New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-06

II was the not weather in August that brought
the vague suggestion to settled point As Sopiid
says "One must get about. and. getting ABOUT en-
tails something TO get about in, legs being no
longer of much Importance in the human economy.
The dust was very dusty and the hills very hlliy
and Sophia discovered that her pony knees were
going wro2g He had come come 10 he us had G been Of
energy and purpose but DeVonshire hiiis hau '"Ne'
4 '' think said Sophia, the pony recovered ss
himself after an HnmfstakaeiS before he fails
down $780,, .,o.,.
And then we will get motor car: You see II
will be lot cheaper in the long run run , ro-.,s
the car has not yet run i LONG
costs only and then followed statistics showing
the comparative advantage of the mecn nam l
had been simmering for some time before this: ana
had both studied the opti.nistic views OF me
born statistician. though weak in the multiplied
gures In the end it was settled-sophia settled
it-that should write about steam car that very
night Steam, We both agreed was the power
a man with mind as bare of all knowledge of me
chanical principles a we'll regulated party slate
painful perplety lucid description of the yari
gus pa =. u On eIartri iamn The car was mine
and the. expert telling me all about 1t in the
had suggested to Sophia that she SHOULD come me.
seemed to think that her presence might confuse
than gne5aafe an6 on 6sT 6tsge Sophia and
I. with scarcely a qualm embarked on our trst
voyage alone steam engine. l had had rather
less than half hours INSTRUCTION in driving
Sophia had had none-and when look back can
only marvel at our audacity. eo,4 ,bos u.
the fire with much f b d and bad e0t m
steam and was feeling hte pr0uq ana ~ So Is
under one foot and the bell under the other. and
Yes said she but. if you want to go to the
That, said /. Il forget but we shall soon ind
:'Doubtiess' replied Sophia; but what are these
!l0h, 1heV are TO do with the fire and water
answered airily. Il don't exactly know what they
do but we h viii try them G al Na was e8peeed
of it. The bell rang merrily in response TO sym
the straight road toward the blue hills that screen
we picked up quite lot Of information about
the steering on the occasion OF meeting our first
sent us into the horses, and pusning il the other
US up onto the bank That point settie d
cided that Sophia should try her hand at drying.
an wona5'sa She grasped the throttle lever On
went again our eTra ana gesceno from
Sophia as she realized each moment 30 forget the
next that the direction of our course depended on
the movement of her left hand
She would have it that by this time was an ex-
pert engineer. whenever the chain creaked or the
exhaust hoped. any other unSeemly SOUND
ba ftped sxh hf ors she
than possessed. lis nothing. 1t always does that
We learned all about reversing the engine when
the time 10 return. Sophia had again changed
places with and essayed to turn The ROAD
quite wide enough.
Nov one OF these things" said T. is the re-
versing lever. I think this is the one, ana
pushed the lever and put steam
Sure enough IL was-I quite right-and next
moment we found ourselves charging up steep
ha nix on the opposite side of the road. backward
Fortunately, the bank was very steep or thinH
we should have gone forever for nndinR the
brake did not hold when running backward VS.
too much taken aback to think or putting the
engine TO ahead again Happily the steepness
OF the pitch slowed us enough to afford time for