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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1906)
TUJSDAY, JANUARY jo, iol THE MORNING ASTOItlANV ASTORIA. OREGON. Dowser Takes : An Auto.Ride Confident and Happy, He God Off With a Friend For a Lit tie Spin In a Machine. JOY TURNED TO TERROR Aftat Few Qom Sham the bauble One Deckles He i Had Enough tad Sinks Hone Afoot FprriCtt.M by McClur. Phullpe C4 T AM we of Mr. Boweer't frtenda I We as re offlcee adjoining, end I I bare known the particular or ' many of bit published -tcrapna" , before tbey were pot tn print On Yarioue occasion during the last tbree months I bare tented Mr. Bow aer te Bake a abort trip with me la my ate, and, wbtle be baa made aereral date, be bu alway failed nie at tbe hut moment I bare a tuspHoa that " each and erery occasion Mr. Bow- "a baa found a wajr te discourage aim. Three day ago, bowerer, be Inform ed me thai be bad found a great bar gala to a maculae and waa thinking el , baying It for use next aprlng. He waa mm wu aaa now oomo tim bati or Tn ' BUUBI J HOC a." very entbnaiaatle orer tbe matter and naked me to call at bla bouse tbat ereu Ing and giro blm a little trip that be might aee bow tbe old thing worked. I waa there at tbe mlaute named, and wblfe Mr. 3ower waa buey ,wltb a atruurer Mm, Bowter aatsrUlned am We reached an understanding la tbe our of six or eerea mlnutea. Mm. Bowser la a woman prepared te meet any emergwy. She bad not oppoeed tbe purchase of a machine, hot bad made Mr. Bowser agree te take a ride tn one before closing any bargain. Our brief' conrenatlou waa Interesting from aereral points of rlew, but most ly at to what was to happen to Mr. Bowser In the next bour. I "Well. Blank, here you are." be" sld aa be finished bla business with the atranger, "and I want you. before start ing out to assure Mrs. Bowser that riding in an auto la just as safe as sit ting at home In a rocking chair." "I bare done that" I replied. -Tea." replied Mrs. Bowser, "be bat satisfied me that all these esses of ac cident reported day after day are fixed p by the penny-a-llue reporters and bare not a word of truth In them. I did fear to bare him go out but now I think It perfectly eafe-ln fact I pre sume be will enjoy himself." i ' "And If I do, you won't object to my toying an sutoT be asked. "No, I will not" Mr. Bowser was as bland and com placent as a June bag whin be took bis seat beside me In tbe machine, but aa I etiared the edge of a brick pile to turning around In getting away be braced bis feet and got a better bold with bis bands. When we turned tbe first corner I tickled the wheel of a moving ran and made a white wings jump for the sidewalk, and Mr. Bowser said: "Youyou are sure you know all about this thlngr "My dear air, haven't I been running Jt for months! Any child can run an auto. .You are not a nervous man, are your "Of course not hot I thought you were sharing things pretty close." "Not at all. You see that grocera wagon down there? Well, that red beaded boy who drlres It Is known to me. Be It getting too fresh and needs taking down a peg or two. I eh i n't run Into the reblcle, but share It rather lose." "But let me out first" "I couldn't poselbty stop here In this crowd, yon aee; nothing whateeer to be afraid of. We skip right along here edge la a bit-make the red beaded boy think we are going to climb orer the dashboard and bera we are, bundred feet past blm. I think I knocked a spoke out of a bind wheel, but am not sure. At any rata, tbe boy' lair was standing up at wa. passed, and be baa receired something of stork. Art yon enjoying yourself r ' 1-1 aa trying tn, bot-bot"- "You aee, tbe sensation la new tn you, and It will Uka a few mlnotae te art accustomed tp It It eeemi to yet that we are about to'run'Tnto e eery- thing we ma across, but I can assure yon tbat It la aa optical delusion. Wa are much safer than If on a steamer fa mid Atlantic. What'a the mattarr Mr. Bowser had crouched down and altered a about "I thought we were going right orer that street car!" be whlKpered, "Ob. tbat was all right. I taw tbat I could clear tbe front of tbe car wlih half an Inch to spare, and so I went ahead. Now, there la n lame man crowing tbe atreet 200 feet away, it probably aeema to you that we. are headed right for blm and that In ten seciuida more we shall pick btia up and to blm aky high, but you'll obserre that I JuM tour bla coat talla aud give blm a bit of a jump. There t no need of your banglug on to tbe seat In tbe way you da" "Are we headed toward homer "Why. of course not. This It only tbe beginning of a tea or fifteen nil spin. You see that peanut cart on tbe corner? Well, Ita. owner la alwayt tak tog up more of the ateet than belong! to blm. and I am going to girt blm bit of a lesson," But i-r- "Yoa are all rtgbt Mr. Bowser, though 1 wish you'd bad your eyes open wbea a t struck the cart It went ten feet nigh, and the took on the Ital ian's face waa something to remember. reanut carta are good things to prac tice on. This Is exhilarating. Isn't Itr Y yea, but I'd like to get borne tarty, you know. 1 think Mra. Bowser wants to play cards tonight." "tfbe aald tbat I waa to take you from fifteen to twenty mllea to tbat you could thoroughly poet yourself on the running of a machine, The first thing to get used to la tbe sensation of speed. We are now going at the rate of ten mllea aa bour, but It seems twice that to you. I suppose T" "It seems a thousand!" "But you'll get used to it Now wt are com lug to a crossing of street car tracks and Just In time to meet four different street cars. If you were out lu your machine wbat would you doT" stup it and yell for the pollcur groaned Mr. Bowser. "Oh, no, you wouldn't You'd do Just at I am doing-let those four tuo toruien look out for themselves and drive right ahead. If they are not a mind to stop, then" One car ran me down within an Inch, but I eecaped the other two by mora than a foot and for two mlnutea I am sure tbat Mr. Bowser didn't breathe. When I bad the time to glance at biia ha waa at pale at a dead man. and bad bla eyea bard shot "Now we art out of town and there a good road before us, and I can show you some speed," I aald. 8ajr, Clank," be whispered In reply. "I am sure that Mra. Bowser wants me and will be mad If I dont coma home." "We'll bead for borne after our little spin." "But but-bow much will you take. caah down, to bead for homer Why. Mr. Bowser, I thought you wanted to be an antaatt." ' "I-I do, but, you see. If Mra. Bow aer wants to go to (he (beater to-nlgbt"- I ran tbe machine Into a shallow ditch and let It bruab against tbe busbea, and Mr. Bowser went ttill whiter. I then ran eer a stick of cord wood dropped from some farmer's wagon, and the poor man groaned like an ox In bla last agony. Then I In creased the speed to twenty Ore miles an bcur, and be slid off tbe seat aud clung to my leg. Harliig carried out my promlxes to tbe letter, I ran tbe auto off tbe road and stopped It and said: "Mr. Bowser, shall we put In anoth er ten nillesr "For heaven's sake, no'." he replied as be came to life. "Nice moonlight erenlng. you know, and I am willing to stay out until mid night" I got out to oil up a little and he followed. The next thing I knew be bad slipped away Into the buxhes. I called to blm again and again, but he did not answer. I went up tbe road for a mile, but no one bad seen such a man as I described. . I mode many in quiries on my return and kept my eyea open for tbe man I wanted, but In vain. When I reported to Mrs. Bowser she smiled and suld: "Yon bsre my warmest thank. It may take blm two or three days, but be will get borne at last He may turn to fire escapee, burglar alarms, hair dyes and the dew cure, but I don't tblnk he will buy an auto." And neither do I. BOWSEK'S FRIEND BLANK. Ter M. Quae. Sickening Salrerlnr Fits of Ague and Malaria, can bt rellered and cured with Electric Bitters. This i a pure, tonle medicine j of especial benefit In malaria, for it extrtt a trut euratire Influence on the disease, driv ing it entirely out of the system. It is much to be preferred to Quinine, bar ing none of this drug's bsd after-effects. E. S. Mundey, of Henrietta, Tex., writes i "My brother was eery low with malarial fever and jaundice, till be took Electric Bltert. which tared bis life." At Cbarlea Rogers, drug -tortj price Me, guaranteed. kTOSIC TEACHES. 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