Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-01-21

"Now. Mr.. STAFFORD" said the girl
with the green veil, you aren't ner-
vous, are you? Nothing can happen,
really"
The man who was afraid shifted as
he caught his cap from a dash of wind
THAT may be- he remarked, "but |
read of six fatal accidents in this
| mornings paper. One was because the
chauffeur sneezed. You don't feel as
though you have a sneeZe coming, do
you?" he asked of the man at the
wheel. You can stop it by pressing
your upper lip hard, if you do. Per
| haps you'd better press it anyhow
| ouch!"
The man at the wheel righted the
car after it had gone over the lump in
the road and shot a grim look at his
| friend in the back seat Were ten
miles from even a suburban street car
line" he said. But if you'd like to
get out and walk, Lemuel just say the
word. What the dickens,"
The car stopped after an explosion
in its interior and few gasps
q didn't say anything protested
the man in the back seat. eco on"
He can't" explained the girl with
the blue VEIL as she climbed out. 81
can tell from the sound that this is
one of the exceptional cases where
after taking the whole automobile to
pieces and reducing it to heap of
junk you find the trouble lies in half
inch piece of infinitesimal wire that
has moved an eighth of an inch from
alignment If | We're you, Peter, I'd
take an ak to it-you can demolish it
quicker in that way, and you know
you'll never think of the Wire till
you've gone through all the prelimin-
aries,"
There are sandwiches and cold
chicken in there somewhere" said
Peter from beneath his car For
goodness sake, find them and see if
they'll distract your attention, Is
there any gentleman or lady present
who can oblige me with wrench-a
monkey wrench? There's one in the
toolboX! I'm sorry for the DELAY"
ooh, you needn't be sorry" protest
3 ed the man who was afraid of auto
mobiles. He had beamed cheerfully
9 and relievedly from the moment the
o car stopped Were very comfortable
assure you. I'm having the pleas
ATTEST time of my whole life, Where
did you say that precious cold chicken
: was? Well, | declared"
Isn't it a beautiful day. suggested
i the girl with the green veil. Just look
} at the autumn foliage on those trees"
e I'D rather look at another piece of
O chicken, said the man who was afraid
O of automobiles. do you suppose that
;, if | crawled under to Peter and took
: him a second joint he could hold it in
: his teeth and eat as he worked? 1t
y really doesn't seem right to leave only
$ the neck for ones host. Peter. don't
If you suppose the trouble is that the
e carburetor is on the bias or that the
a clutch is muscle bound?"
% A red and dusty face glared out
is from beneath the machine and then
II the girl with the blue veil realized that
something must be done quickly
: Once upon time" she began
hastily, waving a chicken bone in the
. air, three persons went for an auto
" mobile ride and when they ran over
d bumps the girl who sat all alone in
1 the tonneau ratified around till she al
s. most Jared her back teeth loose. Sc
8 when they met a COW with green eye
" brows and pink teeth she invited the
o cow 10 fill up the empty seat beside
her. And the COW said Go on
y Lemuel!"
Il can't" protested the man, who
was afraid of automobiles. How alb
y surd, Must /? Well-the COW said
'r This is the chance I've been lookins
"a Tor When | was a small calf of 81,
b. months | remember my mother telling
Of me that fairy would come alona
some day and whisk me away to
q land where our cuds would be Favored
:. with perpetual vanilla So I've waited
~ dear, for YOU AT this thrilling mo
ment- Go on, Dolly"
The girl with the green veil took
bite from fresh sandwich and spok,
up. AT this, she said the happ,
creature kicked up her heels and raj
joyously toward a red-headed boy VIII,
II was approaching, intending to tell hin
n her glad story. Daisy is my name
\. said she. You don't look it, said th,
:, boy. This so saddened the COW tina
!" she Go on, Peter."
= There was chug and a whr an,
l. Peter stood up busting his hands
n cali fixed!' he called. Climb in"
'e There was a scramble and in mir
ute they We're whirling along agail
between rows of autumn-colored trees
} I'D lots rather have stayed bacl
!. there murmured he man who wa
afraid OF automobiles and found on
why thaj foolish Coz went paradin
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