Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-27
By CHARLES BATTELL LOOMS

tires would have been relieved of air, But
\ the tourist content. He had decorated
A. the road with eighth of mile of pet
dog, and he and his companions went on
their way with glad hearts, thinking
"A more of Joel Beecher and Ridge-st.
,l That evening at mail-time Joel improvised
IN Indignation meeting in the post-offce.
I Most of the residents of Ridge-st and the
parallel roads there and all of them
were serious in their determination to put
a stop to the speeding of automobiles on
the venerable highway that had been sacred
to the ox-team since Rdgeville
.ctted by adventurous Windsor people.
Who the roads, anyhow" said
Joel. Who pays the taxes up here?-do we
or do those blamed city dudes2 Would we
let any Of our own people play steam steam engine
we amt go'n' to let those smart Alecs come
up here to race their bad-smelin auto
mobiles I'm go'n' to fasten a piece of tape
across the road at Bjah Weedons just
a hint to stop Our own teams lift it
over their heads like cothes-lnes and stand
the inconvenience for the public good
No one objected to this reasonable idea,
twould be a good idee to have just beyond the
ape say in front of my house, a couple of ropes
neetin across the road and snapped together by
lips. Our teamsters unbuckle EN- and pass
IN and buckle 'em up again but automobiles will
De brought full stop, and then III go out and,
oen justice of the peace, III fine EN- if they've
been go'n' too fast.
That's all them felers have got Amt got any
orains or they wouldn't ride in the pesky toys"
Toes scheme voted a good one There
lot man on the street, with the exception of the
summer resident, who had any sympathy for auto
nobiSts.
Next day the tape was stretched across the road,
about an eighth of mile beyond the brow of Chest
nut HILL and about fifty rods beyond that the ropes
we're snapped together, and proved an etfectua bar
Ter for all teams. Indeed, there much grum-
bling on the part of the women who that day drove
1y on their way to the meeting of the sewing society
at the home of Mrs. Israel Palmer
But Joel, who had appointed himself inspector,
vas on hand to open the "toll-gate for them, and
lie was audacious enough to say to pretty Madge
Person that forty years earlier he would have
demanded the regulation toll from her.
Forty years ago | would have lacked twenty
years of being here, Uncle JOEL" laughed she, and
;hrruped to her horse.
You'll live to see automobiles abolished by law
That's the advantage of havin' been born SO late
n the century.
At that very minute an automobile, driven
11riousy was starting up Chestnut Hill The
,hauffeur did not stop to read the notice and the
pretty girl by his side had eyes for nothing but the
ear of the road: She acted as if she expected
pursuit why do you go this way, Harry"
Because he'll naturally expect us to take the
ya1ey road and when | get to
2idge-st III go like Sam Hill and
veil get to the Baptist minister's -
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