The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-17
four hours. including the hour lost on

four hours, including the hour lost on
1.-THE road.
We discussed procedure. Should we
stop there for the night or press on
till midnight? AS the garage had
comfortable rest rooms, we decided to
wash and eat supper out of the lunch
boxes with the addition Of some fruit.
put patch on the punctured tube.
change one OF the tires which looked
doubtful for a stronger one, repienish
our stock Of gasoline and cylinder oil,
pump up our tires and go on till mid
night We did not hurry especially
and az there were some other ars
coming into the garage taking the time
of the men. It was nearly ten when
We started. One unreasonable man
delayed us considera bly,. He had re-
Gently bought q Saxon car and was
keeping It for a few days in the
garage He came In with 1t and calico
on the men 10 take il and put II IN
place for the night. The man In
charge told him to leave 1t and IL
would be put In place later. as soon
as the men had finished work they
! were doing for other customers. But
this did not please the man who was
the proud owner Of the Saxon car
It might get bumped or scratched
He must be shown the exact spot
where It was to be stored for the
night and then must see II put in
that very spot The man showed him
the place reserved for It, and imme-
diately the man with the Saxon ex-
ploded, His car could not get in that
little space, and II that was the only
place they had for II, he would carry
1t elsewhere The man politely as
sured him that the car had come out
OF that space and would be put back
there later on. But the owner of the
new Saxon was insistent and demon
strative. The man finally gave him
up and went on working on our tube,
saying that he could not stop now.
This treatment deeply moved the
owner of the new Saxon car, and he
continued to vociferate and to de-
clare his disbelief in the statement
a space, and demanded to be shown.
j quietly suggested that a garage was
similar 10 a barber shop, and that
each man must take his turn. He
glared his disa greement that anybody
should have the right OF way ahead
of the new owner OF a new Saxon
car. and finally one of the workmen,
tlring OF his noise went quietly, and
in Ave minutes slipped the car into
the Impossible space" During the
procedure the new owner OF the new
Saxon warned the driver not to bump
or scratch his car. under penalty of
loss Of his trade. When the car slip
ped into place, without a bump or
scratch, or even a touch. he said.
THAT Is the most wonderful thing I
ever saw In my life; not one man in
e. thousand could do that" and then
he departed. accompanied by the lady
who had remained quiet. but who now
smiled rather significantly. as IL to
say, Another tempest in a teapot -
We found that the road TO High
Point was in the hands of the builders
for Improvement and so we must go
out by Guilford College to get to
jamestown. BY careful inquiry along
the road, taking some time we man
aged to reach High Point shortly be-
fore midnight and pressed on to
ThomasYille, which was-reaehed- at
1918 midnight. We went to the ga
rage and located hotel. and put up
for the night we'll contented with the
days run of 200 miles. counting the
lturnouts on account of bad bridge and
repairing roads.
We started at GAS Friday morning
with a run Of $40 miles before us to
reach Junaluska that night. We had
replenished our stock of gasoline, oil.
water and air, and a leak. and the
run of twenty-seven miles to Salisbury
was made by 8 o'clock Here we
found that the new road from Sails
bury to Asheville was not quite f1n-
ished. and SO we headed for Charlotte.
Again we found the read builders at
work and were obliged to detour by
AMooreSville. making = run Of nifty In