Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-01

they must.
Before me stretched the long.
white road, perfectly straight line
ruled between strips of green, and
empty of living creature or obstacle
OF any kind. What road for racing;
how impossible to come up with any,
thing that had got the start! Sud-
denly came a low droning like that of
humble bee close at hand, a tiny
speck appeared over the edge of the
world, and in the same instant Gas it
seemed to mel a Napier car went
roaring by in a whirl of dust, and l
caught lightning glimpse of its two
crouching occupants, their white
overalls grotesque and distended by
the tearing wind.
Like an apparition, it had come,
1t had gone. could almost have
doubted IL it had ever been there had
it not left on my mind an impression
at once amazing and Intoxicating
intoxicating, as illustrates human
possibilities applied to locomotion;
amazing, that man should have the
nerve and skill to control so enor-
nous projectile.
But Major Collingwood had nerve
enough for anything, even to run
ming away with my sweetheart, for it
was larry who sat beside him, and
whose attitude, as she flashed past,
gave me the impression of-fear.
Yet they were guests in the same
house. What was there out of the
way in their having a trip before
breakfast in the new car, of which
the man was so proud, and that had
only just arrived? Well enough |
knew how women with diseased
nerves, living only for excitement,
found fierce JOY in these mad rides,
counting danger as flip to their
Jaded senses; but larry was not one
OF that sort, or she had not been so
dear to me and--others. That Major
Collingwood had abducted her, I was
morally certain, yet there stood l
like a clod and fool by the dusty
hedge, not knowing what l should
do next, and knowing we'll enough
that whatever l did could not come
up with a motor car that was going
at the rate of eighty miles an hour.
Across the fields showed the gables
of the house at which 1 was staying,
and to which, at o'clock that morn
ing, had come a wire which had
planted me here in the high road,
to see what should see-and | had
seen it.
mo Breakfast" cried voice from
the other side of the hedge, land all
to see your beloved flash by with Dolf
Collingwood! Fastest pace l ever
saw-but the roads about here are
heaven-born for motors
How could you possibly tell who
the woman was?" I inquired, jealous
for her honor.
Because larry is so pretty you'd
know her in the dark said my host,
equally, as he lit cigar. She is
almost the last survival of the old de-
lightfultype of woman that has not
lost its femininity by over-indulgence
in outdoor pursuits and masculine
vices. Lord, you may walk the Lon
don streets for days and see tons of
well grown, aggressive women, and
not one really pretty girl like larry
among EN- all But what's the trou-
BILE? They are merely out for morn
ing scamper"
Look here" I said, and gave him
the wireI had received that morning.
He muttered over it's contents half
aloud.
"Collingwood taking Miss Well
born out on racing car tomorrow be-
tween and 8. Means mischief.
Look out for them. London road
Toby"
up to his tricks again." said Bob,
frowning. He forgot you were stay
ing here; also areckoned without
Toby. But Tarry's as straight as a
die, and it's broad daylight, man. He
can't drag her by her bonny brown
locks to his lair without somebody
seeing him -
"Tarry is RICH" 1 said briefly.
"Collingwood is poor and-desper-
ate. Toby is no fool Depend upon
it, he did not warn me without rea-
with which to catch a Napier
doing its eighty miles an hour?p
Accidents happen = they must
slow down at the villages. larry
may be able to attract attention to
her plight-fifty things may happen.
Now will you tell them to saddle
horse. and I'll get Elsa to give me
some breakfast"
Bob went off to the stables, and
Elsa poured out my tea, and blamed
me for leaving larry alone in house
where Major Collingwood also was a
guest.
"Didnt you and Bob beg me to
came over for couple of days?" I
began, Indignantly, and amt l as
sure of larry as she is of me?"
She looked comical at that, and
told me never to be sure of woman,
and thought 1t was awfully smart of
Toby to wire me. and wondered how
he got the tip.
"Collingwood let out something in
his cups,1 expect; it's the only time
he is ever known to speak the truth. .
She nodded.
That Is the secret of his influence
over us Women" she said, that he
never lets us see ourselves as we
really are only as we think we are
and he is genuinely in love with
larry, quite apart from her money.
You don't think" She put her inn
pertinentshead on one side, and there
was a suggestion in her eye that
made me long to box her ears
sOundly.
No, I donst. / said, curtly. and
wentsoff to the stable. and in another
minute was out on the road, doubt
fully encouraged by Bob.
They are thirty miles ahead of
you by now" he said, though, of
course, they cant go the pace all the
way they did here. His extraoriin-i
airy nerve and skull will enable him to
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