The daily Alaskan., 1913-09-29
WHY HE
 SOLD IT By RUTH GRAHAM
By RUTH GRAHAM

"FOund 1t cost too much to keep tho machine In repair. I reckon"
 Not that. either"
 "Well, then" looking at handsome collie that was evidently in Rogera company. you've set up dog Instead of a car as less eEpenslyo and moro amusing"
 "l sold my auto for $500, and you couldn't buy the dog for $GOOO"
 "Did you pay that for him"
 "No; I didn't pay anything"
 Come; what does 1t an meanf"
 Rogors asked Jones Into tho house and told tho story;
 My friends always supposed from the speed | put on while travelling through the country on good straight roads that [ was perfectly fearless lt wasn't 80 at all [ realized the dan. ger of regt travelling, but enjoyed the sport SO we'll that was willing to take the risk. Fact is. danger always adds to the Eest of sport Tbo very thought that 1 might bUst a uro nt any mo- ment and sweryo Into telegraph pole or a stone fencg gave mo e Dleasurable thrlll. Besides thes0 was tho danger of some drunken. driver coming along with a wild yeIp and knocking mo Into the middle of next week." Har
 Well" interrupted Jones, which was 1t that cured you of automobll- ingT
 "who's telling thls story-yOu or IF
 You, Go on."
 Nothing broke in my machine and nobody ran Into mo, My auto was as good as ever except for several years use. and ! never had Q sPlll whilo l drove her. don't know for certnin. but | think lf had been tossed through tho wind shield and shot Q dozen yards forward without getting killed would have been all tho hotter for uutoing.
 But I'm not getting on with my sto- | ry. was driving along one day at forty mile gait whom, booking ahead, ] saw a placo where tho road ran through Ia narrow cut. lt wasn't q turnpike by any means, but one Of those country roads in which, when teams meet, one must pull up ln tho best place to lot the other pass. The narsow bit was tell | lnr you about was just wide enough Co get through without BcrRplng On either side the ground sIoped Ht an an. gle quito capable of oyerturnlng a car, uo matter how slow 1t was moving. ! craned my neck to see if any ono WAS coming that would meot ln tho cut. 1 [ didn't see m. auto or a wagon, but l dld see something that sent a cold chnD through me-a little child tod ding about light 10 between tho two banks. .z...
 .Tt was near dark. and I didnt GO what was in tho way till I was almost on .lE I gave a warning tool, but it didn't even attract tho cbild's atten' uon It was go young that I couldn't tell whether it waa Q boy or Q girl, but by It's dress concluded it was Q girl. She was making a dirt heap in tho road A8 to ago, she must have been between two or tbre0 yearo old
 "so much went through my mind ln a few seconds that it seems there wasn't timo for lt Rli I knew thero must bo a house near by or tho child wouldn't have been there. 1 glanced to the right and the lett and on tho left saw a small cottage about 200 feet from the road. How I did long for l i some one Co run from the house to gel the child out of my way! But when saw her there wasn't dme for any one to go over half the distance l looked at tho right bank to soe lt it would bo possihle to run up over t without my machipe turning turtle. There wal no possibility of climbing it without , going over on tho child, f not on my self The left bank was worse than the right "Tve heard what an awful strain it Is on a locomotive engineer to run down a human being, but had no con CeptOu or tho uOAAoA H9A AA NAA @ [ put on my emergency brake, or tried { to. but was % rattled that I lost dme in getting my foot on lt By tho tme I was pretty ne0g the child ! was co ing slow enough. but-great seCtt!- what difference does it mako how slow you're going when you run oyer a.sofI : little bundle Of flesh Ike that3 CT had given up all hope when of , sudden saw . yellow streak making from the house to the child It was dog. and I've never seen train or on
 auto that seemed to set over the ground 30 quick. He mado a beo hn'
 for the child. who was between thl
 middle and tho side of the road, aTet < his teeth in hor dreBs and yanked heI '. toward tho bank, getting her just on tt lt as wont by at the rate of apoul . four miles ap hour and stopped nol !. twenty feet away. . 2, . "The chlld's mother came out anc when she learned how near death O, \ little thing bad been sho pretty neal ! faint0d. - "YOu1I never set mo into au autt