Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-24

horror III could see that the snakv
syroscope WAS slowing. and rocking
strangely from side to side
SO far he and Miss Herbert we're the
two drivers who had not had to make
Involuntary stops. Others had had two
or three each. Now. he alone had had
none: for even as lie thought it became
clear that the gyroscopc was In trou-
BILE.
II stood sturdily upright. but help
less. on it's little metal legs. and as
Christopher came up the girl had just
gone down. utter detection in every
line OF her figure and the droop Of
her once proud head. Something i'll
himself. which he did not understand
discounect the oil force pump and put
on the brake. Scarlet Runner stopped.
pulsine, by the s,de OF the sad Cigar.
What on earth arc YOU aboUt?"
2rowled MLellan. Don't YOU know
you're giving away your race"
Cant help II. Think something 9
wrong with me-" Christopher mut,crcd.
a misleading answer. For if some
thing was wrong with him. there Was
nothing wrong with his car.
He got down from his car and walk
cd towards her.
Can ! do anything for YOU. Miss
HERBERT he asked correctly, raising
his cap. il he had come across a
stranded motor on an ordinary road
excursion.
The girl was gazing at him in aston
ishment. Her mask was OF. and her
charming face. white to the lips. wos
bathed in dusty tears. Oh no. there
was nothing mannish about her now.
But Christopher had forgotten that he
had ever accused her. in his mind. Sine
looked 80 young. so forlorn. so broken
hearted. that her brave attempt 10 rally
anG ignore her tears at sight of him
seemed doubly pathetic TO Christopher
do anything for me?" she echoed.
in establishment so profound as TO re-
veal how entirely she had regarded him
as the imp!acablc enemy. ''I--don't
understand I'm en- .panne. You've
beaten me. Please 20 OH. IL can't
start again. that's ALL
Her voice waversl and choked. she
turned away her face TO hide tchrs that
would begin to fall again to water
the dead ashes OF her hopes.
II should like TO help you il can"
said Christopher.
"Rut-but Why" asked the girl al
most susDiciously. I've been most hor-
ribly rude to you-not that YOU didn't
deserve IT. But anyhow, | don't de-
serve anything OF you now, eXccpt-cX-
cept hatred
You haven't exactly pu, yourself
out to please me-" returned Christie
phcr dryly. But why should YOU?
And I'm not doing this to please YOU.
It's because I can't do anything else.
what do you thinks the matter" he
inquired.
"oh. short-circuit somewhere. and tho
horoscopes won't SPIN" she answered
desperately. IF they don't turn. the
car can't keep upright when in mo-
tion You're awfully kind-quite in
credibly kind heapins Goals Of frc on
my head. But YOU can't do anything
for me. except to go on and leave me
to my fate"
Let me see il can't do something"
the young man patiently persisted.
Dog can't eat dog. YOU know"
mere was nothing concerning mech
anism. or accumulators. batteries. and
wires that Christopher Race had NOT
STUDIED and learned by heart From
remote days OF early Benzes and orig
MAJ Leon Hollees he had wreStled with
these things by the roadside until
knowledge OF their myriad eccentrici-
ties had eaten into his very being
Now it needed no very profound rs
search to discover what had hannone,
10 the cigar. One accumulation was OK.
hausted. as Miss Herbert would soon
nave found out when she had had a
cnahee 70 examine the inner working.
or her car. There had been sbort-cir.
wire.
Aceumulator used up" announced
Christopher
vas afraid so. Oh poor father,
What will become or me: 49, walled Tho
anI' III very small, rt.proken
have spare one CHRISTOPHER
said. You're YER! welcome to it,
NO. she cried. Il wouldn't ,.l,o :,
ron, You couldn't possibly. Oh, vo,;
don't know how you're making ms
iNo'' offefin3 me tho chance to win the
."'r ron No'i. when already Il; was
.ood as yours. Ana you-of all
people, =
Don't say any more cut in Chris
'ophNr. want you 10 lave Tho ac.
-t"'itof Then We can start f,i,
again. when YOU have your chance T
, sno"Iuh enjoy win now unless Won
ma" tha' chance. No credit 10 NJ. yo,,
see II We lin2er here som, of ~
Diners viii he on us, and neither Of
rs VIII win. What? IL wont ,,l.
minute to III"
ne temptatioE vas TOO sr.nt for
hei' she let him run back TO his car
tnn n'en ohe couldn't help remembering.
a.
interesting red thns") and take rrn,,,
inue! me seat that spare accun,ulnfor
"'ich might mean salvation for her
anu defeat tor him.
men nc Logan working with quick
'e,, hmsrrs at the Cigar. while lie
~, W." "hic'al observers. who had seized
'nc opportunity for cigarettes. loo,.ed
~ IT'LL stop watches and made :.
books e'i note
..yi.i
mere exclaimed Chris.o,bAr
'on We plenty OF power for vou,.
n 1i ,o', ,o',, again See. they're spin
get OF" W" can
~ ne spoke the Girl sn"are ia he,
seat the observer following hcr nv
ample, as Mcclellan climbed nxm.c,.,,,,
"a'k INTO Scarlet Runner. al c,n
never blank you enough for-ro,. 80
,oa'S OF fire" Miss Herbert aoid ~
T r1n /. n %m me steering wheel. But
wLy In,'!, 20 lei YOU start FIRST. on,
~ non yoa' 20" We mustn's wa;t
am ost think see a car co,,i,. 80
me distance behind" ~
40. YOU "instn't wait" echoed Chris
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