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Chauffeur
Be Made Himself Useful to a
Newly Licensed Driver
By MILLARD MALTBIE
"Mamma," sail] Winifred Knowltou,
who the day before had got her license
to run an automobile, "I'm going out
in the ear."
“It’s too cold. You'll freeze. Be
sides, there's ice on the road, and your
machine is liable to skid."
"Oh. I shall drive very carefully
around corners and keep my speed
down to a dozen miles an hour!"
Winifred, who was used to doing
pretty much as she pleased, called for
her car. By the time it was brought up
to the door she was arrayed in a fur
coat, cap and goggles and. getting into
the driver's seat, was soon whirling
along at what she considered nothing
more than a fair pace. She stopped at
the house of a friend and invited her
to drive, but the young lady had other
matters on hand. She tried another
and another, but they were either out
or busy, and at last she made up her
mind that she must spin alone.
The air was crisp, with plenty of
ozone in it. and, since Winifred was
well protected, she was not cold. As
soon as she got out of the city, coming
to a straight wide road, slip put on more
speed. It was delightful bowling along
with her hands on the steering gear
and her foot on the brake, ready to re
duce speed at the slightest sign of dan
ger. She had lieeu impatiently waiting
for a birthday which would give her
the age required to obtain a license,
and, this being the first time she had
been out without someone to act as
instructor, she was very proud of her
self, besides being much exhilarated.
She put on a little more speed and still
a little more till she was going at a
pretty good gait.
Auto drivers seldom realize how fast
they are going. Winifred certainly did
not. Coming to a turn in the road, she
slowed down, as she thought, quite
enough to go around the curve safely,
but did not count ou ice. To weather
that turn she would have needed to
move no faster than a person would
walk. Instead of that she was going at
the rate of five or six miles an hour.
The consequence was that she skidded
into a ditch beside the road and re
mained at an angle not quite sufficient
to throw her car over.
What was to be done? Nothing but
jump out. for she was not sure that the
machine might turn turtle, after all.
This she did and stood looking at it
ruefully. She dare not try to run it by
its own power up on to the road, and
there was no other way to get it there.
She cast an Inquiring glance up the
road and was relieved to see a car
coming.- When it reached her the
driver, who occupied it alone, came to
a stop and took in the situation.
He was evidently either a mechanic
or a chauffeur, for. throwing off an j
overcoat, he displayed a suit of over
alls. Jumping out of his car. he stood
looking at Winifred's as if deliberating
on the best plan to get it up on to the
road.
"1 could -pull it up with my ma- !
chine." he said, “but I have no tackle.
I see no way for me to proceed except
by going for a rope. Will you go with
me or wait here till I return?"
Winifred concluded to remain with
her machine. The wind was blowing
cold, but she could walk to and fro. The
man thought he could get back with
some sort of tackle without going very
far and. promising to hurry, left her.
She sauntered back and forth, remain
ing near her car. iu order to keep
warm. Now and again teams or cars
passed her, and she received offers of
help, but declined them all. stating
that she was being served already, it
was not long before the man in over
alls returned* with a chain and some
rope, besides a stout piece of wood to
place under the wheels on the lower
side of the car to prevent it from go
ing over. Having got the wood under
by means of jacking up the forward
wheel, he connected the auto with his
own and succeeded in drawing it up
on the road.
But on examining its machinery he
found that certain parts had been bent
or broken, and the car could not be
moved by its own power. He told
Winifred that he would drag it to his
shop and fix it for her.
“I haven’t any money with me to pay
for all this." she said, "but I can send
it to you." /
“Oh, that's all right,” said the man.
"Don’t worry about that. 1 think you
would better get into your auto to steer
It and put on the brake when neces
sary."
Winifred did os she was bidden, and
the two autos made their way slowly
till the mechanic turned, into the
yon to do the work?” asked Winifred.
"Yes." was the reply. "I do most of
the repairing on the cars in this
garage."
"I see." said Winifred. “Yon are a
mechanic and chauffeur in one. I wish
papa would employ such a man: It
would be so nice to have the repairing
done without sending the oar some
where else. I should think it would
be less expensive too."
The young man by this time was en
gaged in putting Winifred's car into
the garage and over a pit from which
be could work on its lower machinery.
As soon as be bad got it into position
he drew up a chair for Winifred and
asked her to be seated. The garage
was artificially heated, and. throwing
hack her wraps, she sat down in a po
sition where she could see the man
work. She had been so absorbed iu
her accident and what to do in the
matter that she had not especially no
ticed him. Now she saw that he was
about twehty-two years old and had
he not been in overalls doubt
less have been quite good looking. She
had noticed, too. that his voice was
well modulated and there were no
breaks in his English. Ilis eyes were
particularly attractive, being expres
sive gray ones.
Yet the position he occupied—in a de
pression in the tioor over which he had
rolled her ear—did net present him iu
a favorable light. lie soon got more
or less begrimed in his work, and alto
gether it did not appear a fitting em
ployment for a good looking young
man. But be hammered away as
though used to the dirt and grease,
while Winifred sat waiting.
Winifred tried to engage him in con
versation while he worked, but the ef
fort was not successful. Be gave her
very brief replies and now and again
showed by their irrelevancy that ho
did not know what she was talking
about So at last she gave it up, think
ing that, after all. interesting chat was
not to be expected of a greasy me
chanic.
After awhile Winifred inquired if
there was a telephone bandy, and upon
being directed to a room in the garage
where it was she called up her mother,
informed her of the accident and said
that she would not be borne in time
for luncheon. As soon ns she had de
livered this message the mechanic
went to the telephone room and shut
the door. When he came out he in
formed Winifred that the lady of the
house on the grounds would be happy
to have her lunch with her. * lie bad
informed her of the accident and her
presence at the garage, and the invita
tion had resulted.
Winifred decided to accept the invi
tation and await the repairing of her
car at the house. So she walked up
the roadway a short distance, meeting
a young lady who was coming to fetch
her and who received her very kindly,
taking her to the house and introducing
her to her mother. Winifred was in
formed that luncheon would not he
served immediately, and. meanwhile,
she was welcome to the use of a room
or the library or to make herself at
home in any way she liked. But she
found her host# so affable, so engaging
that she preferred chatting with them.
She gave an account of her accident
and dwelt especially on the valuable
services of their chauffeur. liow kind
he bad been! She did not know what
she would have done had he not come
along to help her. She became suffi
ciently at home with her hosts to rally
the young lady on the danger of hav
ing so attractive a chauffeur. Both
mother and daughter smiled and said
that in this case no misalliance was
[K>ssible.
Winifred spent an hour in this way
before luncbe&n was announced. On
entering the dining room she stopped
on the threshold, paralyzed. A young
man stood at the head of the table
ready to drop into a seat When he
and the ladies saw' the expression on
Winifred’s face all three burst into a
laugh. The young man was the me
chanic-chauffeur, but he was without
his overalls.
"I should have refused my consent."
said the- mother, "to this deception. I
was overpersuaded.”
"No harm done. I’m sure." said the
young man. "The young lady took me
for a chauffeur, and I simply didn't
disabuse her mind.”
By this time Winifred had regained
some of her equanimity and Joined in
the laugh or at least tried to. assuring
her hosts that she could not possibly
blame any one who had been so kind
to her. whereupon the mother made
an explanation. She told Winifred that
the young man. her son. bad but re
cently graduated from a school of
technology and had a great fancy for
mechanics. They found his ability to
repair their automobiles very conven
ient."
“Since he is my brother." put in the
young lady, with a sparkle in her eye,
"there can be no fear”— ,
But sbe was stopped by a warning
look from her mother and a blush she
saw rising on Winifred's cheek.
And so it was that Winifred Knowl
ton went out In her car at 10 o’clock
in the morning and a few hours later
stead of sending a bill for his work he
would feel repaid If she would permit
him to drive her to her home. The
matter was compromised on this iwtsis.
and after an hour agreeably spent by
the party together the young man went
for Winifred’s car. while she tele
phoned her mother that she would
shortly be at home, herself and her ear
both in good condition, thanks to th£
man who had repaired it and his moth
er and sister, who had entertained and
refreshed her.
Winifred did uot avail herself of her
recently acquired privilege of guiding
her car home, leaving the wheel to her
escort. But he availed himself of the
privilege of driving a very roundabout
course, and they did not reach her home
till dinner time. Then Winifred would
not her escort return until he had
dined with them.
The convenience of having a me
chanic and chauffeur in one was trans
ferred to the Knowllons. since the said
mechanic-chauffeur married Winifred.
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§ Patrick
Vatchniiker
Slew Bank Blag
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