WHAT KEPT THE MOTOR.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 949, 17 October 1910, Page 8

WHAT KEPT THE MOTOR.

A small,,quiet, but'sorrowful,ifnot disgusted mau.sat by the side of a mediumsized automobile drawn out of the road as a large touring, car came, along, drivenby a'man with an- interrogatory aspect; , The man in the -.touring car had..-seen, that auto every time lie passed' that day, so he slowed up and leaned over, ' : "How. kng'hav.e you .been here?".. "Several hours." ■ "Can't you find out what, the matter ■ is?" , ' -■: .V:" ■ ' "• ./"No.", " ';""././ "Inlet valve all right?";. ; '. / "Yes." '. ■ ■/; "Trouble with-spark ,plug?" "Think not" . ■'/ "How are your "batteries?" "0.K." ■ .;'.:/ "How's your'commutator?" ' "Great." .' ,'Terhaps; your worm gear is clogged?"' "No; not at all." ; '-/• / "Got any gasolene in your tank?" "Plenty.' .-/'-- ' ; "How about your circulation? isn't bound, is it?" "No, sir." "Tires seem all right?" • "Never better." .- ;■/ ■'■'"/ "Well, .maybe your isn't adjusted."' ■-'/. ■ "That's all right." ;. "Have you looked afcyonr cartraretort?"' "Yes." "How about the cam shaft?" . , "Grand." "Have you tightened your /ooiuiectiag. rod, examined your clutcircs, and igßuo' over the differentials?" "Yes,.yes." The man in the touring car .paused a moment, and then, looking at the strangor by the roadside, said at last: "What's the matter with that machine of yours?" "There isn't anything the matter with this machine; but since noon my wife has been in that house over there kissing her sister's first baby good-bye. When she gets through, if you are not more than a' thousand miles away and will leave your address, I will telegraph or cable you tho glad news."—'"Pittsburgh Dispatch." ■ . :