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Show J I t m MTE IMULE ure beside her and, somehow, she felt absolute confidence In the steady nerve of this "strong master of the wheel. They bad traveled about ten miles, and their speed was approaching 50 miles an hour whan, suddenly, on a nearby cross street, another car was seen to be wildly approaching at a furious rate of siieed. A fatal crash seemed Inevitable. She clutched at Gibbons' shoulders and hid her face liehind him. The susieuse was terrible; but young Gibbous, with rare presence of mind, judged the distance and speed accurately, oiiened the throttle to Its widest point, and his car shut ahead, allowing the other car to narrowly miss his rear fender. et his favorite preacher. The was vast in the role of A inn was made to the best house, hut to the chagrin of tie couple the roiutster was nut at of oerftau. hoe The Battle of Bull's Run and wr.uid not be back fur half spin over the boulevards hud when the wedding up til the curb iu front pari? run.i-'.iof the rV:-- man's house it was found Uwf "'wiili! iioi have time to go In. go the cit.gjii'.iu w:is on !lel out to the machine an i the knot was tied from tlit curb ggkour. wsi talu-n- . A By Judith Spencer v uVliyrighf.) Nerissa was alone in the cemetery. flying feet found uncertain footing And as her scarlet gown gleamed out among tlie uneven mounds, and beMike Even Prize Fighter Woozy. from amid the luxuriant foliage she fore she had gone far she stumbled During the sumnu-iof lftuG and looked for all the world like some gor- and fell lu a scarlet heap, with her 19JI the "love boat" figured tn dozens geous flower. The other members of ankle so twisted under her thut she of riopiiit-nts- . J(iseih Howard, the the household, young and old, had was utterly unable to rise. She heard composer of tuuetul which gone to hear the Fourth of July ora- a sharp outcry as she went down, and ditties bate mule seveial musical comedies tion duwu on the vllluge green. Ne- In horror she thought, "He lias met Ended In Car's First Marriage. Then Gibbons gradually brought his successful, was the principal In one rissa, too, hud meant to be there for his death! machine to a stop, aud for the first of th se. Imnieili.tteiy after Mr. How- she was full of paiilotlc ardor but aa Hut his rry had been for her not for time during the ride glanced at Mias ard "at granted a divorce from hla she had driven through the village himself und when she dared look Taylor. Her face was pallid, but it former wife, Ida Kineison Howard, he that morning ahe had caught tight of around she saw that Robert bad Be- rushed from the courtroom to au autowas filled with silent gratitude. who was back In town turned Hubert the great animal, and was fore they had gone half the distance mobile which stood waiting for him. for the first time since hla mother's fencing with him, flaunting the flag In back to the factory Misa Taylor had In which wiis Miss Mabel Harrison of recent death. And it was to avoid a his face and ever retreating before learned that Giblions was her brother's "ClPh tiu-si- " fame. A breathless IHissible meeting with him that the him with the wiles and caution of an r chum at college. After the next r'de. trip to Hammond, 1ml., was made lb had stayed away. waa enticing experience. a i No. 4 5C5. which was taken a few days later, on the on in and the opposite not see did the ahe him, Though After ;his ehiprini-nwas coniielled to undergo the orthere succes- click of the gate forewarned her; direction from where she lay. One misstep on that uneven ground deal of presenting himself to Talor sively fnilowe 1 a score of weddings then some one spoke her name and elopements In which No. 4665 fig- and she looked up without as his would mean rertaln and awful death, to surprise That was the beginning of the re- ured, iticiii.ling the elopement of a see Hubert Ixa standing by her aide. and he knew It; yet be never swerved or faltered. I'narined. agile, wary, markable record of No. 4665. prominent North side manufacturer full of nerve and perfectly fearless It wbb the fate of chassis No. 980 to Hammond: a well known young this waa the man shn had oeiily deto be shlpjied to Chicago and there wuman of Woudiawn avenue, and also nounced as a coward! sold by the agent to D. O. Scott, a a goodly numln'r of wi dilim-without i But whHt hud happened now? Hail of an Among! young mining engineer and owner, blind terror seized hliu at last? For who hod coirio up front his Mexican these nmre quiet wedd't.Ks In which aa he freed himself from the labyrinth mines to rpend the summer and In- the "love heat" was m cd is that of' of paths and swelling liionnda, and cidentally roine of his gold In the Herman l.i.udfield. better known as In pugilistic circles. Oil gained I he level drive, Robert suddenNut many years before Mr. Kid states. ly turned 1iIk buck on tlie bull and Scott had been a world's champion tills occasion No. 4!i!5 took Mr. and aprang forward running an If for hla bicycle rider, and he now found great Mrs. handheld on lln-lihoneymoon to life while the anlntul, with head automobile. New Orleans. pleasure In this down, plunged after him, bellowing After he had used his car about a and gaining ujion him at every atop. month, he received a message from PROPER PLACE FOR HUBBY. And ao they panned, In an ugly vlalon, his mines stating that he was badly out through the gate and from Neris-aa- 'i needed there on account of recent One Woman Had Right Idea of Dealsight. troubles with the Indians. Scott knew ing with Inebriated Spouse. The next she knew the gate waa that he must leave immediately. But Robert waa baatenlng hilt, and during hla short month In Chicago he "There Is aa much difference In toward her, breathleaa, empty-handehad met his affinity. Car No. 4665 women, said an old hack-mahall city and unharmed! took the twain out Hammond way one "aa there Is In horses which is "Neriaaa, are you hurt?" he cried, night, and they came back bride and saying a great deal. over her where ahe lay In a bending groom. "The other night ! loaded Into my huddled heap. cab two men who were altogether the She waa very pale and waa tremworse for the hot stimulants which Love Boat Begins Knot-TyinCareer. bling pitifully, and now ahe began to After 8cott sold 4665 it became they had been pouring down their sob quietly. known aa the Gasoline Eloper and waa throats. I had orders from thelf "it's nothing only my ankle I doesn't wait to be rubbed down. It held In reserve In Motorvllle for men friendi to see them safely delivered move but It doesn't matter. I cant at home, and not to leave them until Just wings out from Its stall, and it In gray and girls In soft browns. waa ao afraid somebad for been by receipted Although it was one of the elope- they doesn't come back' again until it is "Yea, I know, he panted, aa he liftable to wear a broad smile. The Gas- ments which failed to end happily. body who might be supposed to be In ed her Into an easier position; "but oline Eloper obeys the same code that No. 4665 carried George Van Banda legal possession. theres no danger now no, none at "I delivered the first one safely in Cochrane on their wild ride for site waa clinging to hla hand guided the Spartan warrior who was and Grace all!" the parlor of his home, and ns I shut place. Instructed to come back either with to the knot-tyinlike a child who Is still afraid. But I door beard walked and away Only a few days after the dash of the his shield or upon it, and so when as If refusing to be he hid her and up "I Tell You All. He le the Bravest of comforted. face, No. 4665 is on the Job it doesn't ring 4665 to Milwaukee with Van Sands the unhappy lamentations the Brave!" "Oh after that first mad moment I up the time clock until the world's waa not afraid for myself," she supply of hearts has been reduced by Oh, you!" she said, with acorn, and sobbed at the merger of two into one. last, "it was for you but bent over the roses. Some say that Dan Cupid himself is you feared nothing, I could see that Poor Jim, said Robert, Ignoring and I had dared call the carefully reckless driver of No. you a coward! it her slighting manner. "It is hard to waa the bravest 4665. The driver wears Dan for I ever knew thing ; realize. the boy. is dead'! front name, anyhow, and perhaps his He looked down at her with a sur"He was a hero!" Nerissa said with last name is the Swedish for Cupid. prised and puzzled smile, for how can conviction. At any rate Dan knows how to drive, a mere man ever hope to gauge a At least he was brave, he aald. "I and drive fast. He is not allowed to estimate of his actions? girl's admire know bow you bravery answer any questions, either, and that A short distance beyond the cemeAnd she tery Nerissa saw an despise a coward!" helps along the business of 4665. Dan and asked flashed. is always in a hurry. He goes over to be taken home in that At that the man's cheek flushed the boulevards and the Gluecoe bumps So a was made and soon Fbr he and Nerissa had been engaged Nerissa bargain like a summery breeze, blowing up waa enthroned on a couch of to be married when the war with the dust, making puddles look like hay. rain and telegraph poles like the bars Spain broke out. But when Robert But won't you ride, too?" she had resigned from his company on the county Jail, and fanning the aid. Instead of taking the field with the cheeks of sparrow cops. "No, I will walk alongside." volunteers, Nerissa had listened "Please ride; I want you beside to no reason or excuse, and openly deCoppers Know When Dan le Out. me," she murmured, and Robert, with as him and Dan never gets pinched. Every copnouncing unpatriotic" a new light In his eyes, climbed In. coward. she had broken her engageper from Motorvllle north to WaukeHe carried her from the oxment and had had nothing to do with cart to the house. again gan, south to the Indiana state line, And then, for he him sines that day. and west to the nearest crossroads was a physician, and it was Nerlssa's You do not understand," he said Justice shop knows that when No. request that he should do so, he 4665 rips off the miles like a wirelowly, "that It may take more coup bandaged np the aching ankle. less message it's "on the job," and not age to stay at home than to face an Then once more he stood before her a hand is raised. Dan doesn't mind enemy In battle or that one might be and said good-by.railed uon to sacrifice even the flag speeding he's married himself and he "But why must you go away for some nearer fluty " says it's all for the cause. He says now?" Nerissa asked, nervously, as I can understand no excuse whathe keei bis engine In pace with the she realized that in the amends she heart beats inside the limousine, and And I do not wished to make she was to have no ever, Nerissa said. see why you should seek me out to help. that means broken speed laws every ' mile from post to wire. offer one at this late day!" Because my arrangements are all Most of the eloping couples carried I do not," he replied. I acted as I made and my word is given. I go to to their goal In No. 4665 live happily did because I thought I was doing (art my life afresh In a new place. It ever afterwards, but of course there right. I did not dream that It would is too late tn change my mind now are some exceptions to the rule. Even separate us, because I thought you even if I wished to do so, he said. before 4665 left the factory down In loved me as truly as I loved you, and Did you think I would care to stay Buffalo where It was built it fastened as unluckily for me I love you still! hero iiernianciitly after what had I believed you would understand. And occurred? its first two scalps to its belt It was a bright spring day with all the setNo I suppose not, she admitted yet had 1 known beforehand what the end he, I should have arted ex- wistfully; still 1 am sorry. Then, tings found in the love songs of the actly as I did. But there was one, holding fast by the remembrance that poets when Genevieve Taylor of Buf(hank God. who did understand! he had that day declared he loved her falo, together with her father, visited Then to Nerissa, looking up at him still, she shut her eyes and added, the factory where the Gasoline Eloper was being put together. Papa Taylor coldly and without sympathy, these d'siK-ratelRobert, tell nte this: wanted to buy a car In which he was words tame all unhidden, and sup- when you gave them your word yon to make a tour of the west with and his promised bride n large party braidings of his wife, commingled with plied the key to his motives, which would go did you promise you would the Incoherent and somewhat vague she had never sought nor desired: of Evanstonlans went on a campl-Genevieve and her mother. go alone?" The only son of his mother, and she The finishing touches were being put expedition to Momence, I1L Among explanations of the husband, to th only around a widow." The news of Nerlssa's reengageon No. 4665 when Mr. Taylor and his these were Miss Vera Groce Moore effoct that he had en- the corner to see a man. This P. Mr. and Robert tfee Sheppard. "I have come to yon now only to ment to Robert Lea, and that she was room reached of testing daughter in he was saying quietly. going away to begin life with him In the great factory the room to which gaged couple were missed from camp was the other case when the door say good-by,As long as my mother lived my place a western town, came like a thundei cars are taken to be tested. While one whole evening and a search was man opened and I escorted the gentleInto the library, by holding him was here with her. But now I am bolt to Nerlssa's They had slipped family and friends. they were still in the room No. 4665 made for them. tig to ily walked and had by the shoulder, his wlf, who free to go. And I am here from to camp Rob is a splendid fellow, and was brought In. It was ready for the away "Well, at reading by the center table, aim-pl- bid forever." we always said so, but we thought you good-btest before being painted and shipped the railroad station, where, while waftlooked up and calmly aaid, "Please Mr. to for a train While he was speaking there came you thought him a coward?" they said. Chicago, Shep ing to Chicago. On the contrary, I know him to be pard telephoned n Chicago g.rage to dcjioslt him In the bathtub where h a curious sound front behind him, the Cleveland Plain D2aler. meet the train at the La Salle street can drip.' l. a brave man, said Nerissa. Love Came on During High Speed. peculiar snort and snuffle of some and be glanced quickly over his Charles Gibbons, the daredevil station. The "love boat" was sent, "Yes, for he has that grand sort of Height of Ludicrousness. to see what it could be. shoulder moral courage w hich would make him tester of the factory, was assigned to and again carefully served to convey "Yes," said Mrs. Oatcake, John was Nerissa saw his face stiffen with hold to hla own conviction of right make the first run on the chassis. Miss an eloping couple to the parsonage. such a queer boy. He had a mania and swiftly following his against all the world but still " !" horror, Mk.-IndeedTaylor watched the preparations with .1117 the and to saw a powerful bull apthe returned she "He has uot only that courage, but station, pard she Interest asked why Finally And glance, great replied the visitor. proaching with rapid steps, tossing his the other sort as well! He has faced she couldn't make the ride with Gib- love boat bad cut another notch In is he still working on the farm?" his glaring death upon the field and proved hla bons. Her father, after some hesita- Its rapidly growing record. "Well, l should say not! John was great head and rolling courage! tion and many assurances both from called to Noo York at a big salary to eyes. "Good heavens, your scarlet gown! "Now, Nerissa, what on earth are the manager of the factory and the Married in Gasoline Eloper. elect the names of them thar Hi muttered Robert, In dismay. "Run, you talking about? Various Chicago couples have been hows that come out of that town. daring Gibbons, gave his consent Nerissa! Get over the nearest wall I am talking about the battle of The pair were soon speeding along married on railroad trains, on boats, Chicago Dally News. and out of sight In the bushes but 'Bull'a Run!' said Nerissa, solemnly, the boulevards. The silent Gibbons on housetops, on roller skates an- - on run now for your life!" "where I saw Robert Lea the standsat rigidly grasping the steering Ice skates, In the water, and as many Alumnae Widely Scattered. As she sprang to her feet, with her ard bearer facing the enemy and awwheel; his eyes were riveted straight more unusual places; but not long ago According to recent statistics, then In a panic ful, almost certain death, and he bore ahead, and he seemed to notice noth- Dr. O. R. Churchill, n Chicago dentist, are now n Wellesley college just W limbs trembling under her of sudden fear, Robert Lea snatched himself like a hero he never flinched! or of him. He left steadto 28 15 associate was Andrews teacher, to married Miss right ing professors, Lottie a flag from his dead companion's 1 tell you all, be la the bravest of the ily Increased the speed, until his re- while riding In an automobile, and has professors, 50 Instructors and seven There are a number of grave and stepped iorward, placing brave! sponsive machine seemed fairly to attained the distinction of having assistants. At that they gasped and shrugged Miss Tay- been the originator of tVa latest Wf esley graduates In Manila, who himself between her snd the ugij fly over the paved roads. their shoulders, and declared that dr light to meet one another, one of brute. lor knew that she had never before unique place of marriage. With a smothered sob, Nerissa Nerissa certainly had gone crazy! ridden at such a furious rate of speed. It happened a year or so ago on n them being Miss Pltoelie Ellison van Whereupon Nerissa held her peac Her strained eyes Instinctively turned crisp day in October. Dr. Churchill teaches domestic science in the Amer gathered up her skirts and ran, the bellow of the bull filling her eara. Her and smiled In sweet content lcaa school from the road ahead to the stolid had s btill-ligbe- bt-as- vilb-bon- son-in-la- J j s thesi-munio- iloi'i-mi'in- . I j - hlgh-siieu- d d g Chicago. Are you going to elope? It you are, Just hire the Gasoline Elop- er, and you will live happily ever afterward. The Gasoline Eloper it la called the Love Boat" by some la the name given by the people of to the touring car that plies between 81ngle Blessedness and the land of Better or Worse. Motorvllle Is out Michigan avenue way, where the homes of early Chicago have been transformed into garages and shops and where the streets and alleys have been polished with oil and rubbed down by a million wheels. is the'reveille Out there the and the taps. The Gasoline Eloper has carried more happy twains into the land of Better or Worse than any other automobile in Motorvllle, where all the automobiles come from. It has traveled with the wind over boulevards and country roads, across the state line to the place in Indiana in the dead of night like a specter set on wheels; it has worn a path to Justice shops at rural crossroads, to little white churches that speck the countryside; it has borne bachelors to church and brought them back le honk-hon- k knot-tying- benedicts, and it has fled away with girls In brown and men in gray and brought them back to the parental roof in time for the Ice cream and cake and congratulations. It has put a five dollars an hour price on romance, and it has shattered every record set down on the books of Cupid for making two hearts beat as one. - Telegram Tells of 8afety. Every day in the week the Gasoline Blotter makes the round trip between Motorvllle and one of the stations on the route to bliss. Every once In awhile it goes to the end of the line down In Indiana or over In Michigan, and its safe arrival is always chronicled by a telegram to mother. Not a day passes that it does not figure in some sort of a romance, budding or in full bloom, but its the record-breakintrips It has made to the end of the line that has made the Gasoline Eloper famous. The Gasoline Eloper used to be red until it set down the new record in Cupid's book. Now Its white, as white as the ribbons that are stretched along the aisles when the organ begins to play, as white as the candles on the altar, as white as the icing on the cake. If there Is anything else out in Motorvllle it is appropriateness, and that's why the Gasoline Eloper was painted white not long ago. Dangling behind the two rear wheels car of Cupid is of this a sign bearing the number 4665. No. 4665 Is the license number of the Gasoline Eloper, and the numerals are painted In white letters on the front of the car and they are painted on the glass of the lamps, too, so that whenever you see No. 4665 swinging along the boulevards Just look Inside and you will see more cooing and billing than you ever read about in a dime novel unless the shades are drawn or a gait makes the numbers look like a streak of paint g Man. Suspect Happy-Lookln- g Every man who wears the kind of a smile that won't come off, new shoes, and a gray suit who wants to rent an automobile in Motorvllle is at once regarded with suspicion and sent over to the garage of the Gasoline Eloper. If the man with the everlasting smile, the new shoes, and the gray suit la accompanied by a feminine figure done in soft browns, the Gasoline Eloper g ox-car- la " wi.-ttl- g bn to-da- y y anl-ntu- fig planr quiet marriage at the |