The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-05-11
The Little
Green Auto
II Brought Great Joy Into the
Lives Of Two People
By ALICE E. ALLEN
Copyright. 1910. by American Press
Association.
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Why first watched for that particu-
lar automobile | don't know perhaps
because 1t was dark green instead OF
red, perhaps because there was room
in It for only two people.
Perhaps, though, the real reason
why l watched the little green auto
mobile was because OF the man who
drove 1t.
The hour after the green automobile
passed our porch was the best one I
had all day, because. you see. was
well and strong, like other people, and
l rode away in the green automobile.
Always | wore a pretty long coat
warm days 1t was soft and silky and
cold days II was soft and furry-and
the prettiest hat and pale blue veil
with long ends, just like the other Ia.
dies In their autos. Really, though.
after ! once flew away round the cor
ner and along the smooth, broad road
beyond | never once thought again OF
what ] wore. for there was the coun.
try. Sometimes the road wound be-
tween beautiful wind blown meadows
OF daisies and tail grasses; sometimes
II lost Itself In tangles Of sweet, moist
woods sometimes II ran down hills
and across bridges only to climb other
hills with other sunny spaces, other
patches Of woodland mud other hills
beyond.
or course was too old TO play such
things. But II one hasn't walked n
step In five years and never can walk
again one has TO imagine things some
times
Then came the day when Billy, the
little boy next door, fell asleep In the
middle OF the road. cnlled and called.
but couldn't wake him, nor make his
mother In the next house hear, nor any
mother, nor any one And then, Just nv
knew II would. the green automobile
came flashing round the corner from
the city.
| leaned out as far as | could.
waved my blue shawl The man In
Tho antomohile must have been look
Ing my way that time. for almost at
once he stopped, pointed TO Billy.
Ia iumned ont Of the chr nicked RI,iv
m Inc, a., oo,asn,,y and io,d hin, On
tho aros, rn,,or Tho mon,a troo Thon
he lifted his cap to me, and away he
went In the little green auto.
wo,, tbo vary nax, doy fl. ur.a,
automoh,le ran so slowly nost our
house I a,most Thought II was yoing I,
sion pulv was min vino under IN.
tree Tho man In tho auto caI,ed N
him md handed him large souare
nnckagc Then he lifted b,s can IN me
again md awov be went ronnd tbs
corner ont into tho country
Ri,,v come running IN ma
"NJis,ar soidn sojd pilv b.nd,ro
mo the nockope "ter pIye this 10,
Won"
"ro meY,
"yen for tho little coi, IN tba norch
mister said An, bc puv m. n dina"
I opened. the pocEore. There were
two haout,f,u hoots hound In h,us and
fulI of colored nict,,res
Three doys later Bill broupbt mo
another pockape. In II was tho love.
Iiest doh nil IN soft bluc with forgot.
menot blue ewes and golden brown
curls.
"You must give n hack snid moth
er. Her voice was 40 stern l scarcely
knew II WINS mothers. Then l cried.
II was Ind enough to baye no way of
thinking the man I'm the automobIle.
1 couldn't bear TO hurt his feellnga by
giving back the doll. And by and by
mother said. "Well. well. Katbie. new.
or mind this timer
Then one day. long before the us,,uI
time. when l WINS sitting In the sun 1
heard an auto coming. Somehow 1
knew Il was the auto. 1 tried 10 move.
but couldn't. And Billy had gone
home. The next thing | knew the man
In the auto had stopped In front Of
our house
"Uello little bluebirdr' he cried
"Fly down here and have a ride with
me-,
shook nv bend
"You're not n blueblrdp Well, never
mind. Run down then. and fake n
nice ride with mo like lIttIe girls.
"Rut Pm mt a little cir, Mt all" 7
cried "Tm eiobteen years old and
I'm taller than mother"
Tho man In tho automobiIe Iauubod
"Jupn mn and chow me I" no said
"It,s true !" 7 said "but can't show
Won ,cuuse I'm lame"