The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-23

has de center of de stoige, and all de
lime light he can stand, because he can
go from one part of de city to anodder
in a baloon-sometimes What's de
matter wit de streets? Den a sine
tific gazeaboo in Washington, where de
President makes laws for de lawyrs,
is out for record wit a flying ma
chine dat Uncle Sam himself is putting
up de price for. What's de matter wit
EN- all? Why dis hustle to get off de
cart? Isn't de woild big enough as it's
laid out? If it's only dat dey feels
sporty, and wants to run a risk of DER
necks every time dey gets move on,
don't two trains try to pass on de same
track often enough to suit?
Well, anyway Mr.. he gets de croise,
and lands one of dose bikes dat has all
kinds of devil machines under de sad
die
.Chames" he says to me, come cut
to de ottermobIe shed, and yen have
look at me- new motor-bike," he says.
Say, de way I.didn't want to see dat
ting would make a play. / could go
around it wit me eyes shut, and be as
happy as if I'd seen pretty goil.
But / never renigs on Mr.. Paul: he's
sporty lad, himself, and so what he
says goes wit me.
Did you ever get close to one of dose
machines? No? Don'tl A plain
everyday mobile is a hay wagon along
side of moter bike Dey has pipes
and fuses and tanks and stopcocks
and startcocks and sparks and reg-la-
tors and coils and oil and 'lectricity
and benzine, and / don't know what
tell. And you straddles dat layout.
It would be hard luck to have it in de
same county wit you-but straddle 1t!
Mr. Paul has a French shutter, what
shoffs his MODES, and de shutter he
fetches de motor bike out if de shed,
and he gives it a look, like he'd sawed
off a rattlesnake on us, and he chases
back into de shed, and gets to woik
on his back under a mobe, and let's on
dat he was too busy to know what we
wanted But Mr. Paul digs him out,
and asks him had he examined de
bike, and what did he tink of it. Shut
fer humps his shoulders, and says dat
he'd diplomas and licenses to run
NODES in French and English, but dat
when it come to run a two-wheeled
freak he'd pass de job up to Mr.. Paul.
So we starts worrying de insides of de
poor ting, and Mr.. Paul said dat he
remembered all dat de man said who'd
sold him de ting land we'd give 1t
trial. 1t wasn't built for two, and /
was linking what he meant by we.
It's like dis" he says. Dis feed
pipe is introduced TO dc injector, anu
de cutoff is coiled on de 'ciprocating
oscilator, when de fuse is detached for
pedal power, and den all you has to
do is to trim de friction clutch in ac-
ton wit de left foot, while de right con-
trolls de sleeve of de water jacket: den
wit one hand force dis lever two note le'
on de ratchet, and wit de odder hand,
steady de injector to keep de explosion
gague from backing up to de tank, for
den de only danger of a back draught
will be minimized. >"
rs dat all?" l says.
Dat is all. while running on a level;
but for hill climbing and coasting, and
- stopping, and starting, and going slow,
~or fast dare is few stunts dat is per-
formed by dis battery Of levers and
cocks and screws and cut-offs and faw-
Gets, which you reach by raising in de
saddle and controlling de handle bar
wit your knees"
rs 1t wort while boddering wit" 1
says. isn't it TOO easy" sir" / says
De easy part is for de rider--de man
told me dat--but de Instructor. who
stands on de ground. and gives simple
orders on one syllable woids.. he has a
hard task. indeed" says Mr.. Paul.
Let's get shutter to ride, and I'll give
orders" / says, for shutter tries gailly
saiIly-wit Duchess, and ] was will
inK for him 70 have a nice easy job
like dat.
No" Mr.. Paul says. tautful. Dis is
American machine. and IL takes a