Evening star., 1923-03-25

IT think he's nice" retorted Kay.
! Mice" Gladys looked at her as If
she doubted her sanity. Wait till
you've been here as long as l have,
grille, and you'll sing another tune.
He's the limit"
+ This Kay refused to believe. But
had she had any doubts, her desires
would have stifled them.
Kay's proficiency in driving rested
on series of lessons given her dur
ing a two weeks vacation the pre-
ceding summer. Even 20, she would
have been all right had she stayed
within those thoroughfares that did
not tax her capacity. Instead. as con-
fldence flowed into her. she found
herself irresistibly drawn toward
fremont street
I'll knock his eye out" she prom
ised herself.
The lineal descendant of kings did
not recognize her until she shot past
him. little flushed by excitement
and her eyes aglow.
This is the life!" she assured her.
self. Wont Gladys eyes stick out
when tell her about this
She decided to circle the block and
pass Kelly again
"1'll go just as close TO him as l
can without hitting him and give him
the scare of his life" she decided.
AS she afterward remembered, it
wasn't her fault. but the fault of a
woman. who. weighing $50. was saved
from annihilation only by the sus-
pension of the law that large bodies
move slowly. To avoid hitting her
| Kay was forced TO slam her brakes
on as she automatically flung out her
hand.
And so Kay hit the lineal descen-
dant OF kings, not with the car, but
with the tips of her five pretty fingers.
She could not prevent a hysterical
giggle. His eyes. as he recognized
her. were implacable.
DRAW up to the curb he COM
manded.
Still gigglIng, she obeyed ri didn't
mean" she began.
you didn't wait for my signal he
interrupted. And you're the third
woman today who has hit my nose
that way"
you should keep your nose out of
the way" she retorted, forgetting
the need to placate him. you're al
ways sticking 1t into other peoples
business, anyway"
This he ignored. Let me see your
license" he suggested austerely.
Kay looked startled. "My license."
she repeated uncertainty.
you don't mean TO say you haven't
got one," he exclaimed.
| IT don't see what I need an old
license for, anyway" she retorted.
He did not deign to argue this.
| I'LL have to take you to the station
house" he informed her, and, open
ing the door Of the fivver, he seated
himself beside her, his eyes straight
ahead. Lagrange street" he added.
'I'll make him sorry for this some
day." she assured herself furiously.
This high purpose she was to
achieve much sooner than she ex-
pected Kelly O'Hara had medals for
bravery, but he suddenly went white
under his tan.
The collision proved not so bad as
10 might have, though the driver of the
wagon Kay had run into, took no such
roseate view.
"Meester. Meester" he walled, lay
ing beseeching fingers on Kelly's blue
clad arm. 81 pay one hundred dol
lars for the wagon. Look at it.
Look"
Shut up.' snapped Kelly. He
glanced at the wagon and then at the
l,driver Nobody could doubt but that
it had passed through one very bad
moment. From the fiivver his eyes
went to Kay. She met them defiantly.
"Come along to the station-both of
your commanded Kelly.
The station lobby overwhelmed Kay.
and the captain. looking down from
behind the formidable railing, all but
finished her. although he never guess
ed this.
"Meester" beseeched the bereft
one. "Oh. Meester--
Shut up." Said the captain. He
turned to Kay. not unkindly. II sup'
pose the car is insured against
liability"
'I don't KNOW borrowed it," she
confessed. wondering If this were q
crime. too.
But they didn't put her in a cell
after all. On Tuesday she was to ap-
pear at nine-thirty in the municipal
court-did she understand?
Yes. sir" assented Kay. ever so
meekly.
They let her go then. Once outside
she walked rapidly. She did not know
that Kelly was walking more swiftly
still to overtake her.
! Look here" he began uncertainty
II might be able to help you-"
| Kay blazed. II don't want any
| favors from you"' she assured him
! fUriouSly