Motoring aboard . sure in patting our Locomobile as ifit had been a human being and saying: Welldone. You have carried us several thousandmiles without default or complaint. So per-fectly have you done your work that but onceon the entire trip have we had to stop on youraccount and that for a moment only because ofa trivial disorder of what mechanics havecalled one of your * bushings. After we had taken the last of our things outof the car and given it our benediction, it wasdriven to the office of the shippers and turnedover to them for shipment back to New crate from which we had un
Motoring aboard . sure in patting our Locomobile as ifit had been a human being and saying: Welldone. You have carried us several thousandmiles without default or complaint. So per-fectly have you done your work that but onceon the entire trip have we had to stop on youraccount and that for a moment only because ofa trivial disorder of what mechanics havecalled one of your * bushings. After we had taken the last of our things outof the car and given it our benediction, it wasdriven to the office of the shippers and turnedover to them for shipment back to New crate from which we had unpacked it atHavre had been shipped to Southampton andwe found it there awaiting our arrival. Therewas nothing for us to do but to consign the carto the shippers and then to visit the office of theUnited States Consul and make a declarationbefore him that we were shipping into theUnited States an American-made car, givingthe number of its motor, the factory numberof the car, the color it was painted and various 270. At Wrexham we msited the grave of Elihu Yale,the founder of Yale College, in the old church-yard, and deciphered its curious inscription. Jfrom CfjefiJter to ^outljampton other required details. This having been swornto before the Consul our motor car tour wasfinished. We sailed from Southampton on the followingday upon the steamship Bliicher of the Hamburg-American Line, bringing with us memories of adelightful tw o months that will remain with allof us as long as we live. 271 ^ ._ ^,^ .J\>s^ x^ ^ SoinnWFHrFW
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