The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-01-25

Chicago.-Are you going to elope?
II you are, just hire the Gasoline Elop-
or, and you will live happily ever
afterward. The Gasoline Eloper-it Is
called the Love Boat" by some-is
the name given by the people Of Mo-
torville to the 45-horsepower touring
car that plies between Single Blessed
ness and the land of Better or Worse.
Motorville is out Michigan avenue way,
where the homes of early Chicago
have been transformed into garages
and shops and where the streets and
alleys have been polished with oil
and rubbed down by million wheels.
Out there the honk-honk Is the reveille
and the taps.
The Gasoline Eloper has carried
more happy twains into the land Of
Better or Worse than any other auto
mobile In Motorville, where all the
automobiles come from. II has trav-
eled with the wind over boulevards
and country roads, across the state
line to the knot.tying place in Indiana
in the dead OF night like specter set
on wheels; 1t has worn a path to
Justice shops at rural crossroads, to
little white churches that speck the
countryside; 1t has borne bachelors
to church and brought them back
benedicts, and 1t has fed away with
girls In brown and men in gray and
brought them back to the parental roof
in time for the ice cream and cake
and congratulations. 1t has put a
five dollars an hour price on romance,
and II has shattered every record set
down on the books OF Cupid for max
ing two hearts beat as one.
Telegram Tells OF Safety.
Every day in the week the Gasoline
Eloper makes the round trip between
Motorville and one of the stations on
the route to bliss. Every once in
awhile 1t goes to the end Of the line
down In Indiana or over in Michigan,
and its safe arrival Is always chron-
icled by telegram to mother. Not
day passes that 1t does not figure in
some sort Of romance, budding or In
full bloom, but it's the record.breaking
trips II has made to the end OF the
line that has made the Gasoline Eloper
amous.
The Gasoline Eloper used to be red
until 1t set down the new record in
Cupid's book. Now it's white, as
white as the ribbons that are stretched
along the aisles when the organ be.
gins to play, as white as the candles
on the altar, as white as the icing on
the cake. II there Is anything else
out in Motorville 1t Is appropriateness,
and that's why the Gasoline Eloper
was painted white not long ago.
Dangling behind the two rear wheels
OF this 45-horsepower car of Cupid is
a sign bearing the number 1865. No.
1866 Is the license number Of the Gas
olinc Eloper, and the numerals arc
painted In white letters on the front
Of the car and they are painted on the
glass Of the lamps, too, so that when
ever you see No. 1865 swinging along
the boulevards Just look inside and
you will see more cooling and billing
than you ever read about In a dime
novel--unless the shades are drawn
or 40-mile-an-hour gait makes the
numbers iooA like streak OF paint.
Suspect Happ,-Looklng Man.
Every man who wears the kind Of
Q smile that won't come OF, new shoes.
and gray suit, who wants to rent
an automobile In Motorville is at once
regarded with suspicion and sent over
to tho garage Of the Gasoline Eloper.
II the man with the everlasting smile.
the ner, shoes. and the gray suit is ac-
companiad by u feminine figure done
sr shf browns the Gasoline Eloper