The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-10-07
ADVENTURE OF
THE TWINS
RY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

Uncle Ringtail, your speedome-
ter says thirty-fivc miles an hour
cried COMFY Coon to his uncle, Mis-
ter Ringtal Coon.
Not that Corny was worried, be-
cause he and Colby, his brother,
loved to so fast.
But Mister Coon had distinctly
said when he started out with his
new yellow car, that he didn't be-
icvc in fast driving. Twenty or
twenty five miles is fast enough
for anybody he had said. II
never intend to drive fast and
what's more, if / ever let my nep-
hews drive my car, it is to be plain
| ly understood that they drive no
faster than | do. l shall take them
! and sane driving.
SO that's what they were doing
now. And the reason that Corny
said anything at all about the speed
! omctcr was because his uncle had
SAID, TELL me if 60 faster than
twenty-five miles, boys. Keep your
eye on the speedometer every MIN
ute"
SO that is why Corny called out;
! "You are going thirty-five miles,
+ Uncle. Ringtail. Honest, you are!"
t "Thc speedometer isn't set ex-
actly right" said Mister Coon.
Were not really going more than
! twenty-five miles, l am sure. Be-
sides the road is so straight and
level and there's not another car in
sight. We're perfectly safe. We're
not going SO very fast, boys. l
don't approve of fast driving, as
you know"
But it says forty miles n.w.
Uncle Ring" said Colby, who loved
to go fast, but felt it his duty to
, tell his uncle all about it.
Mister Coon did not answer.
The road was smooth, and as
if the long yellow car had wings
and was going through space.
The air whistled past their heads
and the joy Of moving along so
evenly and swiftly made Mister
Coon forget everything else in the
world.
I "The speedometer is surely
! wrong" he said to himself. 1--WE
don't seem to be moving so very
"Uncle-that sign there said Eff
teen miles an hour" said Corny,
) pulling at his sleeve. "You said
to watch for signs and tell you"
! II know! know!" nodded Mis-
ter Coon. "That's all right for
careless drivers, but not for me.
; I'm a careful driver. A VERY
careful driver"
= "Say, Uncle, it says fifty miles
now said Colby. you're going
) fifty miles an hour"
Surely not" said Mister Coon.
:. I'll have to slow down.
Bus then something happened,
1t always does.
Right out Of side road that no.
body knew was there, came a lit
tie black car. 1t came putting out
onto the other road without even
blinking--you might say. There it
was, like an ugly black beetle, right
in front Of them. 1t was really go
ing. but so slowly that it appeared
to stand still.
1t was right in the path of Mis-
. ter Coon and the big yellow car.
Mister Coon remembered one
thing from his lessons. In case Of
danger, push down both petals hard
and stop your car.
So he pushed down both pedals
hard. But right there the road was
damp and he skidded into a mud
> bank.
Bang! Smash! Crash!
Mister Coon flew out one side
into sycamore tree and his two
nephews flew right through the
windshield and up onto a barn
roof.
| There wasn't enough of the vel
low racer left to pick up.
II believe in slow driving" said
Corny to Colby up on the roof.
$50 do y" declared Colby. Lets
60 and tell that to Uncle Ring"
To be cOntinued.)
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