The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-05-06

from HeT 10 the automobile and in
their gaze was proprietary irrita.
ton This was instantly transfused
by more vivid emotion. The woman
looked shocked and compassionate.
ooh, pal" she gasped, did you hear
that?"
The man was a country banker from
Iowa. He had very quick. keen eve.
it flashed. Case of kidnapping, hey?"
snapped he, instantly grasping the
character Of the speakers and jumping
at the situation. Take the auto-
madam. Get move on you. Mr..
Chauffeur"
oh, I'm moving, all right" called
the chauffeur, as he skillfully Owed
his lower wheels under the projecting
load of great wagon and obliquely
bumped over the edge of street car
fender, pursued by the motormans
curses. Il see en- lady; see the red
tails; I'll catch emf"
His boast most likely had been made
good (since for another block they
bore straight on their course) but for
an orange wagon which had been over
turned. There was a rush of pursuit
of the golden balls from the sidewalk;
policeman came to the rescue OF
traffic and ordered everything to halt
until the cart was righted. The boys
and girls in the street chased back to
the sidewalk. The episode took barely
a couple of minutes, but on the edge
of the last minute the cab turned a
same corner, but saw no guiding orr
famine of waving red horsehair The
cross street next was equally bare.
They were obliged to explore two adj
jacent highways before they came
upon the hack again. This time it was
in distant perspective. foreshortened
to blur of black and swish of red.
And even as they caught sight of 1t the
horses swung round into profile and
turned another corner. In the turn
man wearing black derby hat stuck
his arm and head out of the window in
order to give some direction to the
driver. Then he turned half around.
1t was almost as II he looked back at
his pursuers; yet this, Mrs. Winter
not expected pursuit, and anyhow, the
chances were he could not know her
by sight.
1t was a mean street, narrow and
noisome but full of shipping traffic
and barred by tramways-a heart.
breaking street for chase. The chauf.
feur was master of his art; he
jumped his great craft at every va
cant arms length; he steered 1t
through incredibly narrow lanes; he
progressed sometimes by luffs, like
boat under sail when the forward
passage much be reached in such in
direct fashion; but the crowd Of un.
calmly vehicles, loaded dizzily above
his head, made the superior speed OF
the motor of no avail. In spite OF him
they could see the red tails lessening.
Again and yet again, the hack turned;
again, but each time with loss, the
motor struck it's trail. BY now the
street was changed; the dingy two
story buildings lining 1t were bright
ened by the gold-leaf and vermilion;
oriental arms and garbs and embroid-
cry spangled the windows and oriental
faces looked inscrutably out Of door
ways. There rose the blended odors
of spice, sandalwood and uncleanli-
ness that announce the east. reeking
up out of gratings and putting out OF
shops.
All" said Mrs. Winter, softly to
herself, Chinese quarter, is 1t?
TelIt abnn 40
softened In fashion that would have
amazed one who only knew the sur
face of Mrs. Winter, the eccentric so
ciety potentate. She looked past the
squalid, garish scene, past the shin
ing sandhills and the redwood trees,
beyond into a stranger landscape glow
ing under binder glare of SUM- Half
mechanically she lifted a tiny gold
chain that had slipped down her throat
under the gray gown. Raising the yell
low thread and the craven jade orna-
ment depending therefrom, she let IL
lie outside amid the white lace ana
chiffon
We're making good now called
the chauffeur. "Will | run alongside
and hail 'em, or what?
She told him quietly TO run along
side. But her lips twitched, and when
she put up her hand to press them
still, she smiled to discover that her
hand was bare She had forgotten 10
pull on her glove. She began to pun
it on now.
THE road is narrow" said she. Run
ahead of the back and block its way
You can do it without hitting the
horses can't your
We'll, | guess" returned the chaur-
feur. instantly accomplishing the
maneuver in fine style.
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