The Lamar register., 1921-06-01

by WIS Henry l.ulin-tem. There WAS
no miStuking HAT har1-ipprd, cruel
face.
Presumably. Thought Hugh. the
other Nv" orcupaniS we're Mr. potter.
sun and lh. doubtful daughter. Irma;
Presumably they wee. returning To The
Elm~ And Incidentally theFe seemed
no pronounced rvH~nn why ihG'
shouldn't But. sou,lioy. the sudden
appearance of Lakiu-.nn had upset
him; he felt Irritable aud ANNOYED.
What liIIlr he hrd ~,n Of the man
he had MOI liked: he d.d not want
To be reminded Of liam. especially lust
aS he was thimEin- of Phyllis.
lie watched the white dust cloud
rise over the hill ia front as the ear
topped II; he watched ii settle and
drift away In the faint hrerze. Then
he let ia his clulsh aud followed
quite slowly In the big cars wake.
There had been two men in front
the driver and another, aud he won
dered idly If the latter was Mr.. Ben
ton lie accelerated up the hill ami
swung over tile top; the next mo
ment he briilicd hard and pulled up
lust In time. The Rolls. with IA"
chauffeur pecring into the bonnet, had
stopped In such II position that it Was
impossible for him Ia get by
The girl Was still seated iu the back
of the car, also HE passenger in
front. but the two other men were
standing in the road apparently watch
ing the chauffeur. and after willie
the one whom DruinmOnd had recos-
nlzed as LakiugtOn came toward him.
I'm sorry" he begun-and then
paused Ia surprise. why. surely It's
Captain prumm"nd,' -
prumInond nodded pleasantly.
The occupant of Il ear Is hardly Ike
ly to change Ia II mile, Is heF" he re-
marked TIN afraid / forgot to
wave IT, you went past. but got
your smile sll right Are You likely
To he long. brcause ii 50, IN stop my
engine
Tie other man was now approach
Ing casually. and Drummond regarded
him casually. "a friend Of our little
PHYLLIS. Peterson" said LukingtOn, as
lie came up.
"Any friend Of Miss Bentons Is,
| hope ours" said Peterson with II
smile. You've known her II long
time | rNpect:''
quite II long time" returned Hugh.
1--WE have lazzed together On many
occasions"
(Which makes II all the more un-
fortunate that We should have de-
layed you" said Peterson. II can't
help thinking. Lakington. that that
new chauffeur is hit Of fool"
81 hope he avoided the crash all
right" murmured Drummond politely.
Both men looked ut him. The
crash :" said LakingtOn. There was
no question Of crash. We Just
stopped"
Really" remarked Drummond. II
think. sir, that you must be right in
your diagnosis OF your chaufreurs
mentality" He turned courteously to
Peterson. when something goes
wrong. for d fellah to stop his car,
by braking SO hard that he locks both
back wheels. is no bon, as We used
to say ia France. | thought, judging
by the tracks In the dust. that you
must have been In imminent danger
of ramming u traction engine. l won
der II | could help your man." he
continued. I'm bit OF an expert with
u Rolls"
How very kind OF you, said Peter
son. "I'll 70 and see" He went over
to the man and spoke few words
Isn't 1t extraordinary" remarked
Hugh. 'how 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 a second-all serene. And yet
dare say Mr. Peterson knows nothing
about It really. Just the watching
eye. Mr.. Lakington. Wonderful thing
the human optic"
He rambled on with genial smile.
watching with apparent interest the
car In front. Who's the quaint bird
sitting beside the chauffeur? He ap-
peals to me Immensely. Wish to
heaven I'd had few more like him
IN France to turn into snipers."
May l ask why you think he would
have been u success at the jobr' LAX
ington's voice expressed merely per
functory interest, but his cold. steely
eyes were fixed on Drummond.
He's so motionless." answered
uuab .srha haIIy feIinw hasn't