The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-01-24

The sound of my tires crunching tho
gravel Of the drive as / approached the
Nicholson home brought a figure ints
the porch. / recognized Maule, a mar
/ dislike, and whom | am everlasting
" meeting when / least expect it.
rHallo." he cried, as ! drew up
"What have you got there?"
Il believe it is usually known as ar
automobile" / said as dryly as ! knew
how. Ever seer one?"
For answer he walked round the
car, lifted the cover of the engine and
gave 1t a critical glance, inspected the
l~ubricating rack, and generally inves
tigated my new machine in what re
garded as an offensive manner.
1t was on the tip of my tongue to
tell him what | thought of his I'M
pertinence, when Nicholson came out.
by Jove, Challoner, that's a fine
carl" he exclaimed as he shook hands.
"What do you call it,"
| gave him the makers name, and
went On Will q 5uou uSot VI PiiuS W
explain the beauties and merits of my
new purchase.
"All Greek to me, old chap; but 1t
will interest Maule. He's brought his
car down as we'll"
Cant say that it does" drawled
Maule. II went into all that when
bought my car at Olympia--the first
one they exhibited"
"Ah, yes; made for show, / sup
pose" l countered.
BY the time we reached the coach
house, where / ranged my machine
alongside of Maule's, ! was in the
worst of humors. The two cars were
like a couple of dark green peas in a
pod-identical down to the very
lampsi | think Nicholson saw my
chagrin, for he hurried me away to
the house, where, in the society OF
Mrs. Nicholson and her daughter Wis.
who is an especial favorite of mine, |
temporarily forgot Maule and the irri-
tation he was the Il OF.
Wis looked p~rettier than ever, a re.
suit partly due, | fancied, to the pres
ence of a bright young naval lieuten-
ant named Bevan, who was of TIE
house party. While we We're at tea,
Tommy, Michelson's o and heir,
came in.
How are you, Uncle Bob?" he
asked. q am only Tommy's uncle by
courtesy.) He offered me a hand
black with grease and dirt. I've just
been looking at your auto. It's exact
ly like Mr.. Maule's."
That's the only similarity between
us, Tommy" l observed, eluding his
grimy paw. "And it's easily altered"
added, making a mental note to ef-
feet a change in the appearance of my
car at the earliest possible moment.
Tommy, like most 12-~year-olds, is
given to mechanical pursuits. He
loves pulling such things as lawn
Discriminatory reftting them with the
spare parts that he finds left over. So
| thought 1t best to caution him
against experiments with my motor.
"ob that's ali right" he nromised
ct wont toucb the machinery
A dinner time n vas ohvio,s r. MI.
tbot wis and voune Revan had
strong Partially for one another, and
tbot Mrs Micbe,son did not onnroyo
=, a. Indeed when aIora WITH bor 7
ovnrassad a favorob,a -nnin,on ~ ,ho
saiIor che hec.mo conedentI.I an tbo
sansn,.
"of course ,,or sao how ,hir,s oro,
80 haaar arhat,s viz + 49, -,
dawn want vonr adv,na NJ
pona /. rar, n,oa -, III
"a ali tsat ~, q will ho $500 ha'
sora ~ no anvtbing 70 No. - No
.idas bis nav. and 7 sbo,,ldn,t no aoing
nv d,tv as q motber ~ were n eoun'
-oranco sucb . rect,e,, match
aWbat does Micbe,son savoo Iastea
.oh uoraoo ,s simn1u n,a,, ~,
r,ow what mon orc, Ho ukas NJ
pevan and won't do awning
Mrs Nicholson was evidently die.
tras.ed 7 bepan N wisb 7 hadn't
come Frst n was Manic now + was
~ he dragged into a domestic dis'