The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-07-09

whenever SIG nhSus -
was a very nice girl. and very ny
girls are permitted lot of latituoe'
persistent honking behind arouse.
him from his reverie. and he puileu
| into the side of the ROAD.
An open cream-colored Roiis-hoyce
drew level. with five people on Doaru'
and he looked up as 1t passed. ihele
were three people in the back-t"o
| men and a woman, and for moment
his ewes met those of the man near,
est him. Then they drew aheau' anu
| Drummond pulled up to avoid 'n0
thick cloud of dust. :.
With a slight frown ne stareu
the retreating car; he saw the man
lean over and speak to the otner
man. he saw the other man iooh
around. Then bend in the ROAD niu
them from sight, and still -frewnihg,
Drummond pulled out his case anu
lit a cigarette. For the man WHOSE
eve he mad caught as the Rolls went
nv was Henry Lexington. There was
no installing that hard-lipped' crue'
face. 49,
| Presumably. thought Hugh. the
other two occupants were MI. refer
son and the doubtful daughter ir!lla
| Presumably they were returning 10 ine
| Elms And incidentally there seemeu
no pronounced reason why .ney
shouldn't. But, somehow. the sudden
| appearance of Lexington had upset
him: he felt irritable and annoyeu.
What little he had seen OF the man
| no had not liked; he did not want
| TO be reminded of him, especially JUST
as he was thinking of Phyllis.
| He watched the white dust-cioud
rise over the hill In front as the car
| topped it; he watched 1t settle ana
drift away In the faint breeze. linen
| no LET In his clutch and f0iioweu
quite slowly in the big cars wake
There had been two men in front
the driver and another. and ne won
/ dered idly IL the latter was Mr.. Ben
| ton. He accelerated up the nil ana
swung over the top; the next mo-
ment he braked hard and pulled up
| inst in time. The Rolls, with the
chauffeur peering into the bonnet, had
stopped in such a position that It was
impossible for him to get by. !.
The girl was still seated In the PACK
of the car. also the passenger In
front. but the two other men were
standing in the road apparently watch
ing the chauffeur, and after a while
/ the one whom Drummond had recos-
nized as Lexington came toward MIN.
.rm sorry" he began-apd then
paused in surprise. why, surely It's
Captain Drummond! !"
Drummond nodded pleasantly.
.sTne occupant Of q car IL hardly like
" to change in mile. Is he?" he re-
marked. TIN afraid / forgot to
wave as you went past. but l got
your smile all right Are you likely
to be long, because Il %. I'll stop my
engine!"
The other man was now approach
Ing casually, and Drummond regarded
him casually. "A friend Of our little
Phyllis, Peterson" said darlington. a.
he came up.
.Apy friend Of Miss Benton's ID,
III kobe, ours" said Peterson with q
smile. you've known her . long
time. / expectT'
-Quite a long time" returned Hugh.
1--WE have jaxxed together on many
occasions"
switch makes II all the more nm
fortunate that we should have de-
Iayed you" said Peterson. Il can't
help thinking. darlington. that that
new chauffeur h bit Of fool"
| Il hope he avoided the crash all
right" murmured Drummond politely.
| Both men looked at him. 1.-THE
| crash /" said Lakington. There was
| no question Of crash. We just
stopped"
i Really remarked Drummond Il
think. sir. that you must be right in
your diagnosis Of your chauneur's
| mentality" He turned c0urte0usly to
Peterson. when something goes
wrong. for a feIlah to stop his car,
by braking 30 hard that he locks both
back wheels, Ii no bon, as we used
| to say In France. | thought, judging
| BY the tracks IN the dust, tnat you
must have been In imminent danger
Of ramming traction engine. won
der II could help your man." he
continued. I'm 4 bit Of an expert with
q Rolls
sHow very kind Of you" said Peter
son. arlI 60 and See He went over
to the man and spoke few words.
l isn't 1t extraordinary" remarked
| Hugh, show the eye Of the boss gal
yanizes the average man into activ-
ity. AS long. probably. as Mr.. Peter
son had remained here talking, that
chauffeur would have gone on tinker.
ing with the engine. And now-look,
in second-all serene. And yet
dare say Mr.. Peterson knows nothing
about Il really. Just the watching
eye, Mr.. darlington. Wonderful thing
-fhe human optic"
He rambled on with genial smile
watching with apparent interest the
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