Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-04

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Synopsis Of Preceding Installments.
Miss Molly Randolph daughter of rich American.
decides to go on an automobling trip through
southern France. In letter to her father she
gorgeous looking man who represented it to be
the finest machine In the world chauffeur
ssipee to France snS shey start on an
tended trip. The motor behaves badly and
breaks down near Paris Rsttray Is sent to
An Englishman. Mr.. John Winston, who rspre-
sents himself as a professional chauffeur.
renders assist ance. and as James Brown" Is
engaged to take Rattray's place. His own
motor car. in charge Of his chauffeur. is to
follow the same route. In q letter to Lord
Lane he relates his experiences.
Jack Winston's Letter to Monte (Con-
tinued).
At Mer we crossed the Loire by the sus-
pension bridge and ran the eight miles to
ChambOrd, meaning to lunch there. and
go on to Blois after seeing the Chateau.
1t was a grand performance for the car to
run nearly three hours without accident.
While luncheon was being prepared 1 filled
up the water tanks (even this simple task
involved lifting all the luggage off the carl.
washed with some invaluable Hudson 8
soap. which I had brought from my own
car and made myself smart for dejeuner.
The eating business will. I can see. be
one of my chief difficulties. At Chambord.
for instance, In the small hotel. there is.
of course no special room for servants.
AS have no fondness for eating in stuffy
kitchens when 1t can be avoided. 1 wan
dered sedately into the sale q manager.
where Miss Randolph and her aunt were
already seated. and took a place at the
further end of the same long table I'VE
were the only people in the room). Aunt
Mary looked for instant little dis
composed at the idea of lunching with
her nieces hired mechanic but Miss Ran
dolph. noticing this-she sees everything
shot me a welcoming smile Then the
paying difficulty Is an odious one. OF
course, at the end of the meal my bill
goes to her, and she pays for me: Mecani.
OF course, / can't protest as this is the
custom but l am keeping a strict account
of all her expenses on my account, and
one day shall square our accounts some
howl don't at present see how. I have
formed the idea that by-and-by l may Of
fer to act also as courier. relieving her of
the bother of making payments. and so
on. If l can work that. I'll deduct my
own lot and pay it myself. the chances
being that as she Is careless about money
she won't notice that I've done so. only
thinking perhaps, that 1 am a clever chap
to run things so cheaply.
There's another thing which gives me
the "wombles," as those delightful Miss
Bryants used to cali the feeling they had
when they were looking forward to any
event with a mixture of excitement. fear
and embarrassment. -
Well. I have the "wombles'' when I think
Of the moment. near at hand. when Miss
Randolph will hand me my weekly wage.
which I have put at the modest figure of
80 francs week. but 1 am getting away
from the dejeuner at Chambord
We had just finished the croute au pot,
when there came a, whirr! outside, upon
which Miss Randolph looked questioningly
at me. "A little Pieper," 1 said. How
wonderful she exclaimed. Can you
really tell different makes of cars just by
their sound?" "Any one can do that" I
informed her. with practice; you will
of this journey. Each car has it's charac-
teristic note. The De Dion has kind of
screaming whirr the Benz a pulsing throb;
the Panhard drumming; a tricycle. a
noise like a miniature Maxim
The driver Of the Pieper came in. His get
up was the last outrageous word of auto
mobllism-leather cap with ear-fiaps. goggles
and mask. ridicuiously shaggy coat of fur,
and long boots of skin up to his thighs-a
suitable costume for an arctic explorer but
mighty fantastic In mild French winter.
You know these posing French automo-
bilists. At sight of beautiful girl. he
revealing himself a good-looking fellow
with abnormally long eyelashes. which 1
somehow resented. He preened himself like
a bird. twisted up the ends Of his black
mustache and prepared for conquest. Catch
ing Miss Randolph's eye. he smiled she an
swered with that delightful American
frankness which the Italian and the
Frenchman misconstrue. and in moment
they were talking motor-car as hard as
they could CO. The poor chauffeur was ig-
nored.
1t undermines ones sense Of self-im-
portance to find how quickly one can be
modification of service. Once in an hotel
at Biarritz gave to the valet de chambre a
hat and couple of coats that l didn't want
any more. They were in good condition.
and he was overwhelmed with the value of
the gift. Monsieur is too kind" the TEL
low said; such clothes are too good for
me. They are all right for you, but TOR
nous autres!'-the Others" who neither
expect the good things of life nor envy
those who have them. The expression i'm
plies the belief that the world Is divided
into two parts-the ones and the other ones.
Now. as l heard my sweet , ana ciev ,
all the wisdom Of an amateur OF six
weeks. I felt that 1 was indeed one
Of the Others. Though the Frenchman
was to me manifest Worm dn that
ceit. taking it for granted tnat women
should fall down and worship him) and
ridiculous braggart. had to see her receive
his open admiration with equanimity ana
listen to his stories with credunty, my
business being to eat in silence and thank
heaven Though not "fasting) that was
allowed in the presence of my betters. sun
/ would have gone through more tnah tnat
to be near her, to hear her talk ana see her
smile. for frankly this girl begins TO inter-
est me as no other woman has.
"Ah. how 1 have Travelled To-Day. tne
Frenchman said throwing his hands wide
apart. Il left Paris this morning. tomor-
row I shall be In ,Biarritz. Today nave
killed a dog and three hens. On tne iron ron.
of my car just now found the bones anu
feathers of some birds. which miscaicuiateo
their distance and e9nid not get ,t away r IN
time" Miss Randolph gave little cry
translatins for herr aunt VINO mas "0
French. a.,
"Your car does hot go as fast as that ad
"A little heavy. should think; SO" NIL
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ION the contrary,.s Miss Randolph hfed
up Though my car has-er-some draw
backs, It goes splendtdiy uphill doesn IT,
Brown
'.That is it's strong point"
answered. grateful for the unexpec.-
ed and kindly word OF recosnplon
thrown to me. one Of the others; put the