Two thousand miles on an automobile; being a desultory narrative of a trip through New England, New York, Canada, and the West . ing ten miles an hour, and upon this point the wit-nesses did not agree. There was evidence tending toprove the machine was going ten miles an hour, butthat would not lead to conviction under the first clauseof the ordinance; but there is another clause which says that a machine must not be run in such a manneras to endanger or inconvenience public travel. Whatis detrimental to public travel ? Does it mean to run, it so as not to frighten a man of nerve like the chie
Two thousand miles on an automobile; being a desultory narrative of a trip through New England, New York, Canada, and the West . ing ten miles an hour, and upon this point the wit-nesses did not agree. There was evidence tending toprove the machine was going ten miles an hour, butthat would not lead to conviction under the first clauseof the ordinance; but there is another clause which says that a machine must not be run in such a manneras to endanger or inconvenience public travel. Whatis detrimental to public travel ? Does it mean to run, it so as not to frighten a man of nerve like the chieff of police, or some timid person? It is urged that notone man in a thousand would have been frightened like Mr. ; but a man is bound to run his machine in the streets so as to frighten no one, therefore thedefendant is fined five dollars and costs. The fine is duly paid, and Messrs. Straw Hat, An Incident of Travel 167 Sandy Beard, and Over-alls come forward, receiveand receipt for sixty cents each. Their wrath was appeased, their wounded feelingssoothed, their valor satisfied,—one dollar and eightycents for the CHAPTER THIRTEEN THROUGH MASSACHUSETTS The Be/ks/iiies Thkrk are several roads out of Pittsfield to Spring-field, and if one asks a half-dozen citizens, who pre-tend to know, which is the best, a half-dozen violentlyconflicting opinions will be forthcoming. The truth seems to be that all the roads are prettygood,—that is, they are all very hilly and rather expects the hills, and must put up with the is impossible to get to Springfield, which is far onthe other side of the mountains, without making somestiff grades,—few grades so bad as Nelsons Hill outof Peekskill, or worse than Prides Plill near Fonda;168 Through Massachusetts 169 ill fact, the grades through the Berkshires are noworse than many short stiff grades that are to befound in any rolhng country, but there are more ofthem, and occasionally the road is rough or soft,making it h
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