The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-12-14
; Hawkins pranced along. by its, side,

Hawkins pranced along. by its, side,
half turning as he ran Is cry:
Nov, just-make way, ladies AMI
gentlemen, please. It's not at all dan
gerous. Just make way"
They made way, without losing any
undue amount of time.
One or two women tainted unosten-
tatiously
Most of them, men and women,
scrambled away from the main aisle,
which seemed to have been selected by
the Gasowashine for it's further per-
.formances.
Hawkins I painted when had
managed to regain breath, why dou't
you knock the cursed thing over?'
There, there, there, Griggs," sfzzled
Hawkins, dashing the perspiratior.
from his eyes. 1--WE almost control of
it now. III just shut off this"
He gave a powerful twist at one of
the handles.
''That'll-" he began.
"Pouff!" reared the Gasowashine.
rearing up and lunging wildly fror.
side to side for a moment.
Then it started down the aisle in
earnest. Bang! Bang! Bang! echoed
from the crockery inside. Puff! Puff
Puff! said the motor, driving it's hard
est.
Cell" walled the cook II shall let
it go? Yes?''
"No!7 shouted Hawkins, running be-
hind the unhappy man. I'm Just q
second IT'LL
1t did, although not perhaps what
Hawkins expected.
l saw a little door i'm the side of the
Internal machine flip OPEN perceived
shower of finely subdivided crockery
hanging over the cook for moment.
Then the bits Of china and some TWO
or three gallons of greasy water de-
scended upon the Frenchman and the
door Tipped to once more. The Case
washine had dislodged the cook and
was free to pursue it's wanderinss un-
hinderad.
And certainly it made the most of
the opportunity.
For three or four yards it bumped
along, ramming it's top-heavy nose in
to the carpet and seeming to become
more and more enraged at it's slow
progress. Then it paused a momen:
and paved at the floor with it's whiz-
ling wheels.
I fancied that I could upset it then,
and -sprang forward to do So, regard
less of Hawkins.
might have known better: I was
within perhaps ten feet of the Case
washine when another door, this time
a smaller one toward the front,
squeaked for a moment and then flew
open. simultaneously bolt of some
thing white shot forth and made for
my head.
Regardless of appearances, dropped
fiat to the floor and wriggled out Of the
danger zone.
When I arose, I realized what new
disaster had taken place. # was the
so yards of dish-towel this time!
Presumably roller had smashed
and released the thing, at any rate,
there it was, yard after yard OF it.,
trailing after the Gasowashine as it
thumped theoretically toward the
street door.
And that was not the worst The end
of the toweling entwined itself about
one of the dining tables and held
there. The table went over, collided
with the next and emptfed that, too.
Then the next followed and the next,
each new crash echoed by the fright
ened sQueals of the guests, now lined
up against the opposite walls.
The tenth table, with it's load Of
crockery and glassware, had been sent
to destruction before Macdouga1, the
manager, finally gained the dining
room. Tears rose to his eyes as he
made a rapid survey of the havoc, but
he Kept his wits and shouted:
KNOCK it over! Somebody knock it