The Washington herald., 1914-06-21

"whenT' he asked.
THE moment have left the car in the
garage and secured reliable chauffeur
as my substitute"
The car, however" said the older man.
is not going into the garage just at pres
ent. I wish you to take me for q trip
into the country, and. aside from that.
when hire . man by the week am ac-
customed to give or receive q weeks no.
tice."
VERY good, sir. give you that notice.
This day week leave"
Perkins. you may close that door; I
am not getting down Indeed. rather
like Il here and am beginning TO wonder
why did not have q car long ago.
shall not need you on this trip
Perkins closed the door. touched his
hat. and withdrew. Andrew Duplane.
with secret satisfaction. gave some terse
orders to his chauffeur. concluding:
Now. sir. II you will kindly get into
the seat Of the mighty shall the sooner
enjoy the pleasure Of looking at my
farm"
william Andrew, without q single er-
ror. followed the instructions that had
been given him. and, once clear Of the
city. with the high road before him, he
said to himself. TIL give my venerable
relative q taste Of what speed really is. %
There were two automobiles in sight,
travelling in the same direction. and the
Dsrtmore passed them as though they
were standing still. For what was prob
ably the FIRST time in years Mr.. Dupiane
shouted The word was ''stopi" and Billy
brought his machine to q gradual stand
still that was easy on tires. Then. turn
ing round. he said to his uncle:
Beside you Is an electric button. and
IL you press It your chauffeur will stop
the car as Quickly as possible. Its use
saves an unnecessary expenditure OF lung
power"
'I fear" said the old man, that you
are no respecter of many things deserv-
ing consideration I must ask you to re-
spect the speed limit. II there is one"
very BOOos AhCAC - Jt6N OhC NhAhs
I hope you will not ask me to respect
that last car We passed. It il q machine
misnaned the Speeding. placed on the
market. partially, at least. by an uncle
Of mine who has no respect for the lives
Of his customers"
WAS that a Speeding car We passed.
"Yes. You see, there are in this world
two classes Of peopIe-the givers Of dust
and those who take It prefer to be q
giver Of that commodity
You will regard my wishes about
speedT" questioned the elder DupIane
quietly.
''Oh. certainly. SIR"
Then you may go on again"
They arrived without further adventure
at the farm and turned in at an open
gate. Jumping down. Billy helped his un-
Gle TO descend, then would have returned
to the chsuffeur's seat had not the other
stopped him.
IF you don't mind, should like you
to accompany me across the fields" said
the elder Duplane.
The ground rose gently to an extensive
plateau of meadow land. and here An
drew Duplsne paused.
What do you think of this as the site
Of building. nephew" he asked.
"It seems emlnently suitable, as the
real estate agents say" answered Billy.
The air Is good" added his uncle. II
o. H.
selection Of this site for here I expect
will be carried out-perhaps during my
lifetime. perhaps after-one Of my pet
projects. 1 am as yet undecided whether
to erect a large and imposing institution
or to form a village OF model cottages.
Which plan do you think the better?''
TT all depends, I should say, on the
purpose for which these buildings are
erected"
They are intended to accommodate
aged employees Of the factory that once
was mine: to provide homes for those
who are past work, where they can live
with their families for the remainder of
their days. What do you think OF the
plan7"
1T Is excellent
Then which would you recommend
the cottages or the large buildingT"
AS I have Just said, that depends. II
I were thinking only Of the aged work
ers, would suggest the cottages, with q
nice little garden plot round each II
were thinking Of my own gioriacation. up
would 60 the big institute, with The
Duplane Home or The Duplane Aims
house carved In stone over the entrance
the name Duplane writ large"
The older man looked at the younser
with Q quixzical expression on his face,