The Ordway new era., 1919-10-17
CHAPTER VI.

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The appearance Of Miss Lucy Nor
rsn the neIt day. as she sat in
George's fast cutter. proved 80 charm
Ing that her escort was stricken to
sDft words Instantly and failed to CON
trol a poetic impulse. you look
like be said. Your face looks
iike-it looks like a snovfake on q
lump Of coal / mean IA snowflake
that would be a rose-Ieaf tooT
Perhaps you'd better look at the
reins," she returned. I'VE almost up
set just then"
George declined TO heed this advice.
because there's too much pink In
your cheeks for q gnOvnske," he con-
timed whats that fairy story about
snoY-wbite and rose-red-"
We're going pretty fast, Mr. Nina
fcrr'
well. you zee. I'm only here for
two weeks"
II mean the slelghi" she explained
.'Ws're not the only people on the
street. yOu know"
"Ch. they'll keep ont Of the way"
That's very patrlcian charioteesr-
this needs guidance. I'm sure he's
going almost twenty miles an hour"
That's nothing" said George; but
he consented to look forward again.
''ue can trot under three minutes. all
right" He laughed. II suppose your
father thinks he can build horseless
carriage TO 70 thnt fnst I"
They 60 that fast already, some
times"
YES" said George; .they do-for
about hundred feeti Then they give
. yell and burn up."
Evidently she decided not to defend
hm fsthers faith in horseless car
risges, for she laughed and said moth
Ing. The cold air was poIkn-dotted
with snownskes, and trembled to the
loud. continuous jingIIhg Of sleigh
bells. Boys and girls. all agIow and
painting Jets of vapor. darted at the
passing sleighs to ride on the runners.
or sought to rope their sleds to any
vehicle Whatever. but the fectcst no
more thnn just touched the flying cut
ter. though n hundred soggy mlttens
graspcd for II, then reclcd and whiried
dill sometimes the wearers Of those
daring mittcns plunged fiat In the
snow and lay n-sprnwi. rejecting.
But there came painting and chug-
g'ng up that fiat tboronghfare thing
which s0me day wns 10 spoil all their
nieightlue merriment-save for the
rnshcst and most disobcdIent. 1t was
vaguely like n topiess surrey. but cum
brops with unwhOIesome cxcrescences
fore and aft, while underneath were
rpinE.zx leather belts and something
that whirred md howlcd and seemed
70 Singer. The ride-stealcrs made no
attempt to fasten their sleds to a con
trivnnce no nonsensicnl and yet 80
fenraome. Instead they gave over their
nport and concentrated all their ener-
giles In their lungs. no that up and
down the street the one cry shrilled
increasingly: "Git hossi Git hoss !
Git hosal Mister. why don't you git
hossr' But the mahout In charge,
sitting solitary on the front scat, was
uncoDcerned-he laughed. md now
and then duckcd SNOWFALL without
losing any OF his good-nnture. It was
Mr.. Eugene Morgan who exhibited 40
cheerful countennncc between the
forward visor OF dccr-stalker cap
and the collar Of fuzzy gray ulster.
"Git hoss" the children shriekcd.
and grufrer voices Joined them. "Git
. hossi Git hossi Git hoss r.
George Minafcr wns correct thus
far; the twelve miles nn hour OF such
machine would never overtnke
Georges trotter. The cutter was al
ready scurrying between the stone pill
aars at the entrance to Anderson ad-
dillon.
That's my grandfather's.' said
George. nodding toward the Anderson
mansion.
IL ought to know thatr Lucy ex-
claimed. 1--WE stayed there late enough
last night: papa and I were almost
tho last TO 70. He and your mother
and Miss Fanny Minafer got the mu
sfcians to plny another waltz wher
everybody else had gone downstair,
Ind tho Hddles were being put away
In their cases Papa danced part OF
Il with Miss Minafcr and the rest witt
yeur mother. Miss Minafer's you
aunt. isn't shot"
ayes; she lives with us. That's on
byuse just beyond grandfathcr's." r.
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