The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-07-13

l pdSScu VI, was lUdl ne 0du a perfect
set Of white teeth. We remembered
that we had read something about
| Shakertown in the papers recently,
but as is the way with most things
when needed, the facts read, refused
to resurrect themselves. So helpless
| ly confused were we as we talked and
| so evident was our confusion that the
whole party joined in and diplomat
cally changed the conversation.
The East took on a faint glow Of
| pink, the cocks in the coops on the
roadside, crowed as we passed, the
stars began to fade and we were
| sailing ioyfully on, when the Head
{ remarked that something was wrong
on the side of the car, right under
! where the little Mother Lady sat. The
Daughter of the Mother Lady, from
her seat in front looked back and
gave her verdict. Flat tire" she said.
The Head "got out" From a place
on the side of the Cadillac that we
did not know was there, he brought
numerous things, among them a bean
tiful pair of one piece overalls. The
Young Member inquired if the over
alls were larger than the pair used
on the trip to Murfreesboro and hav-
ing been assured that they were,
/ heaved a sigh of relief. She remark
ed that the pair used on the other
trip had been rather tight fitting.
The Party piled out to get a little
exercise and some interesting dis
cOveries were made In the first place
the Mother Lady discovered a tur
key hen with a number of little tur-
keys. At this point, also we had a
first peep at the Lady's blue satteen
boomers and blue silk hose We
nicked a few blackberries and the
Young Member discovered that near
w all the salad juice was neatly satu-
rated in the hem Of our skirt. Before
this time the thermOs bottle filed
with coffee. carried in case the Head
developed headache, had fallen from
ifs place in the top of the car and
{ landed on the Lady and the Other
, Member It did not take long to re
Y move the flattened tire and replace
+ it with another We were thinking
= of walking further IN the road in
c search of adventure when the Head
< came from under" and said "AlI
Aboard" We had thought discoveries
over but as we piled in, we noted
for the first time that the silk en-
easement of the Young Members
S lower left limb had dropped several
:. stitches.
Nothing unusual happened till We
l discovered another flat tire at Au
!, burn. We stayed in the car this time
Z The change was quickly made. We
- were visited by two youths, who con
y, soled the Head by telling him, that OF
4 n Journey about half as long as the
a one We had made, they had the pleas
=. ure Of four punctures and . blow out
, At this iuncture a little Girl came Il
:. the door and said. "Will ma say
r come to breakfast" They left leis
} urelv and at about the time We
thought they should be putting thei
napIins in their collars, after tht
manner of all little boys, in fac
about six minutes, according to tn
Il Daughter of the Mother Lady, the
~ returned. We were astOnished, sureL
Is they had not had breakfast. Gu
a. minds figured out the time necessar
lie TO eat an egg, two mullins and
n slice of country ham, We had decide
te that they found on reaching tn
house that breakfast was not read
after all. We were sure they ha
F. not eaten, when the Lady called on
attention to ring of buttermll
around the little boys mouth. Thl
W discovery closed the argument.
IS We arrived in Russellville befor
" even the policemen were up. The onl.
k. living thing visible was the ice plant
Is however, upon investigation, the Hea,
II discovered that must be running II
y self, as after fifteen minutes research
a he failed to discover a single liVlni
n soul. 1t was necessary that we ge
out of Russellville. The right roat
+ out was also essential. The Head de
+ cided to take the road showing sign
U of most travel. We had gone abou
% two squares when we met the Rus
% sellville ice man, who kindly put u
a. on the right track.
r We arrived in Bowling Green at sew
g en- and stopped in front Of a garage
Every one looked wistfuIly at the
t. lunch baskets and boxes and loving
Y ly at the Lady, who had them il
G charge. She had hoped to eat break
l. fast at the Cave, but when the garage
S man told us the Cave was thirty-fivC
miles away with about six miles o
cobblestones to bump over, we shud
dered so visibly that the Lady gaVt
the order to bring out the basket!
and breakfast was spread. The Daugh
|. ter Of the Mother Lady and the Othe
G Member took a few pictuers. Moth
It ing new happened but before we re
r placed the baskets we knew for
h certainty that the Young Member o
u the Party could eat.
The Road from Bowling Green Il
d Mammoth Cave is the worst we hay'
II seen. 1t is to be remembered, how
c ever, that our experience on motto
:, trips, through the country, is limited
! For six miles we bumped, bumped
bumped! At some places the car wa!
able to make only five miles Jus
e as we were emerging from this rock
h stretch and were thinking of con
r graduating each other on our luck
J. right in front of a comfortable farm
d house, with cool shady trees, greel
r grass and nice lot of Barred Roc
@ flyers, we had our first blow out. W.
h hated to see the Head get out In tina
e hot sun but we certainly did no
l. blame the car, for if 1t had been us
q instead of a blowout" there woul
have been elbow up" We remark
(, ed on the scarcity of people of colo
" till we reached Cave City. At thi
r place we are sure that in the sprin
r. soma ono mist have rim a fiVe-hlInl