Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-08-23

k8sz NO. 81. course not ,#murmuredqDis
|zantha, smOt ring Sigh sass the auto.
mobile start viii VI jjerk. n 55.Hs
hour later. tired frightened, q
little breathless But alliantly declars
Ing that size hid had beeautiful
time piantha Was at doRn at hsF
MAS 81 but the hit Il 81 many -, such
trips. Ever soiulln sc in Phineas Hop
kins' ears and spudri 81 him Sto fresh
endeavOrs were. Diant that's words II
could q, rode Oh an on fufteyers,,,;; and:
deep This heart was TIE determine
zion mat sif was att omobt1e rides
that she wanted, it was automobf1e
rides that, she would have His small
farm on the edge of Tthe town once:
the pride OF his hear began to look
forlorn and deserted !; =; Tor Phineas,
when not |. actually driving. his auto.
mobile, was usually to be found hang
Ing over 81. with wrench and polishing
cloth. he bought little food. and less
clothing, but always gasoline. And
he talked to any one who would listen
about automobiles in general and his
own Ii partic ular, learnedly dropping
IN frequent references TO cylinders,
speed, horse power, Mbrators, carbu-:
retors and spark plugs. s .s:5.43 y !
I /. AS to Diantlia she went to bed
I every night with thank fulness that she
possessed her comple menf of limbs
and senses, and she rose every morn
ing with fear that: the coming night.
would find some Of them. missing. To
Phineas and the town ins general She
appeared to be devoted to- this breath
less .whizzing over. the country roads;
and wild horses could not have
dragged from her the truth; that she:
was longing with an. oYerwhe Ginning
longing for the old days Of Dolly,
daWdling' and peace. .5 /: .ss>..r ,,s.f,ys.,
:: just where it.all would have ended
it il difficult to say, had. not the au-
tomobile itself taken hand In the
game as automobiles Will sometimes
and played trumps." 151i-, -. = s. ::
It was the first day of the country
fair again, and Phineas and Diantha
We're on, their way home. Straight
ahead the road. ran between clumps'
of green. then unlw0;und. in awhile rib
bon: Of, dust across wide fields and open
meadows, " g. y, =. -. IN : ::.. - !.
faint much like; last year, is it,
Dianthy Z" crowed Phineas, shrilly, In
her ear-then something went wrong,
Phineas knew 1T Instantly. The
quiyering thing beneath, them .leaped;
into. new life-but q. life, Of its own.
1t. was no longer "a slaye.a but a mas
ter: 5Phineas'. face grew white. Thus
far he had been. able to, keep to the
road, but. Just ahead there was a
sharp curve, and he knew, he could not
make the turn-somethinf was the
matter with the steering, gear.
Look ont-she's got the bit in her
teeth - he shouted. s3s"She's bolted ="
Then came a: scream; saP sharp report,
and. q: grinding crash then silence.
From away OF in the dim distance
:Phireas heard a voice. .'.s> 49,. "
'Phineas Phineas !" - -, "a )
Something snapped, and he seemed
to be floating up, up, up, , out of the
black oblivion of snothingness.. u He
tried to speak, but he knew that he
made, no sound. =, y ). 49, -
,"Phineas /: .Phineas r. r, 'i:'>'' ~
The voice was nearer now. SO near
that it seemed lust above him It
sounded nk,e>-Wttt1 q mighty effort he
opened his eyes, eyes. then fulls Conscious.
ness came. He was on the ground :;
his head in Diantha,s lap. Diantha,.
bonnet crushed. jn,eck-bowy III zaskew and:
coat torn, was bending over him.. cali:
ing him frantically by name. Ten
feet away; the wrecked automobile,
tip-tilted against a large maple tree,
completed the: picture. Is. =. x \.
With a groan Phineas closed his ewes
ond +nnirnt., o,,,. ~ t,,,., r,o.4s
-S-c- ~ A'A0 AA~' %5sI <
"she's all stove up-an' now you
won't ever say yes" ne moaned. "You
wanted Ter ride on an on furever 7. !:
=. But will-I DON'T didn't mean.