The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-16

want, and you don't have to look around
for trouble. 1t comes to you. Oh, we don't
do n thing down there. broke tho news
to dad last night, and told him THO doc
tors had prescribed excitement for him,
and lie said that was good enough for
him. and lie has packed UP his poker chips
ana some marked cards lie used to win
money with from the tdeacons In the
church, and he wants to go rs quick ne
possible You will have to excuse me
now, for am going to take dad out IN
an automobile after breakfast to give him
his first dose ofGcxcitement. Will make
dad think that .automobiling Is n sport
next to fox hunting. and Wi! drop IN
thIs afternoon and tell you about IT. and
the bad boy took hls breakfast food and
went home
"Jerusalen,. but you are n sight, 4" said
tho groccryman late in the afternoon. as
the bat, boy came In with n pair OF black
goggles on, his coat torn down the back
and hls pants ripped UP tho legs. what
"a time YOU must have had In the auto
mobile. Did YOU run over anybody
Everybody said the bad boy, as he
pinned his trousers leg together with 2
safety pin. There they go now with dnd
in n milk wagon. Say, these airships that
run on the ground give man az ti'c eN-
element he needs"
y
mobile ride" said the grocerynan. as
he brushed off the bad boys clothes with
an old backing brush.
s5t.'\yell dad said lie had never & taken
a ride in one of the devil wagons, though
he had got a good deal lof exercise the.
last year or two lodging them on the
streets, but he said he was tiekled to
death to hear that was an expert per
former. and he would so out with me.
and II lie liked the sensation. he would
b1yi one. The machine ! hired was one
az those doublets for two persons, one
seat. YOU know, n runa bout. 1t was
runa:bout all right. 1t run about eigh-
teen miles in fifteen minutes. got
dad tucked IN, and touched her on a
raw spot, and we were on. ! run ne nes;
around town for awhile on the streets
that had no teams on, and dad was
plea sed. sHe said:
55".Hcnnery, / like a boy that knows
something a bout machinery. and VINO
knows what dingus to touch 70 make
his machine do a certain thing, and
am proud OF you.
y I'VE had to 60 through tile business
part Of town and dad looked around at
the people on the streets that he knew,
and he swclled UP and tried to look as
though he owned a brewery. and told
me to let her out, and thought II dad
could stand tito let her out I could.
SO pulled her open Just as one OF these
station fruit vendors with a hand cart
was crossing the street. The cow
catcher In front caught the hand cart
right in the middle and threw It into
the air, and 1t rnined bananas and
oranges. and the dago came down on his
head and swore in italian, and dad said.
Good shot Hennery, and then the ma
chine swung across the street and knock
ed the fender off & street car, and then
got her In the road straight. and, BY
gosh, couldn't stop her. Something had
got ballcd up. and the more touched
things the faster she went we fright
ened four teams and had three run
Always, and the air seemed full OF horses
rearing up and drivers yelling for US to.
stop One farmer with a load OF hay
would not give any OF the road. and