Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-12-02

not stop Then Robertson called
Holt fast!" The reporter heard his
voice as though at distance. He
held on, the car slowed, and seeming
to pivot around the tree, sped on
along the Old Westbury road.
The car that had passed the garage
door was just in front. Robertson put
on higher speed, gained as though by
leaps, was abreast, then ahead, OF the
other. The Westbury road was rough
er than the Turnpike, and the head of
the car seemed to swing from side to
side in an alarming way. There were
little rises along the road, and the
car, with its explosions, was rushing,
now in great leaps, frequently sWery-
ing, up and down them Robertson
shouted as loud as he could, when
you see no car behind just say all
right"
The reporter pumped his indicator
back to four, it had fallen off little,
then he looked back. "All right" he
shouted. Yet he did not think his
words were heard. The wind snatched
them from his mouth; he had hardly
heard them. "All-".. he began, bus
Robertson nodded his head
| Now they had almost reached the
parkway; they were swooping up and
down little hillocks; flame still poured
from the exhausts. A sleeper hill
rose I'D ahead. Hold fast!' shouted
Robertson They felt distinctly the
force of resistance the hill offered as
the car sped up, without change OF
speed. They reached the top and
seemed literally to leap from the sum
nit down; both men we're thrown
from their seats into the air, yet Rob-
ertson's grip on the wheel was steady.
In moment they were on the as
phalt parkway. The car whizzed
around a curve, her nose at the very
edge of the track, her body with the
skidding rear wheels seeming to point
off the track. There was not an inch
between the wheel and the ditch. An
other curve followed Around this flew
the car at the same angle, as though
her nose were just held at the edge of
1.-THE track by an irresistible magnet.
i On this asphalt the law of gravitation
seemed suspended; there were many
bumps, but slight apparent friction.
1t seemed as If the rafting, rushing
machine only touched the track from
time to time.
/ The reporter began to have a sense
of exhilaration; he was now enjoying
the ride. He looked back, saw no
car, shouted 'all right and, though
he could hardly hear his voice, saw
Robertson nod Then Robertson sig
nailed to pull out two stops by taking
one hand from the wheel and bring
ing his hand down twice. The report
er reached down and pulled out one;
he was horrified he could not push
it back. Then he remembered to use
his foot, and it slid back easily He
pulled out the other and pushed thai
back, and pumped his Indicator ex-
actly to four.
The wind rushed by harder than
ever, plowed fields rushed by. AS the
car dashed through a culvert, there
came a metallic shrek A short curve
followed, then she darted through an
Iother culvert, and a third. The vi
brating car swooped up two little hills
in quick succession, giving the report
er the sensation of falling as they
Ileapt down the inclines.
/ There followed another sharp curve,
whereupon they were confronted by
steep hill, rushed up this, came down
with a sickening swoop, slid around
the edge of another curve, reached
the end of the asphalt, the end of the
parkway, and sprang, vibrating and
swerving, into the dust of the winding
road to Woodbury., and rushed on.