Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-09-29
Illustrated by
B. Corey 49,
KilvertrsseS

please send me one. Cousin Bob has
one. and when I asked Uncle Tom II
he was going to have one he said no;
he said the bill for one was all the
luxury he deserved for one season.
Bob said: Poor. dear papa, he ought
not to complain. I'm sure II was less
trouble to pay for this machine than
II is to run It,"
No one will ride In the machine
with Bob except Eggy and me. But
it's ripping sport. We went out on
the turnpike with him the day after
the man who came with the machine
went back to the shop. saying that
Bob knew II all. That's the same pike
Eggy ana | walk out to Grandpa's the
days Grandma bakes pumpkin pies.
We usually see about one hay wagon
and one cart with woman taking
eggs and butter to market. That's
all. The day we went out with Bob
and the machine there was a process.
sion OF horses. mules. cows, sheep.
and all the bests of field. The worst
lining We met was a four horse TEAM. the
two .cad horses being mules. They didn't
do much at first. only shy OF to the rail
i.he,' each on one foot. aud kick with
The other three. while the driver said
Things you would never think a country.
man would have time to learn, Bob
Slowed up. but the more they saw of thu
machine the more peeyish they were, and
the man who was driving them Yelled
Turn ON all your gas aud Electricity. you
dern TOOL and get the agony over with"
bob turned ON verything. including thu
nora which made the machine waltz tn
us own music. and then II really wus
astonishing the things which happened
.'hc mules turned square about, end for
end and mixed themselves up with the
harness Of the wheel horses. and bor.es
mules. driver, all began to pull. kick and
butt in different directions. Then sam.
cows came up the pike and some sheen.
ana a dog came down: a family Of pigs
crawled under the fence from ia. ueld
anu inc whole outfit went as silly Us Z
c'Owh. IL was like circus. a horse
show and live stock fair all Ia QUE.
The animals all trying to see which could
make the most noise. raise the most dust
ANA 20 In the most directions ut the same
Time. Eggy and | screamed with 10y, bur
there was more fun coming. The farmer
Ia front VI whose place we were giviu.
all this free show has drove of turkeys,
and. honestly. mamma. those silly beasts
came bobbing out Of the yard. aud 10.
stead Of being frightened ut the machine
came right up to 1t. rubbering as hard a.
they conld--and until one sees live tur.
he! one doesn't know what rubbering is
and crowded around Il Ms II they were
having the time Of their lives. Thut's
What Eggy aud l were having. Bob was
doing everything to the machine he could
think Of. and saying dreadful things
about the man from the shop who had
gone baek year too soon: the team
driver, was shouting ut his mules. kicking.
pushing, pulling, but they were trying to
get into Ike wagon by that tune: Sbs
man with the cows was saying over and
o,ei that he'd have the law Oh Bob: the
sheep dog was having dts rounding W
the silly sheep, the turkeys had formed
ring about the machine. trying " give
Bob good advice. IL looked like. while he.
lowered with sweat. oil und dust. was
playing leapfrog under. In. out aud owes
the machine.
by this time quite number OF farInera
and farm hands had come up and were
telling Bob many things which didn'(
seem to soothe him, aud u little school at
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