The Irish standard., 1913-02-01
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wheels 60 round to give. him carte
blanche with any car"
II understand Q car thoroughly,
henrietta" said the general. II have
always been fond Of mechanics"
. r. f.. II know It, dear. said Henrietta with
keonttitton. II have always said that
!: BE-, you hadn't been general, you
would have been a master mechanic" "
THANK God, he's . general" whis
Ipered the Watermelon into the small
sar. Of Billy.
+. ITO thoroughly appreciate q car you
should take 4 trip of week or two,"
satd Bartlett,
Assured that Alphonse was attend
ing to the gasolene. the general with.
drew his Invaluable supervision and
turned to the others.
I'VE spent . week in the car last
summer. and we intended to do II
!, again this; year. but have somehow
: IL ;it,oa.N r97. " SO .'s'|s,.@:.a II
!; :s- III perfectly delightful" said Hen
!: rfstta.y.s you wonder how you eve,
" tolerated q train"
1T is trampins idealixed." declared
Bartlett. - -:
TITS dandy" cried Billy. Daddy,
do you remember that time we went
from Maine straight down the coast
\ 10: Maryland" .e..
!, The general turned to the Water
! melon. II suppose you have grown
tired Of IT, said he, 20 young unmar
ried man can go when and where he
wants"
rob, I've been around some" admit
ted the Watermelon modestly. "But
never In q car"
you should try 1t, my dear SIR
said Bartlett upon my word, you
have no idea how fascinating it is" ,
II never owned q car"
"You do now" laughed Henrietta
SHOWS your chance"
.sE4 I've no one to go WITH" replied the
Watermelon innocently. smiling down
at Henrietta on the car step and not
looking at Bartlett
Henrietta laughed and threw out one
of her delicate, graceful hands with q
little gesture that embraced the whole
group. "You have all Of US, now
said she. 1--WE have made you one Of
,ns."
"You can take US ALL" laughed Billy.
"A week." said Bartlett tentatively,
in the country. away from kilograms
and letters and papers, 1t would do me
= vast amount of good. I have been
{. overworking. lately" He nodded grave.
ly, in confirmation of his own remark
II would like TO drop everything, now.
this minute, crank up the car and
start, no matter where. any place,
any road. You don't need clothes. The
lighter you travel, the better. You
can put. up anywhere you happen to
be for the night, and II you get lost II
does not matter, merely adds to the
/: fun and affords an adventure"
= ut sounds alluring." said Henrietta
: Suppose we all go. just as we are!"
we could" cried Billy. ''Why, dad,
: we could do 1t easily. have that
linen dress !! wore yesterday, and my
brush. and comb and things, and you
have yours =
But the general and Henrietta" OBJ
1ected Bartlett. "They only ran up
here for the day. my dear. They may
NOT have anything
= Eyes. we have" cried Henrietta.
I'VE planned to stay a week or two
and sent trunk along. We could
easily pack suit case"
"Oh!" exclaimed Billy. DO let's dc
1t"
IT noticed suit case in your car,
Bachelor" Bartlett turned to the Wa.
termelon. genially. II judge you are
planning to take q few days jaunt
somewhere"
81 was thinking Of It," acknowledged
the Watermelon, with truth, loungins
gracefully in the doorway.
Bartlett laughed. I'VE are crazy, all
of u.s." said he and waved the sugges.
ton aside 40 q whimsical fancy best
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