Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-03-22

~ III. W. managed TO WorIy tne
iuctarit brute up the hill and INTO tne
front yard.
!, nv house Is built On tho ssop o. ~
hin. and, TO the south Of y hes
broad ana very long terrace OF
smoothly shaven turf. It At once % !
c,,rred to me that this billiard-taple
ateauEswas the ideal spot on wnicn
70 tame the mechanical steed mac
accuIEad, 30 requested Rogers y
assist n6 Ia getting II down tnere.
Seated "a a, garden chair, with tns
book Ok INSTRUCTIONS in my hand ana
the stficySls Immediately before ne.
| studied The CONSTRUCTION OF the tnins
with eTeriacreaAing intelligence
IN lonely .lnHe had Aeen quickly
disuatehed, 1 and IL SwaR out pgaAn on
M lawn ibasllns Id ths sVnehine,
liEtening to the birds, and \ reading
sofussspch T0msptis eh ~ iS9A foi-
loWss y
EPusli forward lever A. which opens
the sexhauatsf This may be. flpsed'
when Null speed is attaihaed Agyance
BShhtli spniclela ok enters sEyalse.
set u at siichf an aHele That vaRpr
enough reaches ITO form snorTect: NIX
ture. D regulates the alectric spark.
Care must b taken MOTTO" etc,
Every now and then thought !
had it. and sprang into the saddle;
but the more I learned Of theory the
less my practice advanced. 1t seemed
as If the monstroslty was suiking be-
tause / had TANNED back all four
levers at once when we met the horse.
! The sun lowered inatha west,Aand !
was, Just on the verge Of success
she had given bark and one kick for.
ward-when heard the crunch Of
| wheels on the gravel, and an aston
| ished voice cried:
Where on earth. did that lNg l horropi
come from?" ~ h I'd : ,s.st &. VI
T FaThisgs ohp this was trupdled cu'
| here by "a friend Of mine from Lon
DOM He left It for me ito practic'
on. How did theiconcert go? s.
\ '.Excellently.. i hope you don't Intend
4 to buythat thingT r,c' ler+
ITO buy It! i have no such lnten
! tion1u55 elG'oiqld ga 0 ass'igt Wv i
! This quite truthful evasionhonly e
tafded the electric spark (ase the mo
| tor book hasait) fora short Apertoa
quite afofgotlexhat' ! ohaAal left, mi
check-book open onlithe tlibrary9tahle
and that vefacious volume gave m
Y awayathe moment my awomen-tolk ep
tered the h6dss2 sH 9tfal ia9 a u z
The check-bool divulged the fun
crimiHalityeof my conduct. The tw
ladies came OUT bat EdoWIl on law
chairs and made sarcastic'e remark
about my personal appearance andoth
attitudes / ssstmedss IN '3the saddlt
SAYING that, although we might neve
bel able TO Sell the machine, they weE
sure, ii i went on the stage, Paid
Roosky could not compete with mi
and thus We would get our none 49,
back u i ~
One hind wheel was lacked up, an
/ was in the saddle, pulling level
! this way and that, pumping with N
feet ali the time. The loose wheel !
: the air worked easier, than when Q
the ground. Like a burst .of Ar
, works the thing went OF. The whe
! rotated like mad, and our whole COZ
bination shuddered as II an earrnqual
: were in active operation.
%Nows work the levers iii .you y
derstand them" advised Rogers.
: Aiasl he let go the jack and
: trembled forward. The live whe
! touched the earth, and of we We
like a bueking 3bronchO ina cyclones
| have but dazed recollection
what followed. remember a screa
from one section Of my family, al
veil of "Turn! turnl" from 81
other. then the frantic internal %
chine plunged down the barber
slope, and / was shot over the hand
bar head first into asdwarf lpeartree
Poets may write of the beauties
; motoring il they like, but all ha
70 say On athe subject Is contain
q in the original stanza given below .
{ , ga sLENVOL. ,ne iy u
III Nor Sale, an excellent motor-t
\ cyeIeil practically as good as ne
N Ridden twice by its present own
Brass tank for touring. Reason 7
II selling, owner is writing fiction 3
Z has no time to devote to more abso
ing occupation. as ~