Evening journal., 1913-07-10
WHY HE
SOLD 1T
BY RUTH GRAHAM

Jones was surprised at tne mhn CIV
ing up the auto sport for be had been
an enthusiastic automobilist.
Had an lpset?"
mo"
Found it cost too much to keep the
machine in repair. reckon"
Not that. either"
well. then" looking at a handsome
collie that was evidently 10 Rogers
company. you've set up a dog instead
OF car as less expensive and more
amusing"
II sold my auto for $500. and you
couldn't buy the dog for $4,000"
Did you pay that for himg"
mo; didn't pay anything"
Come: what does it all mean7'
Rogers asked Jones into the house
and told the story;
MY friends always supposed from
the speed | put on while travelling
through the country on good straight
roads that was perfectly fearless. II
wasn't so at all. | realized the dan
ger OF fast travelling. but | 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 / might burst a tire at any mo
ment and swerve into telegraph pole
or a stone fence gave me pleasure BILE
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 1t that cured you Of cntomobil
ingi"
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 as ever except for several years
use. and ! never had a spill while
drove her / don't know for certain.
but | think II had been tossed
through the wind shield and shot a
dozen yards forward without getting
killed ! would have been all the hotter
for autoing
"But I'm not getting on with my SO
~. was driving along one day at a
forty mile gait when. looking ahead. !
saw place where the road ran through
narrow cut II wasn't a turnpike by
any means. but O. u those country
roads in which. VII teams meet. one
must pull up in the best place to let the
other pass. The narrow bit 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 1t was moving.
craned my neck to see IL any one was
coming that would meet In the cut
! didn't see an auto or a wagon. but
did see something that sent colo
chill through me-a little child tod
ding about right In between the tw,
banks
at was near dark. and ! didn't Sc,
what was In the way till was almos
on IT, gave a warning toot but Il
"idn't even attract the child's atten
tion. II was so young that ! couldn't
tell whether it was a boy or a girl. bul
by it's dress I concluded ii 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
few seconds that II seems there
wasn't time for It all. knew there
must be a house near by or the child
wouldn't have been there, ! glanced
to the right and the left and ,pn III,
left saw a small cottage about 300 fee
from the road How | did long fol
some one 10 run from the house TO gei
the child out Of my way, But when
saw her there wasn't time for any on'
TO go-over half the distance looker
at the right bank to see n Il wonlo
be possible to run up over II without
my machine turning turtle. There wa
no possibility of climbing II withuu
going over on the child. n not on my
self The left bank was worse thai
the right.
i've heard what an awfu. strain II
Is on locomotive engineer TO run
down human being. but had no con
coption NJ the horror OF II till now
! put on my emergency brake. or tried
to. but was no ratified that lost tinis
IN getting my foot on IT, BY the time
was pretty uear the child was go
ing slow enough hut great Scotti
what difference does II mnks how slow
you're going when you run over a soft
little bundla Of flesh like thnt?
~ had given up all hone when OF a
sudden ! saw yellow streak making
from the house to the child II was a
dog. and I've never seen n train or an
ground 30 quick He made q bee line
for tho child. who was between tbs
middle and rhe side OF the road fixed
his teeth in her dress and yanked hei
toward rhe hank getting her Just on Z,
Il ms I went hv nc the rate Of aboul
four miles an hour and stopped moi
twenty fept away
"The child's mother came ont. and
when she learned how near death III,
little thing had been she pretty neai
fnlpted
"Youn never get me into an aui'
aaain. It's one tltnG TO ger TOSSED
over telegraph wire Yourself. hu'
when II comes to killing little chit'
I'nl not In u
~ don't blame Won" said Iones "hui
II nsunlly requires killing snme one
rather than iust uissing il to give d
man the horrurs"
FrNsNCI.,s AMP coMMERcIiL.