Crane Laura Dent. The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach: or, Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies
CHAPTER I. THE LAND OF DREAMS
CHAPTER II. A WEST INDIAN SQUALL
CHAPTER III. THE FAIR UNKNOWN
CHAPTER IV. THE COMPACT
CHAPTER V. THE DAUGHTER OF MRS. DE LANCEY SMYTHE
CHAPTER VI. THE COUNTESS SOPHIA
CHAPTER VII. TEA IN THE COCOANUT GROVE
CHAPTER VIII. THE WARNING
CHAPTER IX. A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY
CHAPTER X. THE SECRET SIGNALS
CHAPTER XI. WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS
CHAPTER XII. MAUD REFUSES TO BE RESCUED
CHAPTER XIII. A SURPRISE PARTY
CHAPTER XIV. THE PLOT THICKENS
CHAPTER XV. CAUGHT NAPPING
CHAPTER XVI. WELCOME AND UNWELCOME GUESTS
CHAPTER XVII. THE MIDNIGHT INTRUDER
CHAPTER XVIII. THE WATER FÊTE
CHAPTER XIX. RED DOMINOS
CHAPTER XX. CONCLUSION
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By half past two that afternoon Mr. Warren’s launch with its party of pleasure seekers was well under way.
The “Automobile Girls” had gathered in one end, and were enthusiastically commenting on the beauty of the scenery. Miss Sallie had been conscientiously trying to cultivate Maud Warren, and rather than antagonize her in the beginning had exerted herself to be agreeable to the De Lancey Smythes. Mrs. De Lancey Smythe, however, had other views afoot than the cultivation of Miss Sallie, and had immediately engaged in conversation with Mr. Stuart. Hardly had the launch put out from shore, before she beckoned him to one side of the little deck, and complacently kept him there until Ruth, far from pleased with this turn of affairs, called to her father to join them. But Mrs. De Lancey Smythe proved equal to the occasion, for rising gracefully, she calmly strolled by Mr. Stuart’s side to the end of the launch where the four girls were seated. Here they were joined by Miss Sallie, who had been watching the manœuvres of the other woman with well-veiled contempt, and the conversation became general.
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In the meantime the friend had arisen from the engine. He was examining the boatload of people with guarded interest.
“How do you do, Count? How are you, Monsieur Duval?” called Mrs. De Lancey Smythe.
