The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-10-30

"Well, toward evening It began to
pour rain n = steady, business-like
way but we had ordered a taxicab
anyhow
when we were dressed Anne sugs
gested that we go down into the en-
trance of the apartment building ana
wait for our taxicab so we shouldn't
waste any time that would be charged
up to lis at so much a tick. Presently
the machine whirred up and we made
q dash for 1t, the porter sheltering ua
with umbrellas Anne got IN nrHt and
when her skirts and wraps were adj
iusted climbed in. It took me long
time to get fixed and then told the
driver the address
"He did not move. I repeated the
address and he turned Oh me the nose
surprised face I ever saw. / began to
wonder if he were a millionaire author
in disguise collecting material for q
book and wanted an Introduction be-
fore he escorted us on our way when
suddenly | realized that something was
pulling at my arm. I looked down
and on the pavement stood a SMALL
shrinking little woman.
What do you want?' cried sharp
ly. for she had frightened me.
Excuse me-Tm sorry she gasped
In a breathless sort of way, but you
know you're in my machine. 1 was
Just coming out when you and your
friend dashed ahead of me and got
in. Tits my own, you know
'By this time was clambering out.
dragging Anne with me. / was so en-
ragged with the shrinking woman for
her delay that forgot to be even
apologetc.
"If it hadn't been raining I should
have been tempted to slay her on the
spot. AS it vas we dashed for our
entrance and stood huddled there ti1l
our own machine arrived. We were
a trifle damp, but our spirits rose.
Presently we rose, too-for the car
struck a pile of paving material and
after sailing through the air landed
with a crash that shook our carefully
arranged hair almost dawn and mada
us crutch each other IN terror. Turn.
ing the next corner we skidded into
lamp post 1t didn't hurt the lamp
post, but it effectually put an end to
the onward progress of that taxicab.
"There we were sitting in that
wrecked machine on a lonely corner
in the pouring rain while the still
Muttering driver went to telephone
for another machine. And time was
passing. Anne nearly wept.
"The light from the street lamp lit
us up and presently an electric cab
drew up alongside of us-and when
saw the man who was in it felt that
my lace dress was not wasted after
all He wanted to know If he might
be of assistance and if we were at all
hurt and if he couldn't take us where
we were going. For, : suppose, he
said, on second thought, you were go
ing somewhere
"'Oh, no.! I gurgled historically.
We put on our evening gowns and
had our hair done up this way for the
express purpose of coming out to sit
under this street lamp in the rain'
"Just as Anne began to explain that
was not actually demented the fresh
taxicab came for us most inoppsr-
tunely So we had to abandon the
lovely man with the electric and start
out for the third time in our machine.
felt depressed
"To cut my wonderful tale short,
this new driver toolr us six blocks in
the wrong direction and then by way
OF apology ran down woman and
we all had TO so to the police station.
Somehow lace gown and a satin
wrap make one seem rather over
dressed in a police station. Anne'S
puffs and hair waves seemed to create
interest. tCo, We certainly couldn't
complain at not being the center OF
attraction, but WAS disappointed, for
l really had wanted 10 go to that re-
ception
when we got out Of the police sta.
tlon it was midnight and so we had to
20 home. If we had gone to the re-
ception then people would have
thought we just came for something
to eat. Nothing viii ever convince
me that the man in the electric whO
had tried to rescue us vas not on his
way to that same reception and that
If | had gone his voice would not
have broken the admiring hush to AJAX
who l was. That's why ] insist that
Wednesday, the 22d Of September, IL