The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach; Or, Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies

"I don't believe anything could be more lovely than this," exclaimed Mollie Thurston, leaning back in a wicker chair on the piazza of one of the largest hotels at Palm Beach.

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...

"I am afraid you must be very cold and wet," the young woman said, in a clear sweet voice, with an accent that the girls had never heard before. She was graceful with an eleganc...

"Girls!" exclaimed Ruth, who lay curled up on the foot of her bed in a pale blue silk kimono. "I feel like offering a libation to the Storm King to-night for sending us that squ...

Breakfast was hardly over next morning before a note on thin foreign paper was handed to Miss Sallie Stuart. She read it aloud: it asked for the pleasure of their company at lun...

Not one of the "Automobile Girls" doubted, for an instant, the genuineness of the Countess Sophia von Stolberg. Mrs. De Lancey Smythe's calumnies carried no weight with the "Aut...

Their beloved red automobile, companion in so many adventures and faithful friend in time of need, did not accompany the "Automobile Girls" to Palm Beach. But Mr. Stuart engaged...

In the meantime Mr. Duval was making himself exceedingly entertaining to Miss Sallie, Grace and Barbara in the tea garden. Maud and the Count de Sonde had withdrawn to a seat ne...

Early the next afternoon the picnickers sallied forth in two automobiles, going first to the villa for the Countess Sophia and Madame de Villiers, then the two cars sped along t...

Barbara was disporting herself in the waves like a water sprite who had dared to show herself among mortals. Many of the bathers stopped to watch with admiration the figure of t...

Mollie's blue eyes filled with tears. She had feared that Ruth suspected their lovely countess. Now she was sure of it. How absurd for Ruth to suggest they could not use the aut...

When the "Automobile Girls" chaperoned by Miss Sallie, descended to the hotel ball room that evening, where a hop was in progress, the orchestra was playing the "Blue Danube" an...

It had been a long day of uninterrupted pleasure for the "Automobile Girls"--one of those sparkling, brilliant days that seem to belong peculiarly to Florida in the early spring.

Maud Warren apologized to Miss Sallie. Mr. Warren had been greatly displeased when he heard of his daughter's disobedience, and had reprimanded her in such severe terms, that sh...

The following morning Barbara awoke with the feeling of one who has experienced a disagreeable dream. Was it a trick of her imagination, or had she really seen their beautiful y...

The sun was just sinking when Mr. Stuart's weary cavalcade stopped in front of a great iron gate. The gate was covered with rust and hung loose on its hinges. It opened into a s...

Once in their rooms the drooping spirits of the picnickers revived, somewhat. It was a fine night, the air warm and fragrant. The windows of the sleeping rooms were wide open an...

"That is a pretty song, my dear child," exclaimed Miss Sallie Stuart, from a cushioned seat in the stern of the boat, "but you should substitute 'naphtha launch' for canoe. Noth...

"Maud and the Count have planned to elope during the domino ball. At midnight Maud and her chaperon will steal out of the side entrance of the hotel. The chaperon will wear a bl...

At about half-past eleven Barbara concluded that she had better deliver the letter to Mrs. De Lancey Smythe. Summoning a bellboy, she went to the woman's room. On the way she sh...