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Oh! you're wise, you are." "Would the other lead us right?" "Yes." "But it turns north. We're bound south." "That's no matter. Can't a river turn, same as runabouts?" "I give up. You guide. I'll stick to my brush." This restored affairs to the ground which Pierre considered proper; and having paused long enough to eat a lunch, they set out afresh.
Good and sensible women are the pillars of society, but they are not usually regarded as attractive companions for joyous excursions in two-seater runabouts. Neither of them was entirely insensitive to the conjectures that their sudden intimacy had given rise to in the minds of onlookers.
She broke off to exclaim: "Oh! What a lovely place! See that arbor just covered with grapes!" Again and again she was attracted by the small places they passed. Now it was: "Look at the flowers!" or: "My! those vegetables!" or: "See! They've got a cow!" Men Americans driving along in buggies or runabouts looked at Saxon and Billy curiously.
Fixman tells me Kleebaum does a fine business in Minneapolis. He has an elegant trade there and he's got a system of oitermobile delivery which Fixman says is great. He's got three light runabouts fixed up with removable tonneaus, thirty horse-power, two cylinder engines and "
The present car is sold with full equipment. Model "A" weighed 1,250 pounds. The lightest cars were Models "N" and "R." They weighed 1,050 pounds, but they were both runabouts. The heaviest car was the six-cylinder, which weighed 2,000 pounds. The present car weighs 1,200 lbs. The "Model T" had practically no features which were not contained in some one or other of the previous models.
But consider the rest of the description so graphically set forth by Le Figaro the intriguing of the mayor; the opposing groups rampaging round, some on horseback and some in automobile runabouts; the intense disappointment of the highborn Prince Murat and his uncle, the Prince d'Essling, and his friend, the Comte de Valon; the implied grief of the stag at being stricken down by other than noble hands; the action of the base-born commoner, who shot the stag, in striking the Prince d'Essling across his pained and aristocratic face with the butt exact type of butt and name of owner not being given.
Dorothy, Sir Hokus and the Cowardly Lion had been too interested to speak, but at this minute a whole flock of the mischievous lanterns clustered over their heads, and at the sudden blare of light the whole street stopped eating and stared. "Oh!" cried the Fix nearest them, pointing with his fork, "Look at the runabouts!" "This way, please! This way, please! Don't bark your shins.
"Very charming ones, I'm sure," said Sid quickly, but, somehow, his voice did not ring true. "Handicap," spoke Walter. "I suppose it's right, but you see er we fellows could " He was floundering about for a way of saying that the girls should not be penalized by giving the drivers of the two runabouts a start. For, in spite of their small size and less power the runabouts were speedy cars.
Suppose we take two runabouts and go for a short spin." All agreed, and the quartette went to the garage for the cars. The head chauffeur, who was not of an over kindly disposition, informed them that Miss Galbraith's runabout was out of commission for the moment, though Miss Fairfield's was in good shape.
"Will you race, Sidney?" called Cora, before the occupants of the yellow car had had time to greet the others. "Yes, certainly," he assented. "I would like nothing better." "Then we'll have to handicap the girls," suggested Walter. "They have by far the fastest machine." "But it's brand new," objected Cora, "and isn't tuned up yet, as the two runabouts are. Besides, look who we are girls."
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