Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-09

at the side of the road ! was out and
in front Of the machine almost before
the chauffeur had numbered from his
seat. He got out his electric lamp,
and began tinkering with the car
buretor
Hold on q minute" / said. II you
ball up that adjustment it may take
half an hour to get it right again. Are
you sure it isn't ignition?'
"Ignition's all right, sir he grunt-
ed; "she's getting too much gas
"Then why are three of your cylinders
al right and one all wrong?' snapped.
Come around here with that lamp
Once the bonnet was open it was not
hard to FIND the trouble, The nut
which held one of the wires to Its con-
nection on the magnetic had dropped
off and the end of the wire was hang
ing loose, connecting only when the
vibration OF the car swung it against
the binding-post. The chauffeur did
not appear grieved.
'rNYe're dished,' he remarked cheer
fully; "I've no other nut like that"
It's probably in the underpan, |
retorted. We got the pan off, and
after some search in the puddle OF
grimy grease were fortunate enough to
find it. A moment later we were
t%hrobbing steadily on our way.
That man of yours isn't exactly de-
lighted with his work. I commented.
4 don't blame him. He isn't sup
posed to be. walked up for forty-mile
trips in the middle of the night, and
he's English and worships his habits.
Are we all right now?"
Eyes; it wasn't anything. We're
nearly there now; there's Woodlawn.'
She did not speak again for some
time. and I began to wonder if / had
again trodden upon trouble. / seemed
fated to do so at every turn. But pres
entity she broke in with a comfortable
| triviality.
Look here, why don't 0 smok If
you want to? / forgot all about it,
but. of course, you may. l don't
mind"
/ had n1r noticed it before, but the
cigarette was exactly what ] wanted.
The bodily comfort balanced things
/ again and made me feel at home with
the situation. We ran down Riverside
drive, the dark bulk Of the city on our
left, and IN our right the glimnlering
breadth of the Hudson, stTeaked with
yellow CLEANS. Thence we crossed over
II continued OH down Fifth avenue,
between blank houses and unnatural
lights, the occasional clack OF hoofs and
hollow growl of wheels accentuating
the unwonted stiffness, I had some
how taken it for granted that we were
going for a doctor. But when we
passed Madison Square and kept on
south along Broadway that errand be-
came unlikely; and when we turned
eastward over the rough cobbles of
marrow side streets | was in a state of
blank wonder. We ran slowly, lurcl1-
ing and humping, through intermlnable
ehasms of squalor where iron ratings
mounted to the doors and clots of bed
ding hung from open windows, where
evil odors hung and drif.ed like clouds,
n a sick heat lay prisoned between
wall and pavement, and s%tragglers
turned to stare after us as we went
by. Now and then We crossed Some
Wider thoroughfarc with its noise OF
cars and tangle of sagging wires over
head and signs in foreign tongues under
the corner lights. And at last we came
into a city of dreadful sleep, dim and
deserted and still The scattered lamps
were only yellow splotches In the dusk,
the stores were barred and barred, and
there was no human thing in sight
save here II there a huddle of grimy
clothes under the half shelter of a door
way. Putfs of salt air from the river
troubled the "stagnant mixture of flsh,
leather and stale beer.
We stopped before a narrow doorway
pinched sidewise between two shop
windows like a fsh's mouth. Lady
leaned across me to scan the bleak
windows above.
There should be a light on the top
floor" she said, yes, there it is. Ask
Thomas TO make sure of the number.
He was back in a moment to say that
the number was right. "And all asleep,
Miss, by the look of It. Shall / knock
somebody up? There's no bell"
mo. not yet. What time is it, Mr..
Crosby?'
Twenty minutes Of three ] told her.
"She must have got the message be-
fore now" she said, half to herself.
Then, after a little thought, Stay here
with the car Thomas. Mr.. Crosby and
| are going in
You're not going into such a place
at this hour!' / protested. TELL me
what it is and let me CO.
NO, I'm coming too. Don't stop to
talk about ii. please
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