Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-01-30


IsHED DOLLY PROUDLY.
ried him over the ground at splen-
did speed, and he left all others far
behind.
All summer, with Dudley Blount
and Paul Frazer contending for Dol
ly's favor, he had seen little Of her.
She had loved the swift, easy motion
of the high powered cars, and she had
been unable to resist their charms.
But since the athletic fad had struck
| Chesterton the owners of cars were
decidedly out Of it.
Not alone were they regarded as per-
sons too lazy to use natures own
means of locomotion, but in addition
they got themselves very much dis
liked by speeding past pedestrian par
ties and raising a dust that made
walking unpleasant.
"They should be kept off the course
at least" said Dolly severely. "The
roads are for the people and not mere
ly for few selfish persons who have
money enough to buy cars"
Mayllng smiled but said nothing.
Not so long ago Dolly had protested
against the deliberate fashion in which
pedestrians occupied the road to the
annoyance of autoists.
Now the shoe pinched the other foot,
and she had changed her opinions.
There might, after all, be a chance to
win her hand before the walking fad
died.
The situation was not due to the fact
that Mayling cared for Dolly while she
did not care for him, but Stephen
Stanford, Dolly's father, had made a
fortune in Chesterton, and Mayling
argued that the easiest way to win
fortune was to marry one.
With the coming of the athletic craze
he had seen his opportunity to will,
and he had pressed his advantage
hard. Now he was training Dolly for
the ladies' race, which was to be a
feature Of the coming weeks sports,
and he was making the most of his
opportunities.
Blount and Frazer, whom he chose
to regard as his disappointed rivals,
persisted in running their cars over
the triangular course on which the
races were to be tried, and Dolly
waxed more and more angry each
time the cars passed them with the
"honk" that was capable Of so many
interpretations.
What made 1t worse was that she
really cared for Dudley Blount, and
she was both hurt and angry at the
calm fashion In which he had aban-
doned all effort to win her favor when
she had decided that walking was the
thing.
Dolly had expected that he would
make some fight against the new fad,
but instead he had laughed when she
urged him to take up the exercise.
you would do well to leave the car
In the garage for awhile" she coun-
seled. walking is good for you"
II get plenty of that when the car
breaks down." he reminded her 81
guess I'll stick to wheels, Dolly, and
let you do the walking"
Dolly had shrugged her shoulders to
show her Indifference, but she was
none the less hurt and angry and pro-
ceeded to show marked interest in
Mayllng in order to teach Blount a
lesson that he seemed too Indifferent
to learn.
AS Frazer's red car passed them fol
about the tenth time In their circuit
of the course Dolly had sudden in
splration.
"Mr. Blount in his gray car cannot
be far behind" she said. "Let us pre-
tend that we do not hear and make
him take the side of the road instead"
do you think that he wilf" asked
Mayling uneasily.
"0f course he will turn out" said
Dolly confidently, "He won't try to
run us down, and when he sees that
we do not intend to move out he will
have to turn"
She smiled radiantly at the idea. but