Evening star., 1921-09-11

noise when ! pressed on the pedoie ana
pressed and pressed for " hr. and
then I went In the house and set on
the kitchen stove till my legs was so
as could stand up and then I called
up the chief and asst him to leave me
stay home and he says nothing doing
/ would half to come down so then
1 called up the garage and they sent
there man over and he seen that the
thing was froze I'D and I stayed there
and helped him as long is could ana
then had to go and now there charge
ing the baterys up because 1t seems
like ] done wrong standing on the
peddle 80 hard and besides they amt
nothing a garage can do as good as
1t can charge.
And today vile I was down town
Grace called up from home and says
/ would have to buy a couple roDes
to help keep the kids warm IN the
car and I asst her what was the mat
ter with useing blankets on OF the
bed and she says all right go ahead
and use them but I wont ride with
you. So It cost me $11.00 for the 2
cheapest blankets I could get hold
of and the next thing is build gar
rage because the garage man, says
the car will freeze up every night
Il ave 1t out the doors and il you keep
your car in the town garage It's
$1,000 per mo.
II it don't cost nothing for the keep
up of this car Charley I'm glad /
dident get one Of them big babys.
Kindest to Mary and yourself:
Your Bro, F. A. GROSS.
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Allison, ILL.,, March 9.
DEAR Charley: Give me what this
u here Swift Six has cost me all
ready Charley and 1 will sell 1t to
you fob Chicago and no questions asst.
I'm staying home this A. NJ. and
Grace called the chief up and told
him was sick and when she told him
that she wasent springing no auto
mobile story but she was telling him
the truth.
After the garage had a hold Of the
car fixing it for pretty near a wk.
and promising every day that I could
have it tomorrow they finely give it
to me yesterday and give me bill
for $50. So l says would settle
drove her out to see how she run
minute and 1t was such a nice day
that I says why shouldent y drive
down town and SO ! started and got
tie shakey going in the loop the ist.
time but I was o. K. till / got to 5th
ave. and Washington st. and then l
Of the traffic men hollered at me: 1t
was Jerry Donahue. So 1 says Hello
Jerry and kept on going S but heb he hol1
stopped I was right in the middle OF
the car tracks. So he come up to
the side of the car and then he sees
who was and says what's the mat.
he says / dident know you at 1st
but 1 jest noticed you was driveing
without no license. Well Charley
that was the 1st time I thought about
a lisence. So I told Jerry Id forgot
about it. and he says You better get
SO he says your blocking up the traffic
SO beat 1T. So then I found out all
of sudden that my engine wasent
running and 1t had died on me and
stuck my #. on the starter peddle
neutruls and the min. the engine
started 1 shot ahead and run right
at a crowd of people that was cross
ing the st. Well I felt for my horn
and it dident make no sound and ]
seen what was going to happen and
yelled to the people to duck SO 1 jest
missed them and by the time got to
LaSalle st. had her under controls.
Well Charley ] finely managed to
get to headquarters and all the boys
come out and overlooked the car and
I offered to give them a ride but it
seems like Jerry the big fool had
called them up and told them what
happened over to 5th ave. and they
to ride with me.
Well Charley vile I was up in the
Office of them dirty buns out of
spite work for me calling them a
wind out of of the back end tires
and I dident never know it till l was
clear out here and run the car in to
the garage. You ought to seen the
rim on the wheel Charley and the
hole wheels pretty near a wreck and
to do and that's get a hole new wheel
and a new tire because the tires cut
all to peaces. Hows that for a fine
trick Charley.
diden't see how l could drive all the
way out here and not know they was
some thing wrong and vile he was
talking the car begin to smoke and
flames begin shooting out the front
part and 1 thought for minute the
the man had the fire out all most as
soon as it started. So / says / got
fine bunch of friends that leave me
come home on fiat tire and then try
to burn me up. So the man says your
friends may Of give you the fiat tire
but the reason you was going to burn
up was on acct. of they not being no
water to keep the engine cool. So
says did they leave the water out to.
So he says when did you put some in
and told him hadent never put none
in. So then he laughed till l thought
he was going to choke and wisht he
had. This A. NJ. been pouring water
in my radiator all A NJ. but cant get
the old engine to cool on.
Regards to Mary.
Your Bro. FRED GROSS.
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