A SIXCYLINf EP EDWARD SALISBURY FIELD HARRISON FISHER Illustrations by CLARENCE R UNDERWOOD NEW YORK SaOSSET DUNLAP MARIAN STANDISH COPYRIGHT 1907 THE JOHN McBRIDE COMPANY PUBLISHED OCTOBIR ILLUSTRATIONS MARIAN STANDISH ..... Frontispiece PAGE Where to I asked, touching my cap. . v Then you lie politely, Tvhilt inwardly you curse Bellaire 31 A girl, accompanied by a man whom I had seen once before, Walked info the room, . . . 62 I felt like apologizing to him and I did so tcilh a. twenty-dollar ML 75 1 Thank J ou, lut I ...
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A SIXCYLINf EP EDWARD SALISBURY FIELD HARRISON FISHER Illustrations by CLARENCE R UNDERWOOD NEW YORK SaOSSET DUNLAP MARIAN STANDISH COPYRIGHT 1907 THE JOHN McBRIDE COMPANY PUBLISHED OCTOBIR ILLUSTRATIONS MARIAN STANDISH ..... Frontispiece PAGE Where to I asked, touching my cap. . v Then you lie politely, Tvhilt inwardly you curse Bellaire 31 A girl, accompanied by a man whom I had seen once before, Walked info the room, . . . 62 I felt like apologizing to him and I did so tcilh a. twenty-dollar ML 75 1 Thank J ou, lut I prefer to walk- . . 9 At a safe distance, I set her down then fumed abruptly. .....- A Six-Cylinder Courtship i THE romance of my life began when a puff of wind landed a speck of dust in Jimmie Redmonds left eye. It was an obstinate speck of dust Jimmiewinked and rubbed and went through all the approved motions, but he couldnt dislodge it. So I tooted down Lexington Avenue we had just made the run from Ardsiey to the corner of Thirty-fourth Street, where Jimmie hopped out and entered a drug store. I dont know whether druggists take a special course in it, but they always seem to be able to remove a speck of dust from a fellows eye. The first thing I did, then, was to put on 7 8 A SIX CYLINDER COURTSHIP my goggles. Im awfully thankful I did, too for that instant Fate turned the corner and tried to throw dust in my eyes. Instead, I threw dust into the eyes of Fate. I dont remember whether Fate was rated a goddess in the classic literature of yesterday or not. If not, times have changed, for my Fate was a goddess. Bewitchingly slender and petite, with a vivid, alluring face and the nicest eyes in the whole world, she stopped beside the car. And when she asked me a question, I threw in my mental clutch so awkwardly that I seemed, for a moment, to have stripped my transmission-gear of speech. There I sat, like an idiot, my hands on the steering wheel. Then she repeated her question, and I was conscious of being towed into Heaven by an angel at the rate of six thousand miles per minute. This mad burst of speed, however, did not prevent me from answering her ques tion. Yes, miss, I said, this car is for hire. It looks like a good car, she observed, and Im, in a great hurry. With that I leaped to the sidewalk and opened the tonneau door. Where to 1 asked, touching my cap. A SIX-CYLINDER COURTSHIP 9 Where to I asked, touching my cap. She gave, me a number on Fifth Avenue. Scared pink for fear Jimmie Redmond would appear, I lost no time in starting. What a blessing that I hadnt killed my engine I rounded the corner on to Thirty-fourth Street I had stopped my car on Lexington Avenue with the caution of a timid mariner rounding the Horn Jimmie Redmond was the rock on which I feared to wreck, and I prayed, as only a heathen can, that I might make the turn with no mishap. Past the lamp-post on the corner, past the Thirty-fourth-Street entrance to the drug store. The gods are kind 5 I thought, and threw in the high speed. Hey, Billy I glanced over my shoulder, and there was Jimmie, racing after me. As if that wasnt enough, the girl called my attention to him. Somebody seems to want you, she said. Yes, miss I acknowledged, opening the throttle wider. Arent you going to stop No, miss. But it may be important. It isnt, miss.
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