Evening star., 1918-07-14

AS both Lon an me are frm be-
levers in <th' old proverb. Alternate
rest an labor long endure" were
gonna hop a "nyer" this afternoon an
beat 1t for TIL sad sea pecan, an there
set down on tn sands an: check up
on how we stand with ourselves.
which, between you'n me. amt half
bad idea. But before sayin' au revoir,
1 would like to put you all hep to
liz motor trip a whole pack OF us
took tn other day down Warrenton
way, that old-time huntin section
what amt so many. many miles away
from tn Blue Ridge mountains OF
Virginia. On tn Trail of tn Lone
some Pf-n-e! (Hold itD An II
you'll buh-lieve me to be tn skipper.
each an every one O you what owns
a gas-cart will some day grease up
| tn old boat" an straightway. do
| likewise!
| Heretofore. 1t woulda been just
cause for Incarceration for any nut
to have advocated a motor trip TO
Warrenton. Va. over tn stretch o
\ roadway, which. up to three years
ago, had never had stone overturned
| since Gen. Lee throwed down his
imnd an brought tn civil war to
bust up. But now things have
changed. nightly changed. an out.
side O. few rough spots to be found
| every now'n then. which are fast beln
half-soled. there's mighty GOOD goin
all tn way through. An talk about
interesting sights an scenery: scene poi. IL
there! An hospitality! Oh. carr
| eeeeee me back to ole Virginny!
| O. course, Lon an me bein' triple y,
dyed in TIL wool Marylanders wouldn't
never outwardly give Virginia credit for
all tn nice things folks said about her,
hearts we always knowed full well that
when 1t came right down to cases 1t
was just tn United States o Maryland
an Virginia after all. an whenever any
"microbe" from such pay-as-ya- -enter
commonwealths like Moo York, Penn
sylvania. Massachusetts. Illinois an
Ohio started in to pan tn grand Old
Dominion State, zip-,iD went our coats
an thered be trip to TIL floor.
| So, tn other day, when couple o tn
big moguls of tn. improvement COM
pany what's attendin' to tn road build
in invited all O. tn automobile EDITORS
| in town to take a squint at tn highway,
tn invitation was eat up on tn spot.
as all hands itched for outm. an
when our old friend JEFF Combs topped
I III JHlHS Oil pS oihSii" NS 80
use of one OF his big National Touring
cars. why you can see for yourself. 1t
was breakin' our way.
| OFF to a perfect start. on perfect
July morn. old 81 up at tn Post dom
F, TIL driving, We beat it across Chain
Bridge an then cut loose out an over
/ the smooth rollin' hills o Virginia;
drinkin' in tn beeauuu-tifull scenery-l
said scenery-passin' bon-mots with
each other. which in plain United
/! States means crac,sin' bum Jokes: an
| tern fitidles.
At warrenton great, big. whole
hearted Mayor Weldon made short
address o. welcome to tn visitin' auto
mobile editors. an straightway pre-
diplomatically explainin' beforehand that
cot" wasn't settin', then, after deee-
lightful ride around tn quaint old horse
town, we kissed all hands goodbye an
started back home.
Now I reckon YOU thought was
gonna clean forget to tell all about TIL
big chicken dinner we had at tn house
o. th' chief engineer, but I wasn't.
hada leave that for tn last section.
cause there's verses go with it.
Twas on TIL way, down. an right
when we'd switched into Gainesville. tn
home of tn chief engineer. that this
true virginian turned an asked IL we'd
all come in to dinner. Eddie Keenan,. o
TIL Times. said he guessed that he
wouldn't, but Eddie acknowledged to
me later that when TIL gracious host
first flashed tn invite he thought he'd
said drink uay down. Ki-kio
However an Notwithstanding. wa
went, we saw. we eat. An seated
right at tn table with US rough
necks was liz lady. TIL bride of
l! soldier boy virginian who's fightin'
over in France. an whose bright.
cheerful. enthusiastic optimism on tn