New-York tribune., 1908-11-08
The Motor Conspires
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started On tri- trip Didn't YOU agree that
L I came along YOU wouldn Z mention that
--a-e.--rlt even once
TRE>vAy. Ge-. | Ioargaiued t. keep the peace
while We were motoring. But YOU don cal.
this motoring, do vou' | call 1t Shaving N a
stoke hole blowing IN a wilderness OF SCOT
And I Il tell YOU one thing thai ,sr two Ne
got to be paid before | 60 any further with
this. And there's lust that one answer that
can pay me. Its at least two years since l
began to Try to collect 50 It $ way overiIei
ALICIA (erayiueIr) How can 1 stop now to
TRENwAY (gsyy fymIl): All right! Nix on
taking me-then nix on my being Mr. FiXlt
with this old motor
The Aforementioned center o5 disturbance ciHgs
once more -lftg sort o. rE1rFSsst rEHCElF, a,tts
IrsuuIv -syv SLJ-tL. surgfs IHi rs deliberately
IySngy u yfyt+I position 5u tie side o. tie y1Il-
He igl.s -fgIygt.E and stretches GRATEFULLY
ALICIA (f,va- [ don't think It Ut all nice o-
kind or -htValrou~ of YOU u take advantage
of a 4u-bHle-
TRTzwAY l5H-sLD: Is that Black Hole of
Calcutta "a quibble' I should call It a precl-
p-ee a dilemma, "a monumental obstacle ii
glgautl- clII-sie-Sacl Auvhow. | stand on
NV rights Here We been the living image
of Patience for twentv-toUr long. heavy
footed months Why. III comparison t. me,
old Iob was "a petulant complaining. neurar-
tLenlc bundle Of peevlsh nerve Eangha- And
little matter ~ dtscouragIng that Marp.e
person. Didn't YOU say that If | would be
g1pi-lS YOU call it-you'i reoiprJcatr 10y
causing him TO fade gently away. politely
evaue-ce. pas on, or, t. be outspoGen To
beat it And have You done that,
ALICIA ll7'-5gst-IHtJ. Well
TRESwAy (ettt breezy rrhsUsr-s) Not so its
visible e. the uuallel eyei That attcuulteG
specimen 1- the genus cGuup has been y1u-
G..fv FgF-to express It r4Iutlv-f1r the last
four wreas. And If YOU have discouraged
him. then 1t must have been q mirage that /
saw
ALIcs, (rft1 yogaist ds,uasusss). l never
dreamed that YOU would be jealous of Mr..
Marp-r'
TaHSwAr QsyioasL,): I'm not iealou-l
never would be Jealous of anything like tHatl
wouiin dignity him by paving the slight
est attention to him. | wouldn't think
tW..e about him for all the money he PIE
tends e. have, He's a pinhead. "a hopeless
miserable. wlzened. dried up. simple minded
Ing'u7cIucutIal excuse for q tajlor's bin
He's circle without any rim around it, an
empty balloon. a-4-
bvs s-'-ls obscure the natural si;iufrssy o.
tlf lr,1HtEr riEIer IT, essays additional c5ri-
n.fjUrHts ' t'F absent liWc.s
ALICIA Oct u.ryr itusaysLI1. on
~ On. r-pl.t-rr d o.-rrs o. lTrUyIr hiI'
Ah.iI oIPHI.r tu'1riHg his rGgy ,ghi.l
oddly enough does H3f frF.ut.r IlIJ o.
lREN" AS t-fft9 more S-Irlg.rl aiIE s-rr|- Nct
Ism II truc- Has that Iu7uterlble pl,4ltlue
blot pu the Lnd-gape ever done ANYTHING m
tae world bat IrlwI around. spend the money
ms toitennE ola plter IS simple enough o.
give him. and annoy every decent fellow
I'm not realous, but do think that-that-
ALICIA (agsf,l}): What do you. think Dick,
TRfNwAv (fn % bytff i,Hsyl.,ls ~ SANITY lri
lInH'tl Well. ] Eucs, Id better not saw
1t. / might get into trouble. But YOU are
not going % put me off the main track bv
any such scheme as this. IN tell YOU what
] really think on that subject some other
time. Just now I've something vastly more
important ON my mind something that
can wait another single second What IS
rlF answer
ALICIA ("lH DE- queer miriiUt oi i,H Hpliirrre
Pleasure. regret. concealed srnflilnrv. re-
H.'tH'f rHi1IDtHl. apprehension frlrt,ts,s
'H'ar its stHgr'aoHsHfsS. JHi the thousand I,sI
one 'iff' i4rHg' that ayt com rrsSgi tn the f.,rf