The daily Alaskan., 1913-12-10
PLAYING CHAUFFEUR
By RYLAND BILL

camp" said Lieutenant Brayton, "but | I'd rather be the generals orderly in camp"
 "Or drive a caisson," chimed in Cap tain Cogswel.
 Speaking of driving guns, I'd like to tackle an automobile"
 "Why don't you hire out for a chauf. feur?"
 By love, there's an idea! believe I'll adopt it."
 Brayton was just out of West Point and had been appointed one of the presidents aids because he was de- sccndaut of a coWmodore in the navy who fourishcd in the war of 1912. He hired an automobile and after coming very near causing the wrecking of several cars and a couple of dozen per sons he went back to the garage and asked to be taken on for a chauffeur. The proprietor, having a call for a car from house in fashionable quarter of the city and noticing Braytons gen teel appearance, sent him to do the job. BraytOn pulled up beside the curbStoue. He came near mounting it. A young lady standing in the window, dressed to go out. came to the door and descended to the car.
 Take me for a ride" she said-"I don't care where
 Brayton put on the clutch and speed ed southwagd down the Potomac.
 "Bp careful" said the young lady as he skidGed round corner. Have you been d driver .0Hs"
 "Yes. miss" was the reply as he barely escaped wrecEing a donkey cart.
 Presently they got out where the road was more open, and the young lady began Co ask questions. This led to her giving her handsome chauffeur information about herself. Her ta. ther was Senator Brown. but recently elected. and Washington was new to his family. Brayton represented him self as the son of a cab driver. He said in being chauffeur he had got point ahead of the old man. He was talking to the girl with the back of his head forward when he heard a toot-toot and a yell and felt a smash. An auto rounding q corner had run him down. The young lady, being in the back seat, was unhurt, but Brayton was sent hying out of his seat and landed in the street. He was picked up unconscious. The man who had plunged into his car was beside himself with anxiety Brayton re- turned to consciousness and asked wbar was the matter. He was placed in the car that had run him down be- side Miss Brown. and she directed that they be driven to her fathers house.
 The senator was not at home. Bray ton had recovered sufficiently to de- sire to keep his identity a secret and gave his name to several newspaper reporters as Patrick DOoian. Miss Brown directed that he be carried into +be house. but he insisted on walking, suDDoued by man on each side. Miss Brown wished to send him upstairs to bed. but he preferred resting on lounge.
 West Point is a good school to edu- cate young men to hard knocks, and Rrayton had the pluck of a soldier. Nevertheless he "sOicred" Miss Brown WIS so pretty. so attentive, so sympa- thetic. that he preferred to finger. So he made several feeble attempts to stand ou his feet, but when be saw the color leave her cheeks at witnessing the effort on him, rather than give her pain-which he did not feel himself he lay down again.
 Senator Brown. who was busy at the capital at meeting of a committee of which he was a member, did not hear of the accident. and since his daughter had not been injured he was not h. formed of it. About o'clock in the evening he came home, and Mrs. Brown met him at the door to tell him what had occurred and that the in- iured chauffeur was lying on a lounge in the library, being fed daintieS and braccd with choice wines by Alice, their daughter. Senator Brown said he would go in and see the man and have him removed to his home or a hospital. whichever seemed best When the gentleman stood ir the IT, brary doorway and saw young Bray ton lying on a lounge, a table covered with uxurics beside him and Alice bending over him. a look of surprise dawued in his face, while Grayton returned a look of consternatiOn. The senator was quite sure he had seen the chauffeur somewhere, and the chauffeur knew the senator very well by sight. having seen him often at the White House.
 Are you not one of the presidents attendants?" asked Mir Brown.
 Its all up with me-" replied the officer. "Tm Lieutenant Brayton, the presidents aid I thought I'd turn chauffeur for lark"
 Mir. Brayton was forgiven for hay ing endangered the life of Miss Brown and invited to remain in the house | till he had recovered. He said that ---,- E1 1-1,7, Fbn TIT, ffhr