The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-15
Y friend Buggles had gone
so far as to put a name to
his automobile, not the

1N his automobile. not til
e name of the maker en-
graved on It's various inwards, nor We
the name of Buggles himself, danglin;
on a patent leather tag just above th
steam. So you can see that he wa
pretty far gone. as automobilists go.
think he called it the Pea Green Des
pcrado.
The reason I happened to mentor
Buggles ard his machine ut all wa.
that he came round the other day an(
asked me to take a spin in it will
MN. 1t seemed to ME rs though thu
account of what followed might bt
interesting. l can't hope, Of course
to stir any one up by plain black and
white story Of the ''spin" as I was
stirred up, but If can impart to this
tale hundredth part of what l felt
! shall be we'll repaid.
Understand. in the first oplace, that
I'm not an automobile man and moi
used to the machines any way. and
that my heart is weak and I have q
prejudice-fcOlish perhaps-a.ainst get
ting arrested
Eut BUsgles came around and asked
me to come along with him, and, as
you Elay have found yourself, there's
good deal in the idea OF Gathering
about the drives in one Of the things,
whether you own it or not, with every
one marking you down for having
money. If you're careful not to make
up too much like :; professional chauf-
feur, you know. they're bound to think
you're worth someth.ng-ana automobile
Is vulgarly supposed to be Il sign OF
lucre. They all cost pretty high, too
l KNOW how much Buggies's cosl, for
one-he must have told NE dozen
tines.
Wei, he came around and caught
me Just rs l was feeling particularly
perky ard daring, any way. Ie had
On Shiny automobile cap and an
isinglass eyeshade and fine large oily
gloves, and he looked just like the
pictures Of chauheurs in the comic
papers, drawn as standing at the Dcis-
overs dock i'll court, by preference.
come along with me, old hoss," said !
Eagsies, "I'll take you rafting Nd the
Drive in the Pea Green Desperate and |
well scare all the Cd ladies' out OF |
their wits from here to the Monu- !
Ment'
The long and the short OF it was that |
Climbed into has machine, Standing
outside my house with crowd around |
1t. watching it guIgic and tremble and |
all the neighbors hiding behind their |
lace curtains and wondering who nv |
expensive friend was. l didn't see
thenl-the neighbors-but knew they
We're there. Because I've done it my
sell.
II was pretty instrument-Eus-
gles's automobile. rs you might have
guessed from its soDc.Que:*, it was a
fine bright green. except the waist OF
it--as you might say-where you sit
and work 1t. That was red and oily.
There Wcre number o. shiny Ian
terms and things siucn over the front
slope o. Il, and down on the PROV was
a SHUTTER that Steam came through.
You can see that 1t was tie Iona tide
article.
We got into it and Bussles grasped
some levers firmly and curled up my
and glanced up at Mss
Guinness window - III No. 81 and
wondered IL she Was home. There
was terrific s,eamy c.a,ier ,hat near
Y siIcok ny shoes OF, coud OF smoke
dashed into my eyes. and by the time
had assured nyselc that my head had
aot been snapped off we Were in
strange street.
.-''ila rate o. speed that Bugsies was
gong at WAS positively sic.sening. I
im wi ling to swear thas wilcn our big
ar wheels hit q manno,e the whole
nsine Jumped foot. We went around
orners on one whee.. with women fal..
ng iimp.y into poiicemen's arms OH the
uro, and the Policemen shouting at
Is until their yei!s sank to 4 drone in
ne distance. We ran ove. yellow
log and threw the animal into the air