The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-02


rolled out the valley by giant hand The ground
long slow and then Dip you
went swiftly ovebut you had no fear for knew the magic
ribbon would be there of Instructions by bump
waiting the passage Of inflated rubber wheels seven
notion humming and roaring with everhng but
you snug behind tilted windshield which slid gale up
head Sometimes liked to put hand and
feel the cold impact sometimes you would around the side
of the Shield and let the hit forehead
hair about But for the you silent and dgnied
because that Dads and Dads constituted the ethics
of motoring.
ure opuent in doubebreasted with big collar and big
apes and big flaps the pockets place where tailor
could express munfcence The boys coat had been by
the tailor of the SOFT wooy material with the
big collar and big ape and big flaps Dad driving gaunt
lets; the shop had lad the kind boys
hornmed pecaces the boy had never been taken
an ocust but ne had found III drugstore par OF amberco
ored glasses having horn rims the Dads There
hat Dads head because he believed that wind and
shine kept your hair from falling OUT SO the bow also rode with
umbed The only difference between them, apart from
size was that Dad had big brown cigar unghted in the corner
of his mouth survival of the rough old days. when he had
driven mue-teams and chewed tobacco.
Fifty miles said the speedometer that Dads rule for
Grades made derence pres
with his right foot and the raced onup upun
topped ridge sailing
ley exactly magic grey ribbon
The would to gather speed the down grade and Dad
lift pressure his foot tfe and let the resistance
of the engine check the speed Fifty miles enough said Dad
he of order.
ahead tops of ground another
coming small black speck, went down out of sight
and came up bigger the next time was bigger YETI the next
me the slope above rushing at faster and
faster mighty projecte hurled out of sfoot Now
bon OF concrete mad no stretching Inc ground at the
prepared for emergencies but could not al
ways how well had prepared and you went off
fifty miles hour would get dsagreeabe wavengs OF
you might find the neatly trimmed concrete raised
inches above the earth at the side of it, forcing
along the earth until could find place to swing in
again. there might be soft sand which would this
and that wet clay which would skid and put sud
So laws of good driving forbade you to go magic
ribbon in extreme emergencies You officially
margin the righthand edge the
approaching you entitled equal number of nches
they by sounds risky tells it, but the heavens
calculations while collisions do
happen they leave time enough in between for pnvrses to be
formed and successful conducted by of affairs
"Whoosh" the other projectie hurting past loud,
swift "Whoosh with taperng off the end. You had
glimpse of another with hornrmmed spectaces like
similar caalepc xaon eyes looked back
fifty miles hour business is with the things that
YOU and the past pastor shall say that
the passed passed? Presently car
again would be for to leave the comfortable
centre of the concrete ribbon and content yourself with pre-
cisely estimated inches
Each time you stalking life your ability place
your upon the neand upon the ability and willing
unknown other party do watched
his proecte in the instant of hung and that
he not making the necessary concession knew that
encounteng that most dangerous Of all twogged NAM
creatures the road-hog maybe drunken
just womahere was no time to find OUT you had the thou
sandh part of second in which to shift steering
the tenth part your right
That might happen only once the course of days
shift the cigar bit in his mouth and muer: Damn foo
the only crossword the onee mulerver permitted HIM
self presence boy profane signf-
cancel simply the scientific road-hogs and drunk
and driving well for loads Of hay and
and big motorucks which blocked the road
for with tralers driving rapidly and swing
ing side sde and for Mexcans in umbedown bugges
keep the dirt where they belonged but
wabbmg onto the right while coming in
other direction that had to jam foobrae
grab the mandrake and bring the halt with
squeang and grinding and sliding of tires there
rs anything motorist considers dsgraceful is skd his
Dad had the conviction that day there would be
turned inside QUIT would be FORBIDDEN to drive less
than miles hour state highways people who
wanted spawned horses tumbledown bugges would
either go cross-ots stay at home.
barrier mountains lay the road Far Off they
had blue with canopy of fog they lay in tumbed
masses behind another and SUBMITS peeng