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Brown, who had remarked that she feared she was coming to Paris too late to see the much written of type of "cab, cab horse and cabby." One sees occasionally a specimen of the old days: rickety cab, thin horse and fat, red-faced cocher; but such an equipage seems to be in demand only by the very timid who are afraid to trust themselves to the modern means of locomotion.
To others the waters were sprinkled with joyous colors the white sails of yachts, the weather-beaten sails of the fishermen, and the gaudy funnels of the liners. But to him it was all gray, gray a dull, sodden gray. He felt a tug at his sleeve and heard the gruff voice of the cabby. "What about my fare?" "Your fare?" He had forgotten.
The driver looked twice at such a shabby fare; but I jumped in before he could object. 'The Church of St. Monica, said I, 'and half a sovereign if you reach it in twenty minutes. It was twenty-five minutes to twelve, and of course it was clear enough what was in the wind. "My cabby drove fast. I don't think I ever drove faster, but the others were there before us.
Well, he was one of du Maurier's earliest friends, and when Taffy the Laird, and Little Billie, "a-smokin' their pipes and cigyars," told the cabby to drive to Mechelen Lodge, I found my way to what I called Moray Lodge, and met them there.
He jumped in and had hardly closed the door before the cabby had brought his whip across the flanks of the dozing horse. The animal came to life and tore down Washington Street at a pace that threatened to wreck the vehicle. The wheels skimmed sides of electric cars and brushed the noses of passing teams. A policeman shouted, but the cabby took a chance and kept on.
Cabby, I call upon you to witness, with all the rest of us, that Colonel Grand has drawn a revolver with the design to kill an unarmed, unoffending man. You have seen everything. Mr. Braddock saved his life only by " "Unarmed!" shouted Colonel Grand. "Why, he is armed to the teeth. He's after me. He's going to kill me on sight, I swear "
Carrie dressed very rapidly, and soon appeared below, forgetting everything save the necessities. "Drouet is hurt," said Hurstwood quickly. "He wants to see you. Come quickly." Carrie was so bewildered that she swallowed the whole story. "Get in," said Hurstwood, helping her and jumping after. The cabby began to turn the horse around.
"Then home," said Michael, with the same cheerfulness. "Where to, sir?" "I don't remember, I'm sure," said Michael, entering the vehicle, "drive Shcotlan' Yard and ask." "But you'll have a card," said the man, through the little aperture in the top, "give me your card-case." "What imagi imagination in a cabby!" cried the lawyer, producing his card-case, and handing it to the driver.
You could fling your copper cash about in a land where a one-and-fourpenny piece was worth a hundred and ninety-two copper coins, where you could get a hundred good smokes to stick in your face for about a couple of bob, and where you could give a black cabby sixpence and done with it. But now he felt he had been mistaken.
In the midst of the uproar Shelby, Bolivar, Nelly and Helen came upon the scene. "Good Lord Almighty! Look out for the girls, Bolivar. Guess they'll have no trouble gettin' in unnoticed now," cried Shelby, and sent Shashai speeding to the stables. Bolivar paused only long enough to hand cabby a ten-dollar bill and cry: "Clear out quick and keep your mouth shut too!"
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