Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-21

Dorothy. You're a genius" added. land
we will go and have happy day together
outdoors
Thus was it settled.
We arose very early next day for we
had decided to start before the cool breath
OF morning had departed, and after hasty
breakfast had been eaten, all four of us
stood i'll the barn inspecting the carriage.
Looks sort of solemn. doesn't it, Theo-
I DORA SAID in low tones, if the vehicle
might hear her and be offended Sort Of
| ike a strange dog with his eyes shut-you
don't know whether he's really asleep or
Just shamning and waiting to bite you
In truth the horseless carriage did look
! strange, its bulky. ungraceful shane dimlv
outlined in the barn.
20, that's only your imagination" l re-
piled; the carriage is all right
While speaking | had stepped into II and
esSayed to start the vehicle. Instantly there
was a low rumble of machinery, which
| sounded so very ominous that | stopped
me wheels ere they had made two revolu-
lions Theodore uttered d startled little ex-
ciamatIon and hurriedly led the children
out Of the barn.
Wen wait for you out front by the horse
block, she explained.
Again l started the motor. and with =
sort OF protesting "br-r-r'' it commenced To
work Ii didn't seem to go as easily as ON
me evening previous. and when | drew III
| AT the horse block the machinery gave an
indignant snort that made Theodore iuru
again. jump
DIDO you think its tired - she asked
ana then laughed nervousIy. when she re-
allied how silly her question was She sten-
pea IN beside me. we placed Dorothy be-
tween US and Jack was on the floor 'Thus
We started. while Nora at the kitchen win
COW shook her head and asked the saints
10 "presarve'' u.s.
We whir!ed down the street and inst he
yohd the village limits met a load of hay
uidWh oy TWO horses, ostensibly driven hy
an elderly farmer, who was almost Iost n
I in hi
my and clover. His horses had been slow
~ pulling the heavy load their heads down
thelr eyes half shut, but their ears must
have been wide open, for long ere we net
them they suddenly stopped threw I'M their
, heads and gazed wildly at us Three min
us Idier IheodoraS carriage met them
a nd 'hey proceeded with surprising celer-
| itS 10 Climb rail fence If | could have
stopped TheOdOra's new TOW | would have
! zone 50. but the sight of those horses en-
! deaEof1ng to swarm over a high fence the
20" OF nay swinging and swaying in mid
ar; tne farmer swearing now at his steeds
ana then at US, was enough to disturb the
Hiiha OF almost any one. So We rushed by
| MN and out of sight around a curve In the
| ROAD Jack was greatly interested in the
I horses athletic exercises and asked me n
| stop his mothers carriage so he could
see If the animals succeeded in getting over
| the fence. He has since ascertained that
| only one of them succeeded but the farmer
| ] understand. intends to sue me for dam.
| ages. | have notified him. by the way that
/ ne - Ilktiy 10 De arrested for violating q
/ local ordinance which fOrbids wild undo.
mesticated or insufficiently trained animals
aDDearing on the public highway His
/ horses were all three, and. Judging from
/ his own expression of countenance and pro.
l fame righteousness. I think he was also
| However. that is another matter We
| ieft the unfortunate farmer and whirled
/ around curve IN the road. 1t was rather
| a sharp curve, and l had forgotten that
| the road just beyond had been mended
/ with large quantities of broken stone until
/ we were jolting over 1t in the most dis
| tresslns manner. But that was passed at
| last, and We proceeded several miles with
| out other adventures. save that we attract.
! ed considerable attention from children
/ playing near various farmhouses, who had
! never seen horseless carriage before and
| who ran after us. a long. irregular line of
! them reaching far back along the road
| evidently under the impression that we
I were preceding n circus parade. And Their
! something else happened. We were bowl
| ing along perfectly level stretch of road
| whereuDon dust lay rather deep, when
| Theodore said:
| 'Oh, there comes Mr.. Winfield on his
/ wheel-now do be CAREFUL
! L glanced far ahead, and saw the port
| ly figure of our rector astride a bicycIe
| faboriously pedaling onward. for by this
| time the sun was well up. and the day was
| hot indeed. even for August. Rev. Mr.
/ winfield IS not an expert wheelman In
/ fact. he learned to ride only this season In
| hopes OF reducing his somewhat SUPER
| huous flesh. and / confess that even when
afar off ii could be readily noticed that his