The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-22
WHY He
SOLD IT
By RUTH GRAHAM

All By RUTH GRAHAM
u hear" said Jones to Rogers, ''that
you have sold your automobile"
II have"
Jones was surprised at the nan Civ.
ing up the auto sport. for be had been
an enthusiastic automobiles.
"Had an upsetf"
mo"
.Found 1t cost too much. to keep the
machine in repair. l reckon"
mot that, either"
.Well, them" looking at q Handsome
collie that was evidently in Rogers'
company. you've set up q dog Instead
OF a car as less expensive and more
amusing"
II sold my auto for $500. and you
couldn't buy the dog for $4,000"
ibid you pay that for him3"
EMO; l didn't pay anything"
~Come; what does 1t all meant"
Rogers asked Jones into the house
and told the story:
my friends always supposed from
the speed l put on while travelling
through the country on good straight
roads that | was perfectly fearless. It
wasn't so at all. | realised the dan
ger Of fast travelling. but l enjoyed the
sport so we'll that ! was willing to take
the risk. Fact is, danger always adds
to the zest Of sport. The very thought
that I might burst q tire ut any mo
ment and swerve into q telegraph pole
9r a stone fence gave me a p~leasurable
thrill. Besides these was the danger
of some drunken driver coming along
with a wild yep and knocking me into
the middle Of next week"
"Well." interrupted Jones, which
was it that cured you OF AUTOMOBILE
ing2"
"Who's telling this story-you or IT.
You. Go on"
nothing broke in my machine and
nobody ran into me. My auto was as
good az ever except for several years
use. and l. never had a spill while ]
drove her. l don't know for certain.
but I think II / had been tossed
through the wind shield and shot a
dozen yards forward without getting
killed l would have been all the hotter
Tor autoing.
"But I'm not getting on with my sto-
~. l was driving along M day 1t .
forty mile gait when. looking ahead, !
saw a place where the road ran through
. narrow cut. 1t wasn't q turnpike BY
any means, but one Of those country
roads in which. when teams meet, one
must pull up In the best place to let the
otter pass. The narrow bit I was tell
ing you about was just wide enough to
get through without scraping. On
either side the ground sloped, at an an
gle Quite capable Of overturning = car.
no matter how slow It was moving. |
Grained my neck to e II any one wal
coming that | would meet in the cut.
| didn't see an auto or a wagon. but
did 9 something that sent . cold
chill through me-a little child tod
ding about right In between the two
banks.
1T was near dark. and 1 didn't zee
what was in the way till ! was almost
on Il I gave a warning foot. but It
didn't even attract the child's atten,
ton. II was 30 young that I couldn't
tell whether It was q boy or q girl. but
by its dress I concluded 1t was a girl
She was making a dirt heap In the
road. As to age. she must have been
between two or three years old.
$50 much went through my mind In
10 few seconds that It seems there
wasn't time for it all. ! knew there
must be a house near BY OF the child
wouldn't have been there: glanced
to the right and the left and on the
left saw y small cottage about 200 feet
from the road. How I did long Tor
some to run from the house 60 gst
the child out of my way! Bnt when i
saw her there wasn't ttme tor any one
Ito 60 over half the distance. looked
at the right bank to zee IL II would
be possible to run up over It without
my machine turning turtle. There was
no possibility Of climbing It without
going " on. the child. ff mot on my;
self. The left bank was worse than
the right
"I'ye heard what an awfu! strain Il
Ii on 4 locomotive engineer to run
down ! human being. but had no con.
ception Of the horror Of Il till now.
I put on my emergency brake. y tried
to, bnt I was % ratified that I lost dime
in getting my foot on Il By the dine
was pretty near the child ! vas 50.
ing slow enough. but-great Scott
what difference does It make how slow
you're going, when you run oye soft
little bundle Of fesh Ike thatf
n bad given up oil hope when Of 4
sudden saw . yellow streak making
from the house TO the child. II was !
dog. and Ire = seen q train or ~
anfo that seemed to get ova the
ground "a luirk He made q bee line
lor the child. who was between the