Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-26


the whip socket " stands up as if to stretch
his legs.-the whip socket glue probably having
melted. thus releasing him from his Cramped
position. Stretching his arms and yawning
cadaverOusly. he turns round. surveys the
thinned crowd huns couple of bars of t. So
Long. Mary" and does a leap for life onto a
patch of yellowed turf on his side of the road.
He lands on all fours. quickly gets up, and dis
appears into the brush
Yet farther on the passenger that had it in
mind to pounce on Mister Grote and his His
tory of Hellas utters wild howl. like that of
a Moro running amuck with bolo between
his teeth. and plunges into the roadway from
the rear of the Wagon.
A half-league farther. and the
who had intended to conquer the wheedng
of the Wine Cup by returning to his amateur
photography suddenly remembers that he has
to send an important telegram to his wife.
and over the side he slips like man % wars
man on shutdown liberty: nor does he return.
Well of course. comment in re-
hearSed chorus. three or four of the remaining
ones over these occurrences, 1t 5 kind o like
backing water. SO to speak. and all similar:
but You can't blame these fellers-now, can
YOU. Because this is some heap dull.
this kind o riding whereupon, at signal
that seems to have been agreed upon, at the
rise of a high sloping hill, they stink over the
rear of the Aqua Vehicle. to return not again.
If They Only Had Stayed
HERE. then, with the vernal season round
- the corner. the Narrative stops. and
leave the Wagon to the remainder of its over
land cruise. 1t still rumbleth along jettisoned.
it is true. of some factors of its human cargo.
but with a sprinkling of square Jawed passen-
gers still sticking
Here's hoping Tin aqua pn-d) that all of the
square jawed ones will hold to their seats
throughout the remainder of the journey!
For these are the foresighted ones who knew.
before taking passage on the Water Wagon,
that the expedition was to be no mere picnic
jaunt over primrose strewn pixies, but a
Journey. as it were. for keeps" over rough
path Uttered with the suggestions and re-
minders of old and cunning temptations.
They are the ones who, before starting. dis
counted the difficult, s of the abnegatory
trip. and therefore -. serene and four-square
in the face of the ioreseen hardshlps They
know now. too. that the worst part of the
journey is over: that the Water Wagon must
pass over. the Craggy trails and through dis
NAL rocky caiions before it strikes the long.
level. flower bOrdered reaches that make up
far the longer and more pleasurable part of
the expedition The old insidious Suggestions
fade utterly away from the vision of these
stickers that hang onto their seats through
the jolting and jarring early stages. and.
emerging into the clear. heartening sunshine
of the smooth. straight away road, they ex-
perience a glow of gladness and of gratitude
fortune to wait for this beautiful and peaceful
part of the journey.
Their elevation of spirit is tempered by the
thought of their fellow passengers, who, unable
to stand the imagined hardships: abandoned
the overland cruise back yonder in the rough
country But they know that they'll come
upon the dropped ones when they reach the
end of the journey. and that. when they tell
these impatient ones of what they missed by
not continuing the trip. their impetuous
brothers will be keen to start once more on
Water Wagon ride and to cling to their seats
until the finish