The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-28
81 RED MOUSE
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WILLIAM
HAMILTON | 1 4 /.
OSBORNE

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bringing matters to climax. AZ srou-
bic makers the machines rank high.
In fact, thers are moments when it
would seem a. II the arch fsnd hin
self were 10 them: otherwise hoN 10
count for the mysterious influence that
makes people lose command OK them
selves once they are In command d
them-that leads astray. a. some ons
has said, the great and the good -
well ~ those OF lesser clayS
But. be that - It may. In this partlc.
ulaY instance the devil was not lurking
in, tampering with The improvements
and rennsments Of detail In the big
red body OF Mrs. Chalioner's unastodon
model. No: It was not with the ma
chine that he was concerned, but with
the man himself, bsfpddling Whatever
brains be had LEFT. and the devil Il wa.
and no other, that melted Challonsr -
leave 4 certain establishments about
which We shall have something 70 say
later on-taks the whssl from the
chauffeur and embark on sensational.
bacchic career up the avenue at N
hour whe1 the View -cf that fashion
able thoroushfars through ths silken,
shimmsry curtains falling over . win
dow In corner house facing the
park was TOO siluring mot to b irrs.
sistibie.
And 90 Il came about that the COM
rhents on the passing throng made ~
two women taking afternoon To n
Mrs. Challoner's drawing room wsFe
interrupted In manner quite embar-
raising.
Look. Miriamr' Shirley Bioodgood
was saying to her hostess apropos u
q woman passing BY whom they both
knew. did you eysr sAen anything
more atrocious than that gownr'
The other smiled her Appreciates.
and again the voluble Miss Bioodgood
went on:
And do look at the Heath girls IN
those huge hats! what frishtsr'
But Whatever wsre her thoughts on
the subject. Miriam ChailoOsr did not
answer. for psscisely at that moment
her attention was attracted BY SOME
thing strangely familiar In an unusual
~ insolent and insistent honking Of q
motor horn which was causing q wave
Of apprehension TO sweep down the
long line Of vehicles. And q moment
later they NV that chanffeurs were
rudeiy interrupting the purring OF au-
tomobiles lasting over their allotted
miles: that drivers were swerving
their koFsss into closer relations with
the curb; that hardly had these IT
tained q position OF comparative safe
~ than there flashed by them and
fetched mp In front Of Mrs. chaiioner1s
house big machine. which a distin-
guished though dissipated looking man
had been rscklessly forcing with utter
disregard Of tho right Of way.
Rising quickly. Shirley Bloodgood
put cut her hand. .0oodhy: thank ynn
no much, Miriamrs Her one thought
was to escape what she wisely inter-
preted m IN cncouing scene between
husband and wife.
But though there was mist before !
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