The Washington herald., 1919-08-31

lnt warehouse ln6 kerosene was
| waiting for it; and out in the Uni
verSlty district the lumber was
| picked up. Together with camping
outfit and passengers, the truck lad
a sizeable load, but it headed north
ward with a hum OF satisfaction,
and pounded over the country road
leading 10 LaVilla Station as II ruts
and bad grades were mere fun.
The road, as 1t wound uphill and
down. narrowed and narrowed until
| IL was hardly trail between low
hanging branches. But the sturdy
iron horse rolled along merrily un-
til Albert Smith, of the w. L. Eaton
service department. at the wheel,
| brought il up just in time for lunch.
After the freight had been un-
| loaded, the tourists ate of their first
earned meal on the trip. Judging
! from remarks passed. they fOunn the
humble sandwiches and fxin's n
veritable feast. Nothing had ever
tasted quite so good.
Then the Junket was resumed,
continuing on to Bothell where a
half hours job of hauling was ex-
changed for two quarts of milk,
bacon and coffee at grocery store.
Everett was the next objective
and 1t was near that city that "Oli
Reliable. as the Republic one ton
was christened, was parked for the
night. The tent was erected, the
table spread. the stove lighted, and
Supper started.
: During the process one o fthe alert
members of the party saw a car with
| a punCtured tire, and offered his serv-
| ices. This little job added 50 cents to
the exchequer. enough to buy two
loaves of bread and a few smokes.
As the party lay down to sleep after
! the first day. the outing was voted a
complete success; hoboing with a Re-
! public was declared the logical solu-
tton to the monotony of ordinary
summer touring
When morning came. and the re-
! mains of the pantry cleaned, the
happy idea struck several members
OF the party that business could be
/ added to pleasure. and a demonstra-
/ ton or tow were made of the truck
| to likely prospects en- route.
The danger of overlooking the next
meal duly considered and it was de-
| cided to combine the demonstrations
with some actual work. The first
| demonstration took place at a large
where and there seemed ample work
/ for a truck Of the Republic type.
/ Names cannot be mentioned, for they
would disclose business secrets: bur
/ friend keely is real truck salesman
! when he gets started. and the ease
with which the Republic walked
around the barnyard would crafty
almost any man.
The hest - 90 ~
stratton was an invitation to dinner
for the entire party.
During the afternoon the nose OF the
/ truck was regretfully headed home
ward, and it would perhaps be lust As
well to draw a curtain over the even
ing meal. The Journey towards home
/ for the party had gone some dis
/ tance during the day and one-halr-
. eliminated all possibility Of earning
! ones keep, unless one desired to
| spend part of the night driving.
However. there was still A little
money in the exchequer and it went
Just as far as it could. Under other
/ circumstances, so the tourists COM
forted themselves. they would have
been more than able 10 arrange for
supper, had not the homeward trln
q NeoH necessary. As II was, they
/ smaCked their lips over the crackers
and called to mind a certain Seattle
! restaurant where one can get a fat,
juicy steak with French-fried pota-
toes, strawberry shortcake and COM
| bination salad.
When Seattle was reached, the last
dime in the exchequer was carefully
divided, and solemn vows pledged "a
take the same Republic on a regular
vacation outing as soon as possible.