The suburban citizen., 1902-11-29

behind us in the most talented fash
ion. 1t landed on the top of brougham
"A rather stylish position for yellow
dog. 1 noticed these things then, but
they didn't appeal to me as interest
ing. The most interesting thing just
then was the preservation of my life.
1t was in Buggless hand-I felt that
and Buggles was about as careless of
it as though it was the life Of Rock
away oyster.
We dashed into the Park on 4 curve
that shot a fan of gravel off of the
near wheel and all over a belated May
party, which Immediately looked to me
like a coterie Of landslide victims being
dug out. A mounted policeman put
his horse at us, but he got in
the trail of our gasolene gas, from the
exhaust thing in the back, and his
horse baked. An old lady, trying to
cross the drive ahead, just escaped be-
ing rolled out by such a close margin
that her silk boa was whisked into the
near fore wheel and twisted about the
spokes while she could have said knife.
Try it on an electric fan with q hand
kerchief. from behind, and you get the
same effect. Later on Buggles said,
he would get the boa out and put it up
in his den with q lot of other relies
that he was in the habit of prying out
of the shutter on the automobiles
PROV after trips. Bits Of little things
he'd hit, you know. He admitted that
he was sentimental cuss, did Bug.
giles.
We went up the West Drive like an
express making up time and with
about as much noise. Around the
corner saw the Van Doutzers coming
in a victoria. They are one Of the
families that I really like to bow to,
and so, abolishing as much of my fear
for my life as L could, got ready to
take off my hat, hoping, l must con-
fess, that they'd take me for the owner
of the Desperate, instead of Buggles.
To carry out the idea l just rested
my hand on the wheel thing that you
steer by. / bowed, but l discovered,
! to my horror. that / was bowling to a
park policeman-the Van DOutZers
must have been whisked by about
three blocks back by the time l got
my hat off,
All at once there was a frlghtful
rush of profanity from Buggies, and L
noticed that We were rlchotting on
wonderful angle up an incline covered
with tulip beds. | peered wildly be-
hind me-the road was just disappear
| ing in the distance between trees and
the tracks Of the automobile among
the flowers looked like the first dig
gings for 4 canal. Suddenly We dived
into a shady grove on the summit
| There was a tremendous, shivering jar
and l shot head first into a prickly
sort of bush. The Pea Green Desper.
ado was trembling and gurgling, head
on, against a tree trunk. AS for Bug.
| giles, he had Travelled some feet further
than 1 had, and landed in n sort of rus.
! ffc summer house through tho window,
on the laps Of two persons already
there They were very angry, both Of
them, and vanished down the hill
threatening to have the law on us.
1 told Buggles that 1 didn't blame
them, either-that / had been young
myself. He got mad at that and said
1t was all because I'd put my bally
hand on the steering gear and switched
the machine off the road, and that
he'd "like to have been killed" in con-
sequence. He wanted to know why
the deuce / should switch him up on
this hill-did like the scenery SO
much, and would l pay the fine?
What's the use Of arguing with fel-
low like Buggles when he's mad, any
way? just kept quiet and got into
the machine and sat still, while he
climbed in and backed her up and
turned her around and tried to start
her. But she wouldn't start. He pulled
all of the levers and things in sight
but she just stood still and shook. Then
he got out and crawled in underneath
among the works to see what was the
matter sat in the waist effect, that
was all red and oily.
; Presently l heard him say from the