Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-10-13
GIRL FROM SEDALIA.
SHE GETS SOME AUTO LEARN
ING IN THE EAST.

who had just come east to attend a fin
ishing school in New York, had been
invited by the hostess to be one of the
party.
Il suppose you hardly see many OF
them in - In - Sedalia, did you
say?" her newly introduced companion
remarked, patronizingly.
She gave him a quick glance, but he
was watching the arriving party and
did not see ner.
Yes, Sedalia, Mo, is my home. And
of course we don't see quite as many
automobiles there as they have here
in the east"
"No, I fancy not" he returned, alb
"They must make quite a commotlon
in those small towns"
What MAKE is that large one that
has just come in?' the girl asked.
He saw a chance for sport.
"a Hardpan," he answered. Ever
hear the name?"
mo. Is it a gasoline AFFAIR.""
"Oh, no. They use gasoline only in
the very smallest ones nowadays. That
one is run by kerosene"
Kerosene! Really? l didn't know
they used that at all"
Yes, it's used a lot now" He be-
gan to get interested. would you like
to have the mechanism of an automo-
bile explained to you?"
"Oh, eve 80 much" she exclaimed,
eagerly. 81 suppose you've ridden
thousands of miles"
Yes, ! presume l have. Let's go
over and nave a look at that one. 1
see the chauffeur has gone around to
the garden, so there's nobody near"
They strolled across the smooth turf
of the driveway where the automobile
vas standing.
Nov, that slanting wheel up in
front of the front seat" he began.
pointing to it, sis what they wind it up
with. You a turn it around so many
times and then the things ready to
start"
What do you do when it runs
down." she asked, i%nnocently.
You stop and wind it up again"
And when you want it to go slow,
you unwind it a little" she added,
brightly. II see. How interesting that
is"
You're getting the idea very fast.
That long iron handle by the wheel
lever, you'd call it
! "Yes?"
That's to steer with. you see. It's
pushed to the right it acts as a brake
on the two right wheels"
Il see. That makes the left wheels
go faster and"
Turns the machine to the right
precisely. And when it's pushed to the
left, it turns the machine to the left"
The main brace must have to be
a strong one," she remarked.
1T is. Though at times it wears
away, of course"
Then what do o do?"
Then you stop somewhere and splice
it,"
what do they call the lamp" she
inquired.
It's called a t%onneau."
1--WE often heard the word, but |
never knew what it was before. What
did you call the man who does the
driving?"
The chauf-I mean the carburetor,
has charge of the car, you see. Car
buretor."
What a great deal you know about
an automobile!" she commented, ad-
miringly.
well you see, | own a lot of en-
he said, nonchalantly, "and I've de-
signed two or three myself"
Have you really?"
Pm trying a new system now" he
went on. Instead of kerosene, I'm
experimenting on"
There's DR.. Shelburne coming out
here" she said. 81 must let him see
how much I've learned. What were
you going to say you were experiment.
ing with?"
"Angostura," he said, audaciously
You probably wouldn't know what
that is. Mingled with vermouth
and a certain distillation of rye OIL
juniper, it makes a very powerful com
bination and I've known it to drive
one quite far sometimes"
How curious! ! always though An
gostura was a kind of cat. But, OF
course, you must know, since you say
you've experimental with it you.self.'
she added. ingenuously. 81 feel as II
! know a whole lot about an auto now
Thank you so much. Still, there's one
thing I don't quite understand"
What is it?"
What makes it all go without
horses"
well, Miss Natalie" broke in the
genial voice of their host, as he cam
down the broad steps and approached
: the car where they were standing
"have you been telling Thomson all
about how, you won that racer"
No" she said, demurely, "a
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