Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-13

group is a study of the elective Of
fices on the ballot. Tomorrow eve
ming Mr.. Bruce Stephenson will be the
speaker and will talk on the judiciary.
All league members who wish to join
this evening group are urged to be
present. tass5
The regular monthly board meeting
of the league will be held on Tues
day morning, Feb. Is, at 10 o'clock
at Mrs. Tuttle's house. This meeting
which would have taken place last
Tuesday, was postponed because of
time to get there. 81
For some reason, which I still do
not understand, the back wheels
swerved slightly as I backed off the
garage apron and one of them began
Tipping up snow and mud on one
side of the cement path. I put on
more power, but the wheel merely
continued to spin more rapidly and
more mud and snow rainbowed into
the air.
I got out and examined the situa-
tion. All that seemed to be necessary
was 20 put something under the
wheel which would enable it to bite
found an old carpet and put that
under. Then I started the motor
AGAIN., putting on plenty of accelera-
ton. The wheel spun merrily around
for few minutes, and then locked.
I got out and made an inspection.
The carpet was wrapped tightly
around the axle.
1t took me Is minutes to cut it free.
Then 1 decided to do what L should
have done in the first place, which
was to jack up the wheel and put
board under it, 7 got out the jack
scooped out a place below the wheel
and inserted it. Then I began to
wind it up. wound it up to it's
full height. But the car remained
in the same position. I was merely
winding the jack down into the soft
mud.
We got to the dinner half an hour
late, having come in a taxi. A
garage man got the car out the next
day. The opposition made no COM
ment till she was seated at the table
of our hosts Then she said, apropos
nothing whatever: 81 notice that you
have your garage in your cellar.
1t must be wonderfully convenient"
I said nothing on the ride home.
There are times when silence is the
most effective way to preserve the
entente cordiale which should always
exist between man and wife. The
weather had turned sharply cold when
en- the following night we were driv-
ing home from the movies. The
snow, having melted slush had
now turned to ice. I had some diff
ficulty in getting up and down hills.
But by throwing the machine into
first speed I found we could ascend
activities sidewise, and go down the
0 her side in sort of zig gag, which
must have led bystanders to believe
that we had run out of gas and
had fueled up at a blind pig.
We arrived home without accident |
The opposition got out at the top OF
the HILL and I threw the car into
first and began cautiously to make
the descent to the garage. The slope |
was about Is degrees-what small !
boys would call good coasting hill. |
In the light of the are street lamp
behind me 7 could see the twin
cement paths shining like mirrors
With the engine in first, and slowed !
bOWHJ l. put lily llotuti Oll the cIIlcI- 4
gency brake lever, and set out on |
my journey. All went well for 20 l
feet or more Then the car began i
to go down the slope. 1t began a
little too expeditiously, 1 thought
We were at home, and there was no
hurry.
I set the brake, and tried to throw
the gears into reverse, succeeding
after the third effort. Still we
gained momentum The wheels were
spinning backward, but they merely
skinned the surface of the ice. The
speedometer indicator moved up to
80 miles an hour I caught glimpse
of it JUS before I noticed that we
were in front Of the garage doors,
and that they were closed.
But the fact that they were closed
was no matter. We made hole iii
hem just large enough to admit the
car with a great crash and splinter
ing of pine. We made a hole a little
larger in the rear wall of the struc-
ture, carrying away five two by four
S s.uddings in order to do so. We
were out in the back yard behind
the garage when we stopped. I don't
know how l. happened that I was un-
injured. But I was, except that it
-oolI me some moments to get the
breath back into my lungs.
There has been lately a new move-
mem on the part Of the opposition
10 have a garage built under the
house. But there is no sense in it.
One oughtn't to get panicky over a
slight accident which may never
happen again, especially when she
las bran new car to drive around in.
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