The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-12-13
CLIO GIRLS MEET
REAL ROAD HOG
RAN INTO THEIR MACHINE AND
REFUSED TO HELP
Girls Tackle the Ungallant Chauffeur
Push Him Around and Capture
Number Plate

Inc new woman is here, right
here, and any mere man who thinks
he can bulldoze her has got another
think coming. Anyway, no man
would ever think of thinking that un-
less it might be some poor fish who
never married and consequently
doesn't know 'em nohow. Just to
illustrate, and prepare the public
mind for what is likely to happen
about next election time, let us re-
late: One evening last week a
party of four Clio young ladies were
returning in an automobile from
Flint, where they had been to attend
a theater, said party consisting of
the Misses Rose Smith, Verna Lem
bach, Eva Smith and Mrs. Maud
Butler.
Their lights were going just as the
law provides, and they were driving
along moderately on their own side
of the road, when out Of the dark
ness came tearing another jitney.
Its lights, too, were shining brightly
but the driver would appear to have
been asleep or something for he bore
right down on the car occupied by
the Clio girls. The latter hugged
over to the edge of the road as close
ly as they dared, though of course
they wouldn't be very daring that
way, and blew their horn warming
ly, but to no avail, the flying jitney
came straight on and struck their
machine just abaft midships, crush
ing in fender and sending the tools
in all directions. The force of the
collision stopped the car which did
the mischief and its driver got out,
as did also the Clio ladies. The lat
ter expected, as a matter of course,
the fellow would be decent and apol-
ogize and do whatever was possible
to give them assistance, but instead
they were surprised to see him start
cranking his car, and without word
prepare to leave them alone in the
darkness.
Just here the girls temper began
to arise, and as this simp might have
expected, their courage kept right up
to it. "Look here" said one girl,
"aren't you going to help us get our
car fixed so that we can get homer"
to which appeal the imitation of
man replied that he was not. "Well,
you are" said the young lady, to
which the fellow came back with:
"Pll be damned if l do" and renewed
his preparations to depart. Right
here is where the peace negotiations
left off and the offensive began. The
ladies rushed over to the fellows
car and laying violent hands upon
him, hauled him away from the crank.
For a moment he seemed to. lose
heart and remarked to his lady COM
anion that one cid crank was all he
could attend to at one time and that
he was "afraid her mother would
die" before he could get her there,
then he picked up courage again, and
getting loose, fina 'ly got his car start
ed, but not before two of the ladies',
while their companions were making
the frontal attack, had gone to the
rear and tore the number off the car,
so as to identify the driver.
The occurrence took place about
midway between Mt. Morris and
Flint and for the time being the
ladies were left helpless and alone in
the darkness. But presently a big
machine came in sight and two young
gentlemen, who were occupying it,
promptly stopped and afforded such
help as they could. And just here
another queer thing happened. The
car which the gi.ls had been driving
displayed no lights, owing to the ac-
cident, while the one belonging to
the young men who were helping
was lighted and headed in the opposite
| direction. At this time a car occu-
pied by Glenn Montague and Harry
Tinker, and bound north, came
along and as there were no lights on
the ladies' car they were almost upon
it before they saw it, and in their en-
deavor to avoid running into it they
ran into the car belonging to the
young men. This resulted in slight
damages to both cars, so that for a
time three crippled cars were in the
road together, but eventually the
ladies' car was gotten into condition
so that it would run and everybody
started for home.
The ladies who showed so much
courage in dealing with the ruffian
who ran into their car have ascer-
tanned that the license tag which
they secured was issued to j. w.
Brackenberry, Of Cass City, and II
the owner or driver is responsible IL
financially, it is quite likely that he
will be called upon to pay Tor the
damages that were inflicted. OF
course, there will be some satisfac-
ton in getting pay for the damages,
but to feel just right about IL one
ought to know that the pup who
drove the car was to be sent to the