The Washington herald., 1910-07-24
HOW A MOTOR CAR Is
MADE TO Do STUNTS
Down Entertainments, Over Fields. and Through
Streams the Automobile Carries Its In
tereSted Passengers

well, I'll tell YOU" said the Pros
pective Purchaser 20 the Automobile
Agent 4 ike your car and like you.
and I'd like to give you my order. But
in spite of all these beautiful demon
STATIONS you've given me 1 fail to see
anything which shows that your car is
durable. Whereas ! have toured in the
foreign cars and know they stand the
strain"
The Automobile Agent was ready for
him. Whoever heard of one who wasn't
ready for any objection which could be
raised against his car? you get right
| In now" he said. and I'll convince you
this car IS durable"
The Prospective Purchaser got in.
They drove to the District Building
where the Automobile Agent left the
car to return shortly with a piece of
paper.
What's that?" said the Prospective
Purchaser.
Permit TO go of the road, on the
grass, in the parks" said the Automobile
Agent.
Go of the road. What the"
But the Automobile Agent had damned
in the clutch and they were coming
closer and closer 10 the limits OF the city
and the law al the same time.
The Automobile Agent engaged HIS
Prospective Purchaser in conversation.
He told jokes. talked politics, speeu-
lated about the fight, and made himself
agreeable.
Suddenly he turned to the Prospective
Purchaser. They were going fast-about
fifteen miles an hour.
Keep your nerve, nowi' he shouted
I'm going 20 demonstrate this car is
able 10 hang together"
The wheel whirred to the left. The
mechaniclan in the rear seat opened his
mouth and gasped. The Prospective Pur-
chaser said a naughty word. The Auto
mobile Agent slipped out the clutch and
held on tight as the car turned from the
road, ran down an embankment anc
across a field. The field was rough. Il
had stones in Il. It also had gullies and
bumps-inyerted thank-you-ma' ans. thai
toss you up and catch you coming down
Are you crazy?" inquired the Pro
spective Purchaser of the Automobile
Agent, as well as he could between
bumps
No; ju-ust- dem-mm-on-n- STRAIT
fitting" he answered
The car flew over the rough field
charged up a small bank and Iande,
upon another road. For a momen
everything was smooth and easy. TIL
car picked up speed, until It was fyin,
along al a good twenty miles an hour
Look out. now. and hang on tight.
The mechanician made hurried preps
rations TO leave via the rear of the ton
neau. The Prospective Purchaser trieS
20 dig his finger nails through the leath-
er. The car swerved sharply to tn,
right and OF the road-'no bank this
time, thank heaven calculated the
Prospective Purchaser-and through
grove Of trees. It was fine and fancy
piece Of steering the Automobile Agen
Gid this time-a hairs breadth either sid'
and the car would have indeed demon
strated its efficiency as a wood choppe1
or busted against a tree. But the hairs
breadth was always there. In and out
around and back again they lodged, al
ways at a good round clip. Then. IN
stead OF returning TO the road, the,
plunged at mass OF bushes, tor
through them. and arrived in a corr
field. Through this to a hay field. ant
across a stable lot they sped. and neithe
a corn field nor a wheat field is an.
relation TO a macsdamized road.
The Prospective Purchaser opened hi
mouth, bit hts tongue hurriedly and ef
fectually, swore through his teeth an
subsidized. Then his hair lifted his cap
so that Il blew off. Dead ahead was /;
rail fence.
Here" he cried. IF you-ldiots-'nougl
take that-fence-let-t-t me-out first.
But the Automobile Agent merel!
laughed. dashed at the fence, anc
stopped with a jerk two feet away
"Oh, no; we don't take the fences OF
the jump-this is still my car and don
want TO ruin It, We will take the fenc
instead OF the car"
Relieved, the mechanician and the Pros
pective Purchaser laid hold of the rail
and soon had a passage ready for tn
car.
You see" said the Automobile Agent
laying his hand on the radiator, Ssh
isn't even warm
/ BY this time the Prospective Pur
ehaser's blood was up. II can stand j
t II you and the car can." he said. -bu
, the next time I 60 for a demonstratio
: I'll know the variety first, or the reaso
: Why"
The Automobile Agent smiled.
: Don't forget you said you could stan
: it if I could" he replied. I haven
! started YETI
And he hadn't, for the next dive OF
: the road was at an angle Of forty-ay
D degrees, and the ditch at the bottom wa
: full OF water and mud
~ Him." said the Automobile Agent
: I'll have to clean that off before ge
e home"
: 1t was stone field. this time. an
: there was constant rattle of bones a
4 they crossed--it was caused by thre
5 sets of teeth chattering on themselve;
= Then the car pitched over a steep. Ions
: grassy hill. and the ProspectivePurehase
= loves TO tell Of that grand rush down
3 now that it is over, but the Automobil
Agent has conflded TO friends that onl
j the mechanician's arms about the Pros
4 pective Purchasers neck prevented hin
e from jumping. Then. at last. out upo
the road they shot-She good, clean, har