New Ulm review., 1912-03-13
The FLYING
MERCURY |
By i
Heanor Mlngra,,, I
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I 7 d1d not know yOsl aaRd Mr.. LIE
strange -were 80 well acquainted" a,
remarked.
II seeahim now and Nhan,'' Dick an
ewered 'xneasily. He's too abusy t,
want mehbOthering aroand him much
You-Yemanabered him?''
4 ''Yes."
He absest1y took the whip from itl
socket. feekiag the horse with ut al
.he spoke.
1T was iawfully square of you
Emily, not u mention that night to
Uncle Ethan. 1t wasn't like a girl, al
AL. made san idiot of myself, az
you've never ssaad anything to me
aabout 1t since. iIynever told you where
nestrange took ,lne, because il didn't
like to talk Of the thing. I'm really
ewfully fond of ,yau, cousin"
Yes. Dickie;" she said patiently.
.'Well, LestEange rubbed 1t In. oh,
10 didn't say much. But he carried
me- down to where they were practic-
ing for road race. Such Jolly lot
bf fellows, like bunch Of kids: teas
ing and calling foxes iback and forth
1t one another half the night until
daybreak, everything raw and chilly.
Busy, ana their mechanics busy, and
one after another swinging into his
car and going of like a rocket. BY
the time ILestrange went off, ] was as
much stirred up as anybody. When
he made a ,necord circuit at seventy
beven miles an hour average, / was
shouting over ts1e rail like a good one.
And then. while he was of again a
big blue car Pohed in and its dryer
tslled that Lestrange had gone over
bn the Eastbury turn, and to sspd
aSound the ambulance. 1t was like .
nightmare; sat down on q stone and
eeN sick"
'He-" ...~.. ..-a ....
"fIs shook me up taK an hour later.
and stood laughing at me. 'UpsetT
hs said. No; we shed a tire and went
OF into 4 field, but it dida't hurt the
machine, 20 we righted her and came
an.' He was imping and bruised and
scratched, but he was laughing, while
. crowd Of people we're trying to shake
hands with him and say things. ]
felt-funny: AZ II ! wasn't much good.
I never felt like that before. This is
only practice he said, when was
About to 60. Tho race tomorrow will
10 better. We find it more exciting
than cocktails That was all, but I
knew what he meant. all right. I've
boep careful ever since. He won the
Saoe next day, too"
"Dick. didn't it ever occur to you
that you as well as Mr.. Lestrangs
might do real thhgs?" she asked. aft
Or moment.
He turned his round, good-humored
face to her in boundless amazement.
II? race cars and break my neck
and .call it fun, like Lestrange?
You're laughing at me. Emily"
mo. no." in spite of herself the pic
ture evoked brought her smile. mot
like that. But you might be inter.
sstsd in the factory. You might learn
from Mr.. Bailey and take charge Of
he business with Uncle Ethan. It
would please uncle, how 1t would
please him, If you didi"
Dick stirred unhappily. ........|
1T would take lot of grind" he
,bjected. II haven't the head for 1t,
'eally. I'm not such an awfully bad
OF, But hate work. Let's not be Sc
ious, cousin. How pretty the frosty
Wind makes you look!"
Emily tightened tho reins with .
Drief sigh Of resignation.
"Never mind, Dickie. I-uncle Will
Ind substitute Things must go on
I suppose, even II we do not
Ike the way"
But the way loomed distasteful that
as never before.