The sun., 1900-09-30
THR ATTOuOBILIST'S RETENCE.
showing How Just a Litue PolitencSS would
HaNc neen u Good Investment.

"Not every man." -aid am expert automo-
b'i-t, "ourric- a EiJ of took with him. ~ a
matter Of fact most men do not, CO.. th"y carry
ouly ii very limited number, Ie.iul.y ip the
ciIy. Here tAvy can tcl lrlp by telephone
quickly and yer, Hkey they would prefer to
wait Tor ii rather than t. get th,r hands greasy
mu--iug around the machine Themselves. and
then maybe they are not suN!,itntly familiar
with the machine or with the use OF tools 10
hcIp themselves II they wanted to. There
are men, though, that 60 out equipped for
emergencies Look at that
And the speaker lifted the lid e an odd
shaped box depending from the floor Of his
automobile, under his feet, between H." seat
and tie dashboard OF the vehicle. lie had in
that place about half peck ol stun Uf one sort
and another including tools and parts, be-
sides some odd, and cnds that could he made
useful in uNiug up other kinds Of machines.
"A, rule, he went uu, automobiles = don I
mix In with one another affairs any more
than any other sort oi people, tl,dtl not every
man With an autuuohil" would stop 10 zee
what was tie matter or 20 uiier help II he Jaw
somebody else with an auto stopping on the
road The other man might prefer to look
out for himself aud be wcl ahlc to. and look
upon your mixing N as 2u intrusion. And
then. again. be might welcome IT, and -u of
as hc would be Ia anything else, moro OF les
hv circumstances. A. far ~ | am concerned
/ ana glad to hrlp man If can and he wants
my help. And u- rule th" man you help in
that sort Of way appreOta II fully and Is thank
ful tol II. but uot always.
Il mot man only two or three weeks ago
broken down uu the road In an auto and plainly
not able - Ilke his own repair and sitting
there waiting Tor help % come. lie Ind "a lady
with him Il seemed too hHd for them 10 have
to -,t there llN" mat waiting, a. they might
have %, maybe long time. and thought |
could fix, en- mp. very likely, so that they could
20 on. II was a different sort Of machine from
mine. entirely. but one that knew about and
that could fix easily uhle,, something had
broken or given away badly, And 80 halted
oil, FR TlI -lN a. %
90 Are you broken down.
And hc said he was and had sentfor help. but
he guessed they'd have 10 sit there an hour
longer. aud they'd been there an hour now.
/ told him that ucw hl- maChiue,aud that
If he had no objection I'd look II over and |
thought very likely could fix 4 w Tor him;
lie said he'd be- very glad indeed Il could and
| got out of my trap ana looked hls over, and
got my hands greasy doing H. but found the
trouble right await was Just what thought
IL might be. u -imI lc thing and easily fixed aud
| said 10 him that I'd have i'm all right IN a
chest Of mine 20 fix him with, aud did get hun
set right in very short order. Aud then | said
20 him, 10 hc guod-humur"d about IL, didu {
want to take credit To myself for liking him MP
easily,
TRY her. Start her up a little, and see what
she'll do.
And lie did start her up aud She went. just ~
| know She would. all right Then, a. "a matter
of cold fact, | expected, when he discovered
that she was all right, thal he'd stop aud look
around aud thank me, heartily. I'd helped him
out Of a hole But do you know he never 20
much n looked back lie just looked straight
ahend and kept the maChiu" a going and left
me standing back there in III" road with greasy
hands, To 20 on when got good and ready.
It's curious thing, but IT, fact all the
same that week later met th1t same man with
the same lady sitting night there In their ma
chine, right where Id met them before, broken
down again, and waiting FOR help. Did ! help
him RuvH oh dear, not all. The man looked
M when he heard me coming and when ! gut
near 10 him ran M A. close To him a. could
and went past him dead slow, And he reCog-
ni7ed ne NJ once. he knew, we'll enough that
was the man that had fixed him mp last week
and he knew very We'll why was leaving him
behind and not Offering " hsp him now"