The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-26
THE DAILY
ISHORTS STORY.
A High speed Couttship

F41nlyS III % II mo Anps
ahsad up III NTH MS
speeapn1eter ellablfg atsadiiy from
forty y:ttya -. sixty = eIose 70
sixtystiire IN lone peeup fgIas
u glf gtfi eavt I'D "a q Whlte
dust snug rotor M
cap md glantieted gloves that
were gripping tie wheel Of the
ppweftttl machine with q, sure
eisap, that seemed 70 Indicate com.
pls,s mast y % DIS ron horse TINT
rns snrgiig under her. The roar
81 The exhaust and the high song
y The tiIes on the smooth road
dFoFned ~ other noises: another
curve showed ahead; and the gill
softspg her teeth. took ~ Fat. full
Bpeeds she, passed a car coming
IN The opposite ireHinn NTH ID
ritth that LEFT It's occupants sap
Ing IN aniazenent. But the EffT
dssed nothing for frightened passen-
gers or danger. to herBelf. She was
saying az she- nursed hee car to an
sven higher burst Of speed; 'ff'll
show hilht III show him" Il,
About d mile behind her a caf,
somewhat like her own was max
ing even more reckless time Oyer
the road. It was painted q dull
brown and built In long stream
lines that gayS.it the appearance OF
Something which would scern any
thing under sixty miles an hour!
1t It's wheel was seated a young
man, 50 developed In coat cap and.
gogsles that nothing could be seen
u msifeatures,
Al he urged his machine down
he road he kept saying to him,
self. Great seottl Why did she
want to nm away Ike that7 I've
got 70 catch herW ~
The caube Of this mad race down
country road was one Of those
Htties things that bring about great
effects. Bob Hathaway had gone
q call on Margaret Elliot with
tho firm intention OF proposing, to
het:a thing which he had been
on the point Of doing for the last
Two months. To do her Justice
MarsaTet was perfectly aware Of
MS intention on the part Of young
Mr.. Hathaway; and IN her mind
she had decided what her answer.
was to be, But Bob, unfortunately
for him, was an enthusiast on the
subject OF his big Bramble, road.
ster, while Margaret had but one
pnssion-her own Gancia Eight,
which she drove; tended, and re-
paired herself. Bob on calling, had
unwisely boasted Of the time he
had made IN coming oyer q dis
tauce Of sight miles. Margaret
Ind replied that she often made
tho distance. IN. several seconds
less. This had started an argu.
meut which hid drittad, as such
arglnents do, from a friendly dis
pute into Q definite intention on the
patt of both parties not 10 give in
10 each other. Margaret had sud.
denly challenged Bob to a race to
Baxter, fifty miles away, and be-
tore he had had time to object
she had hnstened TO the garage,
run out her car, and was flying
up;e he road. Bob, little angry,
Followed at his best speed. The
result was two cars madly careen.
ing for a distant goal and a per-
teetiy good proposal scattered to
thewtnds.
The Ghncia had had q few yards
start which It's faster pick up had
lengthenede to nearly a mile before
Bob got his heavier machine into
IL fuif swing: but once he had
opeRed the throttle the Br2mble
began to cut down the distance.
Twenty mil SS. out OF Baxter he was
less thena haltnIle, behind, and
gatning steadily. He exulted under
hi shreath, and pushed the throttle
thesihst fraction Of an inch toward
the floor. The car doomed under
him and ate up the strap OF road.
way. He was goining-he would
Y At that moment. ;. fifteen miles
frpm the goal, inspiration visited
ME- Robert hathaway. He grinned
4 grin to himself. a well.lnown
cinmp Of trees shot past; Bob knew
that d quarter iof mile further on
tlia road sraishtenedS into stretch
that ran eight, miles without q
curve ending with a sharp Climb
and thengiR twisting descent into
the town pt Baxter. He, drew up
tili he was about a hundred yards
Ia the rear, Of Margaret's Gancie,
30 that I'D was sure that she saw
him IN the lille mirror on he left
lender: and there he hung as the
esFp cars Grounded the last curve
md shot Into the long straight.
avay.