The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-07

copyright, 1910. hs Associated Lit
erary Press
When the automobile ran away with
Hiss Lonnle Lee il was on long
stretch OF straight road. and its jog
ging pace never would have establish
Ell speed records. An this. therefore.
Was a modification OF trouble. and
hardly called for the shrin screams
ef the giIl.
Il ali came about throuEh Louuies
4 eaganlpresent curiosity. NJ sooner had
her ehuin AMI hostess. Mrs Greg iio.-
ser. siisnouuted TO make speedy en-
tra.nce into a small shop to pay a bin
taaar The hiue-eyed. yellow haired girl
from New YORK felt al uncomfortable
impulse 10 seize the wheel and give it
gs4et enc wee turn.
In esh-ci9stefed Gotham 81 iSs Lees
.tasss4aa44e At.t4E-t+-ss-s t-yt-rr me
financially managed Uy her fathers
driver, with Miss Lee sedateIy seated
gna a Tsar seat; hut Mrs Holsens run
scout was invariably guided I.y that
nstiEzable yotns a4atFan herself II
NsA GAS Bliss i<1HH4e isee "a az posi-
tive 81 a. Resides this was such an
aasaaifesiEai Or 81 "a machine. ANY
ene could run H.
Reaching forth daintAy gloyed
GA-ZA- l-42a----4
Fars Il a sharp turn. With 9 Jospus
trrrEVp rfEE LTEf6 MAJ TIIHe see fued to
CULVER for a moment. then il posi-
tirely sprang into the air ana raced
aeWn the road
Miss I4onnie had expected a mild.
re
demonstration as this drove the wee.
sIaaeseioped germ 81 reason out of
her frivolous little head and scream
-aiteF scream, tHeieas power, pune
tNfed the country silence, and fright
sfsi the Carcordians almost into fits
Careord was only the smallest Of
cfts on the map o. the state Ii was
conservative, reserved. anc--tlutil now
---aaiet Only the best summer So
fourners from tbe larger cities yiaseed
Asarsord. for the possession Of all
EA&ii stlE 49, .ii4-
Hunity was Tinted % 4 f3x discern
Ing pcopie-peoule who knew TIE .sr-
marks Of blue blood without asking
ane who his or her great great-er4fiti-
father was
Mrs Greg Holsen, at Lonuie's first
staccato stab at the atmosphere. MAJ
sEriAlixed In the door of the shop. Her
excited advice 10 the maid was drown-
ed in more Embarrassing shrieks from
the runabout. Miss Lonnie WAS not in
receptive mood.
The ranabout kept to the road, am
bling along In business like way, and,
An this Was down grade, gradually in
@1sreaafng in mnLian- Il Was early IN
the season at CArcord Later a dozen
ears would have instantly started In
PURSUIT. bat now Mrs. Greg Hoisea.
with the guests of her house party were
IfF Only summer soiourners in the
community. and automobiles were con
Epicuoualy rare Among tha natives.
Lannie Lee. shifting speedily from
center stage, so to speak. left an able
nnderstudy in the pretty person of AIRS,
Hplsen. The screams of Ilie departed
aaFsFei were as nothing compared to
the lung expanding yells escaping tina
fair lips Of the young matron. Open
roathed. the natives cnneregnted. This
MAS new phase of city sensational
ISM.
sit4Ht az tfie hystertt-ai Mrs. Greg ffoi-
scr Was about 10 establish a record
sIlTf. a rcd ca" honited "a husky warn
iftg 10 the whizkercd ones Interested in
itsstiisif F4esl demonstration aud
drsw to All abrupt stop in front OF the
aistia chop.
-I.szulsets An impatient hand grasp
s.fi, rot too hastily the arna of the WIZ
aman. 'sts.op that noise, and tell me
sytsfrt It Is aitii rt'rTt1t
Nfth ONE Iast shrek for good meas