The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-06-14

wuZ foreman fer Clancy, tn con-
thracter-an' greatly wuZ he set up
by il, An, ez | say, he wuz a-tellin'
Maggy great sthories about cuttin' of
wheels.
"Ye don't know fwhat that is? Well,
| shud explain to we. thin, that 1t Is
tn ambishun Nv young driver to cut
wheel of iv wagon wild his own
machine. TIL way tbs done is this
Whin he's runnin down good, easy
sthreet, answerin' call, an sees
wagon on ahead Nv 'im--most gin'rally
an ovid dray er some ither rickety
thing wild tn wheels ready to fall Off
he steers In behind 1t an swings ont
list in time to ketch tn hind wheel
His horses bein' ON tn run whin he
strikes tn wheel, II goes to flinders
tn wagon drops down IN tn sthreet
an tn newspapers puts in piece
about tn careessness Nv teemsters an
tn great danger to tn brave fire.
men-an' fer month that partic'lI
driver hez a head swelled to tn size
| iv a barrl
Il sthood 1t fer n bit, an thin says:
| 'Ye're somethin' Nv IA driver yerself,
understand. Mr., Nolan.
81 kin drive he says. lookin at me
ez If he'd like some wan to idintify
me I kin drive. Yere right there
| know a thing err two about drivin',
I'd like to find few min in tn day.
partmnt to match me, he says.
IAN this cuttin' off iv wheels ye
wuz tellin' iv, s'pose ye're up to
that?'
Dye mean to say l can't do it?'
says he, gettin' little. warm 'Wud
We like to bet me anythin' | can't do
it,?
That's jist fwhat | wud,' says l,
gettin' up an comm over to i'm. III
bet ye fwhat ye will We can't do it.
an niver can. whats more
I'm take ye, says he in mint
: 'Fwhat'll 1t be?'
az see me chanst, an | turned tc
Maggy. Will we sthand by it, Maggy?'
says /.
1T rists wild you entirely says she
still a-laughin'. i hev nothin' to dc
wild it.
"'But We will decide tn winner?
| says L. lie VIII Cluoc wan ~
81 looked at 'er straight, an she
give me laugh an quick bit Nv
look out Nv 'er eye that made me heart
jump like thruck horse, an she says:
'Yis, Michael, I'll chuse wan.
$ AN wild that come away, contint
, to lave 'er wild Nolan afther seem that
look In 'er eye.
r well, Nolan waited an waited fel
a chanst to git wheel, an his chansi
! come. 1t wuz about four O'Clock war
d Afternoon whin a call come in from
!, box sivinty-six.
"Whin we turned into Fox sthree!
an Nolan let 'em out fer tn straight
|, run, see a single runabout wagon on
l ahead iv us, goin' our way an well
over to tn right Nv tn sthreet. He'll
y niver try that says | to mesilf. But
3. Nolan wuz more iv fool than ! give
e him credit fer bein, an in he turns
II behind tn rig 'Howly Mother says
e to mesilf, we're done fer, sure
t. AN tn thought had no more than
4 got through me head whin tn smash
5, come He'd swung over too far be-
| hind tn rig an come into 1t on tn
~ run. INC lWO DOh
:? cars comm togither, an telegraph
4 pole an tn side Nv a house sailed past
k me an l landed like a sack + meal
n We'll, ez | say. | landed easy, an
ez soon ez cud git together sinse
i, enough to know wher | wuZ, | looked
around to see tn amount Nv tn day
n sthrucshun. An Their certainly wuz al
IT abunjunce Nv it. Our two ingint
" horses wuz lynn on tn ground wild tn
b pole broke--wan Nv 'em had a strained
shoulder an niver ran agin-ther WI,
= pile iv kindlin' wood an scrap iroI
where the runabout wagon had been
s. an tn half-dozen men prisint WI:
/ scattered all over tn sthreet, Nolai
A. himsilf lynn under tn wagon wild {
broken leg an his head cut open
h But tn worst Nv 1t WIZ that wan /,
Id tn two men in tn runabout wagon ha,
la his shoulder broke.
ut Costello wuz before tn board, an
W Nolan wuz before tn board whin h
got out Nv tn hospittle-which was no
). soon-an' tn rest iv us wuz up to tel
err fwhat we knew about 1t. An iv cours
O. tn blame all come onto Nolan. Their
Ill is no dOuDt ne Wuu We Deen nTeu IN
re howly mint but fer tn pull he had
l. His uncle bein foreman fer Clancy
D. tn contractor, stood by i'm, Glance
h bein strong wild tn city hall people il
n thin days. An that's all that i've
he savel Nolan.
a.. An Maggy? Oh. ! come near fer
gittin' tn most important part. TIL
A. next day, seem how ivrythin' ha
come me way, | begun to feel sorr
he fer poor Nolan an wuz minded to Sc
if cud do somethin' to aise i'm dowI
So wint to Costello an sthroked hi
rs, fur, an he purred around an fnall
lst stint me to tn hospittle to see IL the
do wuz anythin' we cud do fer Nolan.
we Nv all tn curyus things, ez thin
towled We, theirs nothin' so curyu
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