Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1924-02-15

see the sense In this midnight exped
tion. IL seemed now 10 have the ide
. that II It just lay low and did nothing
\ presently it would be taken back to 1t
cosy garage.
Billie trod on the self-starer. Moth
ing happened.
you'll have TO get down and cram
her" she said CURLY.
"All right" said Bream.
Wei, 90 on" said Billie, impa-
tIentIy.
~Eh?"
Get out and crank her"
bream emerged for an instant from
his trance.
All right" he said.
The art Of cranking a car Is one that
Is not given to all men. Some Of our
greatest and wisest stand helpless he
fore the task. 1t Is a job toward the
contamination Of which a noble sonI
and fine brain help not at all. A
man may have all the other gifts and
yet be unable to accomplish a task the
fellow at the garage does with one
quiet quick flick OF the wrist without
even 5otherlng 10 remove his chewing
gum. This being so, it was not only
unkind but foolish Of Billie to grow
impatient as Dreams repeated efforts
failed Of their object. II was wrong of
her to click her tongne, and certainly |
she ought not TO have told Bream that |
ne was not fit to churn butter. But
women are an emotional sex and must
be forgiven much in moments of mem
tai stress.
Give Il good sharp twist" she
said,
"All right" said Bream.
Here, let me do it," cried BILLIE
She jumped down and snatched the
hingummy from his hand. With bent
lrows and set teeth she wrenched II
'ound. The engine gave faint pro-
estlng mutter, like dog that has
een disturbed In its sleep. and was
I'LL once more.
May help?"
IL was not Dream who spoke, but a
TRANCE voice--a sepulchral voice the
ort OF voice some one would have
sed In one Of Edgar Allan Poe's cheer-
~ little tales If he had been buried
i've and were speaking from the fam
y vault Coming suddenly out of the
lght II affected Bream painfully. He
TERED sharp exclamation and eave
bound which, If he had been a Rms
an dancer, would probably have
fused fhe management to raise his :"
larry. He was in no frame of mind
bear up under sudden sepulchral ", W.
ices. W
biiiie on the other hand. was =
eased. The high-spirited girl WAC a' '
81 beginning to fear that she WINS ~
equal to the task which she had ~
lded Bream for being unable TO psr.
IN ana this was Notifying her. ~
oh. would you mind? Thank Won ne
much. The self-starter has gone
ong" W Ing
mo the glare OF the headlights there
pped a strange figure, strange. that wn
10 say. In these tame modern fines
the Middle ages he would have OK. in
q no comment at all. passers.bv
lld simply have said 10 Themselves TO
l. another Of those knights of after of
dragons!" and would have gone ON cas-
II way with a civil greeting. But in p
present age II Is always somswbat fou
thing 20 see a helmeted bend nan "
n mont of your automobile Ar any ."
+. Il started Bream. viii GA f,r. Ing
- N'Ne hreen the shock Of life on
lie had had shocks already that :"
4, but none compared with this Or 81
APPS It was that this shock. comlna now
'op of those shocks. affected him side
disastrously than II would have the
II q had been the first of rho Of
"stehu OF the last. one may Sma
ess the thing briefly hy SAVING man
as far rs Dream was concerned shan
: unconventional appearance IN, Ii
III on IL. He did not hesitate fa IRON,
NOT pause 70 make comments or viii
7u's'i"hs WIN single catllke ! KIN
ch which took years on The lives Lond
"'fupily wakened birds roosfinx diliy
70 nelghhoring trees. he dashed IN
towards The house and. reaching ~Is
''ia' locked the door and pushed sam
ifa The chest Of drawers. two Bl
, me toNel stand and three pairs ing
''s 'eainsi Il. Only then did BE- derea
safe. ,n,n,'
pn ihe drive Billie was STARING I'D. .
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