Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-16

shipped to France and they start on an . en
Paris for new crank but deserts the party party
sents himself as professional shauneu,f !:
renders assistance. and a. James BT Ts ov Is
maias to 1as charge of his
follow the same route In letter cb 10
ear Joins the party and 70 Miss Randolph
The motor car coilapses before reaching =, Am m
ss and the Winston s soss tn
foot and secures his own car; intending 10
Esn i to Miss tss nd ,Ses tt sae
tnue the journey in his automobile tolls In Of the
fo h ep Of her by the
and engages Browns car. thinking it is his
masters. and describes the details OF th 1et
ter to Lord Lane from Barritz Jack winston
describes the details Of the journey new from Rom
Miss Randolph tells of meeting Jimmy Payne.
old friend. on his way to the RIVERA ~
meet Lord Lone.
From Jack Winston to Lord Lane.
PAU December 15
Dear Safety Valve:
After the recent budget from Biarritz
had no intention of nfiicting another upon
you-at least. until we should reach NICE.
But-there's as much virtue in but as IN
'ff'-you will be thinking in Davos that 1t
never rains but 1t pours letters; am think
ing in Pau that 1t never rains but 1t pours
young men-Miss Randolphs young men.
We've got another one now, IN his way as
Objectionable as the first; and though
don't regard this specimen as an active
menace to the car. nor do l believe ne VIII
resort to ripping up the tyres, he has MS
knife into me.
Well. we arrived In Pau, which 1 know
of old. and in which I've had some ra RAJ :.
Jolly times, as Miss Randolph would put IT,
Pau is the sort Of place where you meet
your friends, and l scented DANGER pus
we were booked for only two days, ana
that 1 trusted 1t once more l came 70 d
hotel at some distance from the Coo
dess'. Between two evils l chose
the less, and put my nam name oo snvoa ns
knew me they wouldn't know MISS
Randolph or vice versa. Besides, TOOK
counsel with prudence, engaged prlvate
sitting ROOM and ordered my meals sen.
IN to avoid being on show in the sane
maneer All seemed serene, when SUD
denly an adverse wind began to blow tas
usuaD from an unexpected quarter.
Iured by fancied security took advan-
tage of that idleness for which satan IS
popularly supposed to provide mischier 10
nut in little private fun on my own &C,
count On the morning after our arriHa!
in Pau Miss Randolph informed me tnat
che had met some American friends ana
would be at their disposal during the DAY
In al evil moment a golf rage overpowered
me, and l yielded, seeing no special rea-
son why I shouldn't. The Pau links are
the best on the continent, and l mad re-
tanned my membership OF the ciuD from
last year. when 1 was here with my
mother so that was all right. nicKec
into cab and told the man 10 orNe " 'iie
golf club Al. .ha
professionals; but as it was fairly early III
the morning as well early In the season
there were only a couple of men in the
smoking room. sat down to write let
ter at corner table, and as one OF THO
fellows was talking in loud tones. adver-
Using all the wares in his shop WINDOWS,
so to speak, I couldn't help overhearing
what he said. He had one Of those ob1ec-
tionable, Anglo maniac. American voices
that get on your nerves; you know the
snobbish sort that, instead OF Delng PROUD
as punch of their own country, want to
appear more English than the English. ana
get up for the part like an actor with all
an actors exaggerations Well. this was
one of those voices; and FOR all the owner
might have taken his accent from his
groom. he was nightly pleased with 1t.
1 hadn't looked at the chap ut first. but
when 1 heard him telling his meek nttie
explanatory friend stories about a lot OF
| my own friends Invariably making his i'm
| preston by mentioning their titles first.
then dropping into Christian nameSt, Cid
l take glance at MIN over my SuouiueE
| l found him a curious comolnatlon or
Sherlock Holmes and Little Lord Fauntle-
roy. He might have gone on at mo-
ment's notice as understudy either for Mr.
William Gillette in the one part, or FOR
that clever little what s-his-name who res
| directed the latter in London lately:
though as for his dramatic talent. I've yet
| to judge, and may be called upon to do 80,
| as you shall hear.
| He went on gassing about all sorts of
| Impossible feats he'd accomplished on a
| Panhard car which he alluded to as his
| According to himself. Fourier wasn't In
| it with him. Having heard to the enc the
| tale of a motor race in which Sherlock
| Fauntleroy, in company with the Duke OF
Bedford, had beaten King Edward the
| Seventh the other man, deeply impressed,
inquired through his nose twhfch ne. pc
| ing frankly far western. didn't mind using
| as a channel of communication whether his
magnificent acquaintance was at present
travelling on the famous Panhard, and
answer; fact is I got bit tired of
| keeping the road, and lent my car to my
old friend Montie-Lord Lane, don't you
| know. who's running 1t about the Riviera
| now"
! Aha, my boy, does that make you sit up?
| 1 assure you it did me. And IT, just before,
| I hadn't heard the gentleman discoursing on
| the pleasures of certain trip taken with
| Burford at a date when you and BurfOrd
and happened to be together. should
| have sat still straighter. l might have
| said to myself, $50 all is discovered. My
| Montie-or rather his Montie-has taken a
| leaf out of Browns book. and instead of
! stuff1ng himself with fresh ali and eggs 1T
| Davos. is flashing about the Riviera in his
| dear chum's Panhard. which he must have
| lately learnt to drive, as he dfdn'1 know
| gearing from belts when 1 saw him last"
| AS 1t is, however. 1 assure you no such
| suspicious are at present keeping me
! awake: I've enough worries of nay o"5n to
do that.
| But neutrality-suspicious. was continuing
and / sat In my obscure corner inhaling his
| tobacco smoke and his equally ephemeral
| anecdotes.
II am going to Nice myself In a day
| or two. with some ladies'. on their motor
car" said he. Every good car. l believe:
| one Of the ladies very handsome. She has
| a chauffeur, of course. but shall drive and
| let him do the dirty work. fancy / shall
| be able to show my friend some thing in
the way of driving She wants to learn,
and ought to have good instructions to be-
gin with; one never RECEIVERS form II taught
bad ways at first.
| 1 lay low. like Brer Rabbit but my ears
| were burning. He'd named no names, and
| | had no reason to fit cap on anybody s
| head There were plenty of ladies and
| plenty of motor cars In Pau, any of which
| might be going to Nice I had never seen
the man before, and didn't believe Miss