Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-11
open the door of the limousine ?"

open the door of the limousine?'
well, you see this machines en-.
gagged" mumbled Bob mo. didn't
mean that Hastily. Il mean I'm
not the driver of this car. It doesn't
belong to me. And that's the truth .
! Where Is the driver?" Haughtily
"Send for him at once" Gee-gee did
not like to be crossed. Gid-up was
more good-natured; she only shifted
her gum.
II can't send for him." said Bob
drawing his hat down farther over his
face. "He's down the road"
What's he doin there?'
II don't know. Maybe, he's walking;
maybe, he's sitting in the ditch"
Gee-gee stared, but she could see
only big shadowy form, she couldn't
make out Bob's features. The boob's
got BEES" she confided to Gid-up, and
then more 'imperatively Are you go
ing to get of your perch and let US
IMP"
Beg to be excused" muttered Bob
Hack over there! Quick! Before some
one else gets it,"
That started them away. The
teeny-weeny steps encompassed, &C.
celerando, the distance between Bob
and his old friend, the hackman, who
had laughed at what he supposed were
Bob's eccentricities. The hackman
got down and hoisted in the grips.
Where to-" he said.
Bob listened expectantly. He feared
what was coming
! Mrs Ralston's," answered Gee-gee
haughtily. At the same time Gid-up
threw away her gum She would have
to practice being without it.
Bob drearily watched the hack roll
away. He refused another offer of
fare-thi time from a bibulous indi-
vidual who had supped, not wisely
but too well-and nearly got into q
fight because the bibulous individual
was persistent and discursive. Them
Bob walked away; he didn't think
where he was going; he only wanted
to get away from that chauffeur job.
What would come of these new devel-
opments, he wondered? The tempera-
mental young thing was "peeved." and
the ponies (not equine) had come gal
Looping into the scene at the critical
moment
He tried to account for their pres
ence. Undoubtedly 1t was coup OF
Mrs. Dams. When she learned that
dear Dan was bringing counter-influ-
ence to bear upon her witnesses, she
arranged to remove them. She
brought them right into her own
camp. How? Gee-gee and Gid-up did
q really clever and fairly refined mu-
steal and dancing act together. Mrs.
Ralston frequently called upon pro-
fessional talent to help her out in the
entertaining line It is true, Gee-gee
and Gid-up were hardly high enough
up" or well enough known to COM
mend themselves ordinarily to the
good hostess in search Of the best and
most expensive artists, but then Mrs.
Dan may have brought influence to
bear upon Mrs. Ralston. And Mrs.
Clarence may have seconded Mrs
Dams efforts. They may have said
Gee-gee and Gid-up were dashing ana
different, and would be, at least, q
change. They may have exaggerated
the talents Of the pair and pictured
them as rising stars who 1t would be
a credit for Mrs. Ralston to discover
The hostess was extremely good-na-
tured and liked to oblige her friends,
or to comply with their requests.
OF course, the young ladies would
not appear on the scene as Gee-gee
and Gid-up, in all probability. NO
doubt, they would assume other and
more appropriate cognomens (non
equine) The last show they had play
ed in has Just closed, SO little soci-
ETY. engagement with strong public
possibilities, on the side, could not be
anything but appealing, especially to
Gee-gee with her practical tendencies.
OF course. they would have to make
a brave effort to put on their society
manners, but Gid-up had once had
home and Gee-gee knew how people
talked In the society novels. trust
Gee-gee to adapt herself!
Bob felt he could figure 1t all out.
Their coming 80 late would seem to
Indicate they had been sent for IN
haste. Mrs. Dan. perhaps, had De-
come alarmed and wasn't going to
lake any more chances with the COM
nodore who was capable Of sequester-
ing her witnesses, of inveigling them
IN board one of his friends yachts, for
example, and then NARROWING them on
/ desert isle, or transporting them TO
,ne of those cafe chantants of Paris.
Besides, with that after-midnight
hug" and "grizzly' going on, Mrs.
Dan knew 1t wouldn't much matter
low late the pair arrived.
BY the time Bob had argued this
,ut he was a long way from the vii
age. He had been walking mechanic