The evening world., 1906-09-20


the foe bank. which eloeed over It
and swallowed Il silently. That trans
lucent misi was a herce thing 90 drive
raeinG car into. Yet the racers were
tont From over the hills to the east
~Ard came a purrinE sound.
Like Phantoms In the Mist
Here they come" some one yelled
The purr grew into growi. to roar
IKE thai q a iorna 60. TO sudden fu-
nili1ae nf nerce explosions out Of the
& snist-nail s'atanuitcd a racing carlow.
cre idrr 1nt-beiliet on the ground. yet
Z With Incredible swiftness. II vas paint
Z - IN that dull gray color used 6y our
+ torpedo boats and wsrships in war
+ time TAO men were In v. both bent
/ forward against tlie pressure Of tho
+ wind created by iis own speed They
wore goggles that gave them an inhu-
man iook. like phAn,oms eoniured up
{ fror some under world And like
phnnioms they shot past. For the hun
Z dreith part or a second the-e was
I cessation IN the roaring sound of ;hs
. mnfhine a. speed was Gu; down FOR
Stunning OF the corner "a "Desth's
Il Curve" this one AZ Builshead may be
Before the race is over, and then the
ssnr-pAinted thing zipped past on two
wheels. settled again. and strn,k into
the straight. The mufYied hum OF It's
explosions burst out into snvaEe roar.
and Il dashed madly into ;he fog again.
And 90 the cars passed. each just
like the last one. purring growing on
che approach roaring past. gliding out
Of the fog bank and leaplnE into tt
again a second later Il grew monot-
onona, I turned toward the great shed
20 the machine shop. where the car /
tsas 10 ride IN lay waiting. with the
4sweaty. grimy mechanics sul tolllng
4oEer a.
Getting Racer In Shape.
A. midnight last night left Lyte.
Ahe driver OF this Pope Toledo car win
me- Of last years elimination race. aud
a1DinEley. HE machlnist. working on re-
tpalrs. made necessary by one OF the al
n1ost inaumcrab!e fsmasnups that all
kaeinE machines I'm subject TO- I.stle
Meanlng over the engine carefully IN
AspectinE every inch Of Il looked Ia for
An' ali-night Job.
Z Yet a. o'clock in the morning he
mas working as marc as ever. ] DIDN'T
ask him. but he might have been az 30
sl night. from all appearance The
mechhnics, Win eyes SUNK in tnrir
fheads. looking Ike the traditional
f,burnt holes IN a BLANKET Htrctkol
with crime where the perspirailon had
run down over their dusty faces.
&traigntened up their bent backs anu
put their tools away
She'll DO" "a. d Lytle
He is q man OF few words.
Ne RAJ down. N the tao seats, sat
"A rH "a
taave a trunk aFap buckled across my
loea 10 hold me In. There wak littiv
one IN place. but It looked like a
some one turned the crank. The grim
Eray monster broke out into a sudden.
nneven. snoring rumble. The eXhausts.
4lite gun muEEies sticking OUT OF de-
s!royer's sldes. volleyed deafenlns ex.
bioalonn. The monster shook and Jared
trom end 70 end, "A u he would have
shaken as on.
Stand clear" snapped Lyle
on into the Fog.
The helpers and onlookers jumped
nside. swift motion ON the drivers b
left hand. and the great machine leaped
Nrom under us. out OF the door at a
bo0nd wriggled into the road took tho
carvs N tEo laIs and ierk. and
fhat my backbone was twisted IN that
tnighty leap. Ny head was snapped
bAch ASalast my shoulder blades, and
~ my Knees AAdN petn htf ppel COW n
they would have MT ne under te chin.
bnd put an end 10 me then and there
As ~ was ] can't 70 a CONSEQUENCES Of
any surroundings only when the shed
Ind its Interested spectators had dropped
Back into the fos. The straight road
&tretchcd before ue. fences and trees
|lonanide. and The mist eyeryWslere
T. IL would take columns a. deacr be- an
felt In the next few seconds Under
4ls the road ran backward ID q smooth.
Barrow streak You have seen cirC us
LpGn running swiftly on barrels that
burned under them II was Ike that
tFe etood stln and the whole world
burned under uf. faster and faster.
ANIL our wheels melted away into q
1niGhty Wind that seemVi 10 carry ua
%. Fences neH ,hy They were gray
Htreaka, ana ] only knew that they
8Nere reeiiy fences besause ] knew tney
Mere there Green treea one continu-
T!ftS, taist5 pAhoi H'ta II green truea
Afopped behind
u FTom ths maebiae came thunder
Alka the thundcr ~ NlagHra Beside
Wme Lyle. grim, white fafed. q ~ ii1sd
- eo9Eies snd a black rubber cap
<hal he had drawn down over hla eart
xffped The atc-rng Whoel ID
houte1 sOuefhing 10 me- I had a no
8t@n that hf wanted osnsthinE done.
2.llt ne words wef. caughs hy the
Ftnd and hurried mile back along
- rcad He raacoed in.q the tans1s