The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-27
Hawklns nranced along by its side,

Hawkins pranced along by it's side,
| half turning as he ran to cry:
Now. just-make way, ladies AMI
gentlemen, please. It's not at all dan
gerous. Just make way.
I They made way, without losing any
undue amount of time.
One or two women tainted unosten-
tatiously. y
/ Most of them, men and women,
scrambled away from the main aisle,
which seemed to have been selected by
the GasoWashine for its further per-
formances.
Hawkins I painted when had
managed to regain breath, why don't
you knock the cursed thing over?'
4 There, there, there, Griggs,' sizzled
Hawkins, dashing the perspiratiol,
from his eyes. I've almost control OF
/ it now I'll just shut of this"
He gave a powerful twist at one of
the handles.
'sThat'll-" he began.
"Pouf!" reared the Gasowashine,
rearing up and lunging wildly FROM
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 its hard
est.
"Ceil!" walled the cook. 'T shall let
it go2 Yes?"
moi" shouted Hawkins, running be-
hind the unhappy man. In Just
second IT'LL
It did, although not perhaps wha'
Hawkins expected.
/ saw &. little door in the side Of the
Internal machine flip open. | perceived
shower of finely subdiVided croekery
hanging over the cook for moment
Then the hits of china and some two
or three gallons of greasy water de.
scended upon the Frenehman and the
door tipped to once more. The Case
washine had dislodged the cook ant
was free to pursue it's Wanderings an,
hinderad.
And certainly it made the most Of
the opportunity.
For three or four yards it bumped
along. ramming its top-heavy nose in
to the carpet and seeming to become
more and more enraged at its SLOW
progress. Then 1t paused momen,
and paved at the floor with its Whiz
zing wheels.
I fancied that could upset it then
and sprang forward to do SO, regard
less of Hawkins.
I might have known better. wa:
within perhaps ten feet of the Case
washine when another door, this timt
a smaller one toward the front
suueaked for a moment and then fev
open. simultaneously bolt Of some
thing white shot forth and made TO
my head.
Regardless of appearances, droppe,
fiat to the floor and wriggled out of tn
danger zone.
When | arose, / realized what ney
disaster had taken place. It was tn
60 yards of dish-towel this time!
Presumably a roller had smashe'
and released the thing, at any rate
there it was, yard after yard Of ii
trailing after the GasoWashine as
thumped energetieally toward tn
street door.
And that was not the worst. The en-
of the toweling entwined itself abou
one of the dining tables and he'll
there. The table went over, collide
with the next and emptied that, too.
Then the next followed and the mex
each new crash echoed by the fright
ened squeals of the guests, now line
up against the opposite walls.
The tenth table, with its load @
:. crockery and glassware, had been sen
to destruction before Macdouga1, tn
= manager, finally gained the dinin
s room. Tears rose to his eyes as b
made a rapid survey of the havoc, bu
1t he Kept his wits and shouted:
L knock it over! Somebody knock
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