The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-06

ed outside the incorporate limits. and
suddenly stop. 1t seemed to come to
this particular pot for a picnic, and
it had it. too. 1t would eat and drink
and laugh. fairly gorge itself, and
then afterwards get up a game Of
cards-solitaire, if no one else would
play-and then grow hilarious over
its skill. The chauffeur. who totally
misapprehended it's character. begged
it to exert itsel for fear some passers-
by. judging from the circumstances.
nary an exert. That game Of soli-
taire had to be finished if it post
pOned the coming of Gabriel, and
then after pulling down it's vest and
wiping it's mouth on it's sleeve it
would swallow a big gulp and jump
forward on its journey.
Now. under ordinary conditions
that habitual occurrence would cause
nintey-nine out Of a hundred men to
IdeteSt automobiles. but strange to
say everytime that car began its
FRANKS my friends desire to own one
of the miserably Independent things
increased. But he was never sure
whether it came from an egotism that
he could manage one. or a latent hope
Of Joy that he might succeed in
causing other people to break the
third commandment. but anyhow he
became the owner of one. So it is
not always because Of their economy
OR convenience or pleasure or genius
for making good roads. Some people
buy them because
Superior Travel.
But as I was aying nearly all
families inc them superior to the
old methods of travel, or at least
nearly all. There is one which did
not hOuaror and cho11 toll Won
the story as it came to me.
In a little suburban town of North
Carolina, the wife Of a clerk whose
income was modest settled it in her
mind that she and her husband
should own a motor car. They were
comfortably fixed in q beautiful cot
tage not quite paid for. but the little
wife insisted that they deserved at
least one luxury, and that this should
be an automobile. The husband. a
good iOvial fellow, who had never
denied her anything. protested some
what. but her insistence finally won
and the car vas bought 1t was a
four-seated machine and really re
ouired a chauffeur. but the good
natured husband undertook to learn
how to steer it. Of course they had
three, four or more accidents. which
were seemingly only occasions for fun
but the repairs were costly. Too
they often filed the machine with
friends and relatives for pleasure
trips. me never on such an occasion
was there an absence Of c~onvenien
places for lunch or Dime or various
kinds of light refreshments. They
were invited by their friends at g
distance for week-ends. and it was
not many months before their Who'll
manner Of living was changed. anC
wrinkles came into young mans brow
over financial trOubles which he
? tried to conceal from his wife. Here
5 was something coming between them
when previously hey had been Sc
happy. But fate found a way By
burning the garage in which the cal
, was kept and the machine was de.
/ strOyed. The insurance helped tn
little household out Of debt and nov
the husband and wife ride on tn
5 street car. sadder but wiser people
They had for a time lost lifes por
5 ton. and the result came near beinE
serious. The conclusion seems to b.
t that there are only a certain humble
of dollars in the average income.
God is pleased with the progress
: man has made in locomotion. ant
t With the good DAD and other goot
things tina result therefroIn. but h
= still expects the great majority o
: people to do much walking. else 81
t many of them would not be borl
: with legs.