The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-07
THE BOMB IN
THE AUTOMOBILE.
Smithers Plays Waiter at the Cadiz
Inn and Discovers a Short
Cot to Divorce.

Five thousand dollars p~resints a sub
stantial appearance whin il is comm toward
you, but whin It goes the odder way thin the
true imptiness OF t'ree-quarters Of it be-
comes obv'us.
| don't know where It whit, and I'm sure
Gentleman large Ringgold didn't care,
Tut It wasn't long before the money we got
from Mrs. Flamingo had also got from
ne. Liv.n' was high at the Cerul'an.
Wan mawnin' l woke to h drid o
shusncss that n rumpled dress suit, an opry
hat with a busted spring and a sophisticated
manner. also some'at damaged, were all
my assets not yit become liquid. large
shld have been in a wuss case, but he
smiled at me flattened puss.
'ShaIl We draw anudder card from the
Charab'er Surety boxp" l ugged. "Tis
The unly possible draft in sight"
Il 1llus finish with wan hand" Q an
swrred. before | draws to anudder."
But, he Cerul'an has called us with this
Sh,wdpwn,' continnered, perducin' a
bill with a wad Of extries stuck to it.
"That's all right, Smithers," says he,
tossn' me n roll Of yellers. You future
i in my charge, so drink yourself silly"
Anl oI Zee sauntered, twirling his cane be
the ivory handle.
What did it mean? There cud be but
wan answer.
large was in funns. His spirits ther-
morrtor allus showed whin it was warm
in his rocket. He was in funns-but, as
tie Ieak asst the drunk in q prohibishun
Sis'r, whore did he git it?
A. i echo was on its job, there ken from
the s' rect the Ray Of an automobile, deep,
trca'ouing. sinister. strangely familiar.
Even as | hurret 20 the winder / reelized
what was about 10 see
large was scatin' hisself In the tonnoo of a
Iow lynn, triangular car, the very car which
with that cuss!ike snort had hurled by US
whin was drivin' Mrs. Flamingo to the
rark-the very car which had plunged
down upon us in the narrer gorge be the
lake house. And more with his UNI and
heavy hand on the wheel. with his broad
shoul lors lurchin' and his red jowls
srTil out under his white mustache, tena-
couS. tcrocious, like a bull dogs grip. sat
Mark Flamingo, n complete eximplifhcashun
81 militant selfshness with all the powers
Of suddint wealt' at his back.
He slowed with unus'al care a brass bound
bag in the locker under the seat. and l cud
ketchthe glitter in Jarge's eye with it's hopes
Tor better things; and thin of they dashed
on n rampant, sindin' with the swerve into
the gutter the blind old woman astin' amms
near by. flushed down just in time to inter-
cIpt Mr.. Flamingo's man as he finished
%harrangin' the crowd on the dangerous
sprid Of the PEDESTRIAN impotence.
have important business with my
iriend.' said. -He neglected to tell me
where no was goin' and for how long"
They'll swing a circoot acrost the river"
ne answered. in time to reach Cadiz Inn
Tor lunch; you knows what that means
And with a wink. In itself n free and easy
eoucashun. he rotated away.
As stud, dub'us. a pretty pony cart. in
which sat W prettier women. ratified by.
Tho wan who was drivin' was dark and
stately, with the peculiar magnetism Of a
iu1ur ant and ginerous natur' which alriddy
hai Impressed me-Mrs Flamingo.
he her side was a little creatur' In white.
with fully hair and pert. uptunned face,
resinblin' a kitten that wud play for GER
uln and as certainly scratch. They we're
not IN tho highest spiruts. of for a good
UIhN. Why not bound for Cadiz Inn, with
lis definite luncheon and its indefinite
arl"rward?
rs the supposi,hun bekem more reason
'".r ON rclicshun, | recalled that but a year
O''orel had through Professional exigencies