Judsonia weekly advance., 1921-06-30


 lwasea ayeryonieel giH, ipnalH rnices girls are permitted "a lot Of latitude.
 4 persistent honkihg l'ehftfd aroused
 Min from lhis reveridl OAad he pulled into the side of the roadP rogrsea
 An open cream-colored Rolls-Royce drew level, with five, people on board. and he looked up dsl it pissed There | were fhree beopleiiih the rback+twe men and woman and forla moment y his eyes met those of the man near est him.. Then etheya drew ahead and Drummond pulled up. to- ayoio the thick cloud of dust.
 With slight frown he stared at the retreating car he saw the man lean over and speak to the othes man; lie, saw thep other vmanl look around. Then, a, bend in e...1e read hid them from sight, and still frowning, Drhmmond pulled out his sase Ysand lit, a cigarette For the, man. whose eye he mad caught .as the Rolls went by was Henry Lakington. There was ! no mistaking that nhard-lipped,i cruel iface.es, Woodward and Felts. L. ,. az sPresumably thought SHnghSol the other two occupants were MT. Peter son and the doubtful daughter. Irma 1; Presumably they were returning to The Films. And incidentally there seemed no pronounced reason why they ,shouldn't.h h But,o somehow, the sudden appearance of ,Lakington had upset hiip Shei felt irritable and annoyed. hWhat little, lieh had seen of the man he had not tliked:. he did not want to be reminded of him, especially just as he was thinking of Phyllis. Ja1 oE He watched the white dust eleud rise over the hill in front as the ear topped It; he watched 1t settle and drift; away in the, faint breeze. Then he let inJ dhisl clutch andlI followed quite slowly in the big cars wake. There had been two men in front the driver and another, and he won odered idly if the latter was MT. Ben- tone He accelerated- up the hill and swung over the top; the next mo- ment he braked hard and pulled up just v in time. , The bRolls, with the chauffeur peering into. the bonnet, had stopped in such a position thai, if .waS impossible for hifns to get by. 9ii. ' The girl was still seated in the back of the car, also the passenger in front, but the two other men were standing in the road apparently watch aing the chauffeur, and after a while the one whom Drummond had recog- nized, as Lakington came toward him. N"I'm sorry,"' he begarAand then paused in asi.sss5se. "Why. surely it's Captain Drummondwf ,raeant Drummopd nodded pleasantly. "The occupant of a car Is hardly like Fly to chaagelin a mile,3 is e?"Vhe re- marked. I'm afraid I forgot to wave as you went past, but l got your smile all right. Are you likely to be long, because if so, I'll stop my
 The other man ysss now apbreaeb, ing casually, and Druplnond resas'ased him casually. "A friend of our little Phyllis, peterson," said Lakington, as he came !qp. have IUSt F
 Any friend of Miss Benton's is, hope, ours" said Peterson with a thnt--a 2 espeet4a 1sS SUI ar s81
 Quite a long time" retunnc Hugh. "We have gjazzed together. o.. ia4ny oecasions.aG sgA5ssSU E5GE IAG
 (Which makes it all the more un- fortunate that we should shave de- layed you, ''s~said vFeterson. T can't help thinking, S-Lakingtof,V that Atffat new chauffeur is bit of fool"
 q hope he avoided the crash all right" murmured Drummond politely, sa Both men looked at him. rT'fle4 crash," said Lakington. There was no question of a crash. We just stopped"
 Really" remarked Drummond. 'I think, sir, that you must be right in your diagnosis of your chauffeur's mentality" He tiriied courteedsly ,ta Peterson. "WheA Assr9ethiXs egees4 wrong, for a fellah to stop his car, by braking so hard that he locks both back wheels, is no oTbon. as1 we f,1sedaI to say in Franee.s' II thought, judging by the tracks in the dust, that you must have been inTimminent danger oftraInrningsa tfactidn engine. c wo6S der if could help your man." ht continued I'm bit of an expert with Rollts19ElO0aNW EEYI s
 How very kind1of you.'' said Peter son. I'll go and sec" He went over to the man and spoke few words.
 Isn't 1t extraordinary" remarked Hugh, "how the eye of the boss gal vanizes the average man into activ- ity. As long, probably, as Mir. Peter son had remained here talking, that chauffeur would have gone on tinker ing swithrtAe engine. Ard Snow-7lops, in aS seSond-a4l serene. And yet Y I dare say, Mr Peterson knows nothing abont it really Just the ateh,ns| eye, Mir. Lakington. Wonderful thing 1.-the human opticy' -RHe raKbsed SonCSath assenisS smile, watching with apparent interest the