Two thousand miles on an automobile; being a desultory narrative of a trip through New England, New York, Canada, and the West . n in over-alls with kits oftools lurking along the roadside were modern hrigandsseeking opportunities for hold-ups ; now and then theywould spring out upon an unoffending machine, knockit into a state of insensibility, and abuse it most un-mercifully. A number of machines were shadowedthroughout the run by these rascals, and several didnot escape their clutches, but perished miserably. Inone instance a babe in arms drove one machine sixty-two miles an hour with one h
Two thousand miles on an automobile; being a desultory narrative of a trip through New England, New York, Canada, and the West . n in over-alls with kits oftools lurking along the roadside were modern hrigandsseeking opportunities for hold-ups ; now and then theywould spring out upon an unoffending machine, knockit into a state of insensibility, and abuse it most un-mercifully. A number of machines were shadowedthroughout the run by these rascals, and several didnot escape their clutches, but perished miserably. Inone instance a babe in arms drove one machine sixty-two miles an hour with one hand, the other beingoccupied with a nursing-bottle. There were one hundred and fifty-six dress-suitcases on the run, but only one was used, and that tosit on during high tide in Herkimer County, where themud was deepest. It would be quite superfluous to relate additionalexperience tales, but enough has been told to illustratethe necessity of a narrative discount notice in allplaces where the clans gather. All men are liars, butsome intend to lie,—to their credit, be it said, chauf-feurs are not amona: the latter. ?s*?*. .TIUS FBOi-i- iTHiL CHt^^iBEP CJF DEATH CHAPTER SIXTEEN ANARCHISM During these days the President was dying in Buf-falo, though the country did not know it until Friday. Wednesday and Thursday the reports w^ere so as-suring that all danger seemed past; but, as it turnedout afterwards, there was not a moment from the hourof the shooting when the fatal processes of dissolutionwere not going on. Not only did the resources ofsurgery and medicine fail most miserably, but theirgifted prophets were unable to foretell the end. Bul-letins of the most reassuring character turned outabsolutely false. After it was all over, there was a 277 278 On an Automobile great deal of explanation how it occurred and thatit was inevitable from the beginning; but the publicdid not, and docs not, understand how the learneddoctors could have been so mistaken Wednesday andso wise Friday;
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