The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1874-12-25
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Wis as*j Il, SY f TOY Jolly: y3ss::n
I. Twill never ride With Bob Williams
again. OF course T. mean when Bob
Williams holds the reips. Not that +.
have any thing against Bob Williams:
He is : pretty good fellow, in his way.
His way is / little peculiar, however,
and don't believe he knows very much
about horses. Think his education in
the matter Of controlling the ''fiery I'M
tanned steed" is slightly defective, and
when he invites me to take the scat be-
side him in an open buggy, on crowd.
ed street. while spirited little bay is
>impatiently waiting to run away with
us, l will hesitate; l will plead an en-.
gagement. Twill decline. Ihave come
to this resolution after what occurred
the other day will relate it:
L was comfortably ensconsed III
,street-car which had just begun to
crawl from its station. l had the corn
er seat. / looked blandly out Of the
window. felt at peace with all the
world, and when a lady signaled' the
car to stop ibid not see her enter, 50
lost was in dreamy and pleasant re-
Elections. But suddenly was startled
by hearing my name called in stento.
rian tone close to my car. It brighten.
ed me so that l turned hastily around,
thereby driving my elbow into Ger.
man gentleman's eye, and kicking
lady's knee opposite me.
''Come out, Tom !" roared Bob.
II really beg your pardon, sir. AL.
low me to offer my sincere apologies"
The German gentleman placed his hand
over one eye and glared at me with the
other.
''Hurry up, Jolly!'' shouted Bob.
"Madam, assure you that this &C.
ton upon my part was unprecedented.
certainly regret it as much as you
d."
Tho lady said nothing. But I had
rather have her talk to me week
than to look at me as she did.
"Come out, Tom; come out" said
Bob again.
came out. I came out the wrong
way. I came out all over. i picked
out smooth hard stone with mud on
it,. believe it was the hardest and
the muddiest stone on the street. sat
down. didn't want to sit down. But
there are times when man is not a
free moral agent. The people in the
car laughed-especially the German
gentleman. He seemed to enjoy it very
much. l got up slowly. said:
Bob Williams. what do you mean
by-'
"Come here, old fellow. I'll give
you ride" said Bob, and he dragged
me into stable close by. The stable.
men were Harvesting a bright little
bay horse to buggy.
Jump in,' said Bob.
"Bot," said I, solmenly, "are you
morally and absolutely certain that you
can urge this animal aud conduct this
vehicle through the thickly populated
boulevards Of your native city with
and limb :"
"Hey, what? Say that again." said
Bob.
Bob Williams" I repeated, "can
you drive p
"Drivs I" said Bob. "Drive? Why,
man, I can drive six.horse team
through tho side Of a house any day"
Without giving me time to explain
the accomplishment of driving through
the side Of house had nothing to do
with his ability to drive through the
streets, he pushed and hustled mo into
the buggy. Then he followed; they
gave him the relns and away we went.
"Bob," said /, ''hold the horse.
You'll run down that awning"
1t was too late. The right hand hubs
took out a piece of an awning post
But we didn't stop. We didn't try,
Bob Williams didn't, I mean. He said
:,Oh, let the horse have his way. He'll
cool down in little while
"Look out!'' 1 fairly screamed
'you'll 'reak that mans leg!'
We did not break his leg. 1t WASH I
our fault, though. We struck hin
square. think he turned a double
somersault and came down in gutter
Perhaps he was hurt. I don't know
We did not hold still to inquire. Bot
said:
beg your pardon, partner. I didn''
90 to do it,"
Then the man got up and began tt
throw stones. Then We went on
There was tall, slow countrymar
right before US, deliberately crossing
the street at snail's pace. Bob and
ravo vent to a simultaneous veil. HI
looked up. He tried to hold tho horse
He did not succeed. We looked. back
and saw somebody picking him up. w
felt sorry but didn't stop to condole
We didn't stop for anything. We kept
right on. We ran over dog next
Aud, then We nearly ran the
buggy shafts through street car
1t was getting exciting. / trieG
to argue with Bob. l cndeavorcd t.
show how reckless and foolish the
course was which we were pursuing
dwelt upon the magnitude Of the
offense of fast driving. | intimated q
furious resolve to pitch Bob OFT of the
buggy unless he held up. said-but
just here l said no more, for the buggy
wheels were caught in a strcot.ca1
track. Bob tried to stop; he pulled
the left line too hard; the buggy tried
to run on one wheel. 1t did not sue
coed. 1t fell. The horse broke loose
and ran away, and Bob and accumu
lated ourselves in the gutter.
| A couple of policemen kindly helped
US to our feet. They generously es
corted US to their waiting.room, and
pressed US to stay, and when we de-
clined, actually locked US in--they
were so hospitable. We paid them fol
their trouble the next day, and went