The sun., 1919-06-01

they told us there was a good road TO
Tucson. but / knew X we took " we
would be spending all our time pulling
cars out so we gave old Max the gas
! and let her break her own road to
Tucson.
After leaving that place we hit the
| Mustang Mountains We were bound
| for Bisbee, but old Max as I say,
hasn't a bit of Use for a regular high
way She seems to hate TO meet those
Sedans and of she heads for Mexico.
When we reached Naco. on the line,
there wasn't any guard. so / thought
we would show the boy something OF
| Mexico. But we hadn't gone more than
forty miles before they grabbed US and
escorted us back to Aqua Prieta and
chased us over the line to Douglas, Ariz.
THE main road to Deming was un-
der repair, so we broke our own road
across the lava beds to Hatchita, then
to Deming and Las Cruces, where we
CT ossed the Rio Grande and ran down
! to FL Paso on the main road. The best
road TO Alpine was under construction,
50 old Max again broke her way to
Bslmorlea, Tex. where we crossed the
! river TO San Antonio, then TO Houston,
! Galveston, back to Houston, Beaumont,
| Orange, across the Sabine River to Win
! ton, La, where we faced SIS trip on
the canal to get back to hard ground or
a run across the mud dumps OF three and
4 a half miles. old Max refused to 20 on
the canal boat and away she went for
the mud. which was over our hub cups,
that n car had not crossed the mud for
six months.
Average 10 Miles Per Gallon.
There was a good road from Lake
Charles to the Atchafalaya River, but
when we reached the cypress swamps
VIC heard that no car had gone through
/ In nearly a year. We tackled the Job.
however. and ran for thirty-seven miles
on low gear. The rest OF the route to
Jacksonville Fla, was comparatively
through Georgia and the Carolinas into
Virginia. Washington. and on to New
| York.
THE total distance to New York was
1921 miles and we used Just 275 gal
| Ions of fuel, giving us a good average
Of moro than 10 miles to the gallon. AS
We did not stop at a garage or hotel
during the entire trip we had to carry
bedding and cooking OUTFIT This
weighted the car down. We did not
stop a minute for mechanical reasons.
ranged the back of the front seat to
drop and form a bed. When VIC ran out
of money we stopped and painted few
signs. Having decorated the store
| fronts along the Mexican border pretty
well. we are now going back by the
northern route and scatter a bit more
art"
After having his speedometer. which
had been injured, hooked up at the Max
| Nv q
asked II he would not put up at hotel
| and rest up for a few days
"Hotel?" he said, mo. sir. We are
not hotel tourists. The boy, here. has
never seen Coney Island, so I'm going to
take him right down there"
Forthwith the Desert Rat struck trail
for Coney, where the youthful pilot OF
the Desert Rat proceeded TO get lost
Mr.. Stanley found a free parking space
for the Desert Rat. put up the top. which
had holes in II large enough to throw a
cat through. and turned In under his
blankets After the last side show had
closed for the night and the last barker
had gone home the lad found the Desert
Rat and also crawled under the blankets
Some sleep the kid had last night, :
said the old scout when he showed UP al
the Maxwell salesrooms the next morn
ing. He was shootin' those roller coast.
ers until daylight. You see, he never
saw anything like that before. and ]
reckon he will never forget 1t. Comins
back to town this morning he got lost
four times before he landed me on the
Bowery. Just as soon as hit the
Bowery was able TO guide him, because
when I saw New York last the BowerS
was regular place and I knew II we'll :
Without wasting any time In the can,
yons OF the big city King Stanley I'm
mediately pointed the radiator of tn
Desert Rat toward Niagara Falls H,
expects to spend the rest OF the summe
negotiating the northern trail. touchin,
at Yellowstone and the Bad Lands for tn
benefit OF the kid"
''As soon as I land the boy home" h
said, I'm going to come East again /,
an airship. You see, have made owe
a thousand balloon ascensions and, hav
ing crossed the continent on horsebac q
and by motor. want to finish the Job b
air"