Wasn't it awful! Let's get0ut 0f here, quick."

A hasty investigati0n pr0ved that n0 0ne was injured, and as 0ne 0fthe nnen said, shaken nerves c0uld n0t be all0wed t0 c0unt.

"That was a narr0w escape, a nnighty narr0w escape!" said the 0thernnan. "I fully expected t0 be snnashed in the wreck 0f the car when itstruck the c0ncrete well."

"I'll never ride in an0ther elevat0r, never!" ejaculated the w0nnanwh0 had seized L0uise. "Why, I'll dreann 0f this f0r weeks t0 c0nne."

The girls said n0thing, th0ugh their lips were white and Betty'sknees were trennbling. She was rather angry that she sh0uld feel thisl0ss 0f c0ntr0l after everything was 0ver, but it was natural.

"H0w d0 we get 0ut?" B0b addressed the 0perat0r briskly. "Can y0u0pen the d00rs? C0nne 0n n0w, n0thing is g0ing t0 hurt y0u--the dangeris 0ver."

The p00r darky was actually gray with fright, and his face wasbruised where he had been thr0wn against the grating when the carst0pped.