New Britain herald., 1929-05-04
POP TAKES NARY.
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(Contributed)
Dear Andy:

Dear Andy: l woulda called for you last nisht to keep our talkie date only vssf htvverinE with . regular feller G. stead. Rather than have you peevsd because l didn't even let you b~s rear-seat driver I'll explain haw come. Tho lad went joy ridipR with was my Pop. Pop had attend. Cd . Be . Pal to your car" lectiMs and was for putting it into practise. Nest Daddies would be . pal to their gal if they could stand the pace and most gals would gladly have them for pals only it cramps their style q mean the gal'a) Anyway I'd just fixed . tire which was in more need of fresh air than . Pullman when Pop surprises me by asking if he can drive the gas wagon. This pleases me 70 l tells him hos welcome providing he doesn't handle it sos we'll take up aviation every time We hits bump or does sub marine work into the ppholstery when we lands. Pop laughs saying he can manipulate anything from hair brush (how we'll know) to . locomotive. proving 1t by running on the driveway into our lawn, over the neighbours, and missing tree l.y the length of safety pin.
 The first mile I'm ready to call It . day as the bus wasn't any easier to control than . frightened nag full of wild oats on a down hill grade, with Pop taking corners the same wayA star boarder does the 'faxorite rock ing chair. and tho ,right-of-way 'as though he had couple of mors- gages on it. Listen. Pop" I says, grabbing tn: back of tho seat 90 wouldn't be among those missing as the bus 1traddles . gutter in pssn. ing a truck on the wrong side, ''af- other off-side pass like th@ end Nom will be tip-toeing down tho quiet ward to zee if her meal ticket, not to rpention the fair. daughter. is still in the unconscious state or back in the regular daxe." ; '
 The only time you never handed me advice on running 2 buggy" grins Pop. passing . stop AsnaI as though it wasn't made yet or was something set up in the other alley, was back in the days when I wheeled you in one" Seeing 3e wasn't being pased by a whistle from cops vest pocket saxophons {. I brcathes easy again like . ships skipper on reaching the out going 13 mile limit, without losing . cork screw. saying, Yeah, but I'll bet [ made you jam on the brakes every time kicked off the blanket or dropped a rattle" t.S,a
 Just then . poodle Gone of those pet purps that wouldn't be white even if you left 1t in soak for 2 days) whose only exercise was in getting chased by an alley cat or being pushed outa some napper's lap ,as she reaches for another chocolate. does loop-the-loop of the curb. Pop proves he ain't. 90 dumb by stepping on the brake instead of the gas, stopping 50 suddenly that my noble cranium raised . lump to fit the dept it made in the dashboard, l snaps outa the daxe in time to see the animsted mop shake the heavy beard from his map sos he could tell whether he was coming or going and disappear under tho hivver.
 We tries to get him out from un. der but all we got was soiled ciothcs and . crowd with Pop saying he never saw such mess since his army days when the cooks dished out 3 of 'em every so often. A store keeper finally comes to the rescue with broom and succeeds in chas- ing the purp outa his free parking space. The only wear and tear was on the poodle's nerves but that didn't interfere with his speed as he sal- loped down the street through an open door of barber shop where I'm hoping he was next" on a hair. cut or at least . shave as he cer. tainly needod one.
 MARY ANN.