Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-01-03
 srD L. .---A-,,-----I --&s<s
Il If on ! stea!aer j

 are much sat2r tAall If on . steamer i:: mid-Atiantic. Whats the matter?"
 Mir Bo~ser ha,l croucaeG down aHI uttered shout.
 T thought We were going right oyer that street ear" Ee whispered.
 "Oh, that Was dll Tight SdW tAat l could clear the front of the ear With half all inch 10 spare, and so 1 went ahead. Now. there is Il lame man crossing the street POO feet away. It probably seems to you that We are headed right for him and that in tel seconds more we shall pick him up and toss him sky high, but you'll observe that just shave his coat tails and give him bit of a jump. There's no need of your hanging on to the seat in the way you do.'
 Are We headed toward home?''
 "Why, of course not. This is only the beginning of ten or fifteen mile spin. You see that peanut cart on the corner? Well. it's owner is always talk ing up more of the street than belongs to him, and I am going to give him bit of a lesson.'
 "But IT,
 You are all right, MT. Bowser, though wish you'd had your eyes open when we struck the cart It went ten feet high. and the look on the Ital- ian's face was something to remember. Peanut carts are good things to prac tice on. This is exhilarating, isn't t?' "Y-yes, but I'd like to get home early, you know. l think Mrs Bowser wants to play cards tonight"
 'She said that I was to take you from fifteen to twenty miles so that you could thoroughly post yourself on the running of a machine. The first thing to get used to is the sensation of speed. We are now going at the rate of ten miles an hour, but it seems twice that to you, 1 supposeY
 "1t seems thousand"
 But you'll get used to it. Now we are coming to crossing of street car tracks and just in time to meet four different street cars. If you were out in your machine what would you do?' "Stop it and yell for the police" groaned Mir Bowser.
 "Oh, no, you wouldn't. You'd do just as am doing-let those four mo- tormen look out for themselves and drive right ahead. If they are not q mind to stop, then
 One car ran me down within an inch. but l escaped the other two by more tllln Il foot, and for two minutes l am sure that Alr. Bowser Gidn't breathe When had the time to glance at him lle wsts ;:s pale as d dead man, and had i.ii eyes hard shut.
 Now We are out of town and there's :; good road before Us, and 1 can show you some speed, said.
 Say, Bank, he whispered iil reply. \ am sufe that Mrs. Bowser wants me and will be mad if I don't come llome.
 Well head for home after our little spin"
 "But-but-how much will you take, cash down, to head for home:'
 Why, MT. Bowser, I thought you wanted to be an autoist.'
 II do, but, you see, if Mrs. Bow ser wants to go to the theater to- night
 1 ran the machine into shallow ditch and let it brush against the bushes and Mr. Bowser went still winter. 1 then ran over a stick of cord wood dropped from some farmers wagon, and the poor man groaned like an OK in his last agony. Then l in creased the speed to twenty-five miles an hour, and he slid off the seat and chung to my leg. Having carried out my promises to the letter, 1 ran the auto off the road and stopped it and said:
 "Ir. Bowser, shall we put in anoth- CT ten milesY'
 "For heavens sake, no!" he replied as he came to life.
 'Nice moonlight evening, you know, and am willing to stay out until mid night
 l got out to oil up little and he followed The next thing knew he had slipped away into the bushes. l called to him again and again, but he did not answer. I went up the road for a mile, but no one had seen such a man as I described. made many in quiries on my return and kept my eyes open for the man wanted, but in vain. When l reported to Mrs. Bowser she smiled and said:
 You have my warmest thanks. It may take him two or three days, but he will get home at last. He may turn to fire escapes, burglar alarms, hair dyes and the dew cure, but don't think he will buy an auto."
 And neither do I.
 BOWSER'S FRIEND BLANK,
 Per NJ. Quad.