The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-10-27
AuToMoBIIIsT IS REVENGE.
Showing How Ju-sa little Petite
ness wouid Have Been . Prof.
table I.vestment.

"Not every man.. said an expert au-
tomobilist, carries a kit Of tools with
him; as a matter OF fact most men do
not. or they carry only very limited
number. especially In the city. Here
they ian get help by telephone quick
ly; and very likely they would prefer
to wait for II rather than TO get their
hands greasy mussing around the ma
chine themselves; and then maybe they
are not sufficiently familiar with the
machine or with 1he use Of tools to
help themselves If they wanted TO.
There are men, though, that 60 out
equipped for emergencies. Look at
that"
And the speaker lifted the lid Of an
odd-shaped box depending from the
floor of his autom obile, under his feet,
between the seat and the dashboard
OF the vehicle. He had in that space
half = peck Of stuff Of one sort and
another, including tools and parts, be-
sides some odds and ends that could
be made useful in fixing up otherkinds
Of machines, relates the New York
Sun.
"As a rule" he went on, AUTOMOBILE
lists don't mix in with one another's
affairs, any more than any other sort
Of people; that is, not every man with
an automobile would stop to see what
was the natter or TO offer help II he
saw somebody else with an auto stop
ping on the road The other man might
prefer to look out for himself, and
be well able to. and look upon your
mixing in as an intrusion. And then,
again. he night welcome IL, and so,
Of course, a man is governed in this
sort of thing as be would be In any
thing else, more or less by circum-
stances. As far as am concerned i
am glad to help a man II l can and
he wants my help. And as a rule the
man you help in that sort Of way APP
preciates II fully and Is thankful for
It: but not always.
81 met 9 man only two or three weeks
ago, broken down on the road in an
auto, and plainly not able TO make
his own repairs, and sitting there wait
ing for help to come. He had a lady
with him. IL seemed too bad for
them TO have to sit there like that,
waiting, As they might have to, may
be a long tlm&. and | thought I could
| fix EN- up very likely, so that they
! could 20 on. II was q different sort
> Of machine from mine, entirely, but
/. one that | knew about and that
{ could FIX EASILY unless something had
broken or given away badly. And SO
I halted onRside and says to ths
man:
. "'Are you broken down?
q "And he said he was and had sen,
for help, but he guessed they'd haV,
10 sit there an hour longer, and
they'd been there an hour already.
I II told him that | knew his ma
I chine. and tha II he had no objection
I'd look Il over and thought very like
ly I could fix II up for him. He said
$ he'd be very glad indeed IL I could. and
| got out OF my trap and looked hi
over. and got my hands greasy in doing
8 IL, but | found the trouble right away
2 II was just what | thought II might be
d a simple thing and easily fixed, snt
! said to him that "a have him all righ'
v in a mlnute. had the stun, 20,
know. right in that chest Of mine, Il
Rx him with. and I did get him Gel
right In very short order. And theI
e Isaid to him. tobe good-humored abou'
IL. I didn't want to take the credit :,
. myself for nxing him M so easily
"'Ty her Start her q little, and ss,
9 what she1l do
"And he did start her up, and sh,
went. just as ! knew she would, al
right. Then. as a matter Of cold fact
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