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Show THE S ALIN A SUN. S ALIN A UTAH mmmmmmnTTmiT n jpxxxxxzrm r X N H h h " c 11 1 mi mtti If Phineas hesitated a moment. PHINEAS AND THE MOTOR CAR h In Which Gasoline Takes Over the Job as Furnishing Motive Power of Mr. Cupid H By ELEANOR PORTER N Author of 1 N Pollyanna, Just David," Etc. Copyright by Eleanor H. Porter. used to wonder, til now those wants had not Included Just when it was he began .an automobile until now he hud not to court Diantha Bowman, the known that Diantha wishvd to fly. AH golden-haireidol of his boy- through the autumn and winter hood. Diuntha's cheeks were not rosy Iliineas pinched nnd economized until now, and her hair was more silver than he had lopped off all of the luxuries and most of the pleasures of living. gold, but site was not yet his wife. And he had tried so hard to win Even then it is doubtful if he would her! Year after year the rosiest ap- have accomplished ids purpose had ples from his orchard and the choicest lie not, in the spring, fallen heir t a honey from his apiary had found their modest legacy of a few thousand dot way to Dlanthas table; nnd year lurs. The news of h!s good fortune after year the county fair and village was not two hours old when he sought picnic had found him at Diuntha's door Diuntha. with kis old mare nnd Ids buggy, I eal'Iate mebbe Ill he gettin me ready to be her devoted slave for the one o them 'ere nut) mobiles this day. Nor was Diantha unmindful of spring, he sidd, as if casually filling a all these attentions. She ate the ap- part of the conversation. f "Phineas !" ples and the honey, and spent long At the awed Joy in Dlantlmfs voice contented hours in the buggy ; but stie still answered his pleadings with her the man's heart glowed within him. gentle: I haint no call to marry yet, This one moment of triumph was and nothing lie could do worth all the long miserable winter Ililneas, seemed to hasten tier decision in the with its butterless bread and tolmreo-lesleast. It was the mare and the buggy, pipes. But he carefully ldd his however, that proved to lit responsible Joy when lie spoke. I'm for what wus the beginning of the Yes," he said nonehulantly. end. goiu' ter Boston, next week ter pick They were on their way home from one out. I cal'lute on gettin a purty the county fair. The mare, head good one. But how how you banging, was plodding through the Oh, Iliineas! dust, when around the curve of the goin ter run It? road shot the one automobile that the ll.ineas chin came up. town boasted. The next moment the Uun it !" he scoffed. Well, I haln't whi.zing thing had passed, and left a had no trouble yet steerin a boss, an old mare looming I ealIate I won't have any more MipernnnimtPd steerin a moss" o senseless metal what through g cloud of dust and danclu on two wabbly hind legs. liaint got no eyes ter he srein tilings Plague take them autymoliiles un.gittin scared! I dont worry none snarled Ihitieas through set teeth, as 'bout runnln it. he sawed at the reins. I ax pardon, "But, Ihineas, It aint steerin, venPm sure, Diunthy," he added Theres lots tured Diantha, tlndiliy. when the mure had dropped to u position more nearly normal ; but I liaint no use fur them ere contraptions! She was fright-tileDiantha frowned. and because she was frightened she was angry. Nhe said the first thing that came into her head and ieer had she spol.cn to Ihinens so pilINEAS mime-time- s. rosy-dieeke- d, d s ! sliume-fnmli- y, d sharply'. If youd have some use for em, Iliincas Hopkins, you wouldn't be crawlin along in a shiftless old rig like this ; youd have one yourself an he somebody! Por my part, I like em, nn' Im Jest achin ter ride in em. too! I I'lilneas almost dropped the reins In IiIh amazement. Achin ter ride In em," she hu said and all that he could give her was tills shiftless old rig that she so scorned. He remembered something else, too, and his face flamed suddmily red. It was Colonel Smith who owned and drove that automobile, nnd Colonel Smith, too, wus What if h bachelor. Instantly in Ihincns soul rose a fierce jealousy, 1 like a i boss, myself, he said, with some dignity. I want somethin' that's alive! Diantha laughed slyly. The dun-'gwiis past, and she could ufford to er tie merry. Well, It strikes nte that you come Just Ahead There Wae a Sharp Curve. pretty near havin somethin' that wan't alive Jest cause you had some- of little handles and things ter turn, thin that was! she retorted. Keully, an theres some tilings you do with Ihinens, I didnt s'pose Dolly could your feet. Colonel Smith did." move so fust! Tiie name Smith to Phineas was like a match to gunpowder. He flamed inI'hlneas brindled. , e stantly Into wrath. Doily knew how ter move once. Cause nobody he rejoined grimly. Well, I eal'Iate what Colonel Smith Besides." pretends ter say shes young now, any does, I can, he snapped. more'n we be, he finished with some airily' mebbeI I shan't git the feet want the best. There's Hut he droyWd visibly at kind, anyhow; defiance. us much as four or five kinds, Jim I.int hus next rAirds. ' Why, I dont feel old, Ihineas, an Blair says, an' I eal'Iate ter try em I aint old, either. Look at Colonel all." "Oh-hbreathed Diantha, falling Smith ; hes jest my age, an he's got Mebbe Ill have one Imck in her chair with an ecstatic a nutymobile. Oh, Phineas, won't it he sigh. some day. And lldneas, seeing the joygrund! a cold To Ihineas It seemed that ous light In her eyes, gu.ed straight hand clutched his heart. down a vista of happiness that led Dinntby, you wouldn't really ride to wedding hells and Iniss. In one! he faltered. was gone some time on his Pldnens Until Hint moment Diantha had not Boston trip. When he returned he hut the been sure that she would, tldn nnd worried, looked lie started quaver In Ihineas' voice decided her. at trivial noises, and ids nervously Wouldnt I?, You jest wait an' eyes showed n furtive restlessness that see !" quickly caused remark. And Iliineas did wait and lie did Why. Ililneas, you don't look He saw Diantha. not a week see. Diantha exclaimed when site well!" , und J ! later, pink-cheeke- d bright-eyed- the side of Colonel Smith In that bated automobile. Nor did lie sip to consider that Diantha was only Kitting by' lie of a dozen saw him. Well? Oli, I'm vvtll." Andid you buy it that - nutynio-bile?'- ,' upon whom Colonel I did Ihineas' voice vv'as trismith, in the enthusiasm of his new umphant. possession, was pleased to bestow that Diunthas eyes sparkled. H trillion. To Ihineas it could mean Where Is it? she demanded. but one thing, and tie did not change Coinin next week." his opinion when he heard Diuntha's An did you try em all. us you said itivount of the ride. siie you weald? It was perfectly lovely, Phineas stirred; then he sighed. bieutlieL Oli, Ihineas, it was Jest Well. diinno, lie acknowledged. tl;e (lyin !' I haint done nothin' hut ride in em no could Ihineas say Tlyin I know that. But p;o m .He felt as if lie were choking since I vent dovyn a Jaiwerful lot of em, such there's raised dust with the by choking Diunthy; an' vvheft they found out I Dolljs plodding hoofs. An' the trees an the houses swept wanted one, they all took hold an' e continued Diantha. showed off their best p'ints 'demonlike ghosts, I a' rode on an' stratin'.' they called It. They raced me could Why, Phineas, up hill an' down hill, an' scooted me ! ou forever round corners till didn't know where Before the ecstatic rapture in I was. I didn't have a minute ter mydein went down face Ihineas feat. Without one word lie turned self. An' they went fast, Pianthy I ain't real sure that a way but in his heart he registered powerful fast. s solemn vow : he, too, would have nn I'm breathin' natural.' ! But It must have been grand. automobile; tie, too, would make should have loved it!" wish to ride on and on forOh. It was. course! asserted ever! Arduous days came then to Phineas. Phineas, hastily. An you'll take me ter rid1:, right Pidneaa was not a rich man. He had away? eipuigh for his modest wants, but un I 1 f 1 Phin-ens- 1 t Er theres Course," he promised. a man, hes coinin with It, an hes goln ter stay a little, jest ter ter make sure everythings oil right. After he goes Ill come. An ye want to be ready Ill show ye a tiling or two he finished with a swagger that was meant to hide the shake In his voice. In due time the man and the automobile arrived, but Diuntha did not have her ride at once. It must have luken some time to make sure that every tiling was all right," for the niun stayed muny days, und while he was there, of course, Ihineus was occupied with him. Colonel Smith was unkind enougli to observe that he hoped it was taking Phineas Hopkins long enougli to learn to run the thing ; but his remark did not reach Diunthas ears. She knew only that Phineas, together with the man and the automobile, started off early every morning for some unfrequented road, and did not return until night. There came a day, however, when the man left town, nnd not 24 hours later, Phineas, with a gleaming thing of paint and polish, stood at Diunthas ! h H It was for only door. Now, ain't that pretty," quavered Diantha excitedly. Ain't that awfully pretty Phineas beamed. lurty slick, I ttynk myself, he acknowledged. An green is so much nicer than red, cooed Diuntha. Phineas quite glowed with Joy Colonel Smiths car was red. "Oh, greens the thing, he retorted airily; an see! he added; and forthwith he burst into a paean of praise, in which tires, horns, lamps, pumps, baskets, brakes and mud guards were tiie dominant notes. It almost seemed, indeed, that he had bought the gorgeous thing before him to look at and talk about, rather than to use, so loath was he to stop talking and set the wheels to moving. Not until - Diantha had twice reminded him that she was longing to ride in it did he help her Into the ear and make ready to start. It was not an entire success that start. There were several false moves on Iliinens part, and Diantha could not repress a slight scream and a nervous Jump at sundry unexpected puffs and snorts and snaps from the throbbing thing beneath her. She gave a louder serenm when Phineas, in his nervousness sounded the siren, and a wail like a cry from the spirit world shrieked in her ears. she shivPhineas, vvliat was that ered, when tiie voice had moaned into silence. Phinens' lips were dry, nnd his hands and knees were shaking; but his pride marched boldly to the front. that's the siren whistle, Why, he chattered. Aint it 'course, great? I thought you'd like it!" And to hear him one would suppose that to sound tiie siren was always a necesto sturting the sary preliminary v heels. They were off at Inst. Ttiere was a slight Indecision, to be sure, whether they would go backward or forward, ttfid there wus some hesitation as to whether Diunthas geranium lied or the driveway would muke the best thoroughfare. But these little matters having been settled to the apparent satisfaction of all concerned, tlt,e automobile rolled down the driveway nnd out on to the main highway. Ob' ain't this grand!" murmured Diantha, drawing a long but somewhat tremulous breath. Ills lips Phineas did not answer. were tense, and his eyes were fixed on the road ahead. For days now he had run the car himself, and he had been given olllcial assurance that he was quite capable of handling it ; yet here he was on his first ride with Diantha almost making a failure of tiie whole Was he to be thing, at tiie start. beaten beaten by a senseless motorcar and Colonel Smith? At the thought Phinens lifted his chin and put on more power. we're goln! Oh, nty! How cried Diantha, close to his ear. Phinens nodded. Who wants ter crawl? he shouted; and the car leaped again at the touch of his hand. They were out of town now, on a wide rond that had Tew turns. Occasionally they met a carriage or a wagon, but tiie frightened horses and the no less frightened drivers gave tiie automobile a wide bertti which was well; for the parallel trucks Phinens showed that the cur still had its moments of indecision as to the course to pursue. The town was four miles behind them when Diantha. who hud been for some time vainly clutching at the flying ends of her veil, railed to Phineas to stop. The request took Phineas h,v surprise. For one aw ful moment his mind was a blank he hud forgotten lmw to step! In frantic haste he turned nnd twisted and shoved and pulled, end lng vvith so sudden application of the brakes that Diantha nearly shot headfirst out of the car as It stopped. Why, why Ihineas!" she cried a little sharply. Phineas swallowed the lump In his throat and steadied himself in his d seat. can stop her real quick if I want to, lie explained jimntiiy. Ye can do 'most anythin' wttli these 'ere things. If ye only know how, Di.tr.-thv- . Didn't we come slick? Yes, Indeed," stammered Dinathn, hastily smoothing out the frown or. her face und summoning a smile to her lips not t.- - her best black silk gown would sb have bad Phineas know that she w.u wishing herself safe at home and the nutt mobile back vv here it came from. We'll go home through the holler, said Phineas, after she had retied her Yc see 1 I veil and they were ready to start. Its the long way round, ye know, I aint goin ter give ye no snippy little two-mll-e run, Dlanthy, like Colonel Smith did, he finished gleefully. No, of course not, murmured smothering a sigh as the automobile sturted with a Jerk. GRAHAM BONNER. yAARY An hour later, tired, frightened, a Lortiupwi tv vtvuH NevAt union little breathless, but valiantly declaring thut she had had a beautiful SHARKS AND CRABS time, Diantha was set down at her own door. There are sharks known ns Rays," That was but the first of many such said Daddy, and there ore sharks trips. Ever sounding in Phineas Hopknown as Skutos kins ears and spurring him to fresh nnd theyre both I endeavor were Diunthas words: supposed to could a rode on an on furever; and to the Flatdeep In his heart was the determinatened Shark famtion that If it was automobile rides ily. that she wanted, It was automobile There are IBs small rides that she would have Common Spined farm on the edge of the town once Dog-FisSharks, the pride of his heart began to look and there are forlorn and deserted; for Phinens, Ground Sharks. when not .nsually driving his autoT li e r e are mobile, was usually to be found hangSleeper Sharks, ing over it with wrench and polishing who like it where cloth. lie bought little food and less tiie water is very And clothing, but always gasoline. cold, and there he talked to any one who would listen are Baskins ubout automobiles In general and his Sharks. And own In particular, learnedly dropping there are HamIn frequent references to cylinders, merhead Sharks. speed, horse power, vibrators, carbuNow Sharks retors and spark plugs. live in all kinds As to' Dhintha she went to bed of waters in all parts of the world, every night with thankfulness that she but dangerous ones are not about possessed her complement of limbs where we are, for they are such enorand senses, and she rose every mornmous fishes and they want to be ing with a fear that the coming night where it is wilder. would find some of them missing. To Mrs. Shark comes to a shallower Phineas and the town in general she water when the eight or nine little Sharks (if we can speak of them as appeared to be devoted to this breathless whizzing over the country roads; little Sharks) come into the world. s and wild horses could not have They also travel about after dragged from her the truth ; thut she and other kinds of fishes they was longing vvith an overwhelming want to have for ttieir breakfasts and longing for the old days of Dolly, dinners and suppers. dawdling, nnd peace. The Sharks that are along AmerJust where it all would have ended ican coasts are harmless ami mostly It is difficult to say, had not the authey belong to the Dusky Shark famtomobile Itself taken a hand in the ily, a family of Blue Sharks. "Oh, there are so many families of game ns automobiles will sometimes them And such strange names ns and played trumps. It was the first day of the country they have! There are any number of other fair again, and Phineas and Diantha were on their way home. Straight Shark families whose names I have not mentioned, such as the Nurse ahead the road ran between clumps of green, then unwound In a white ribShark, the Smooth-TootheShark, the bon of dust across wide fields and open Ilqund Shark, tiie Fresh-Wate- r Shark, and many others. meadows. Taint much like lust year. Is it, They are very, very big, but as Ive Dlanthy? crowed Phineas, shrilly, la never seen a Shark I cannot tell you her ear then something went wrong, much else about them, and I believe I The was only asked for half a story about Phineas knew it instantly. them anyway." quivering thing beneath them leaped into new life but a life of its own. Nick and Nancy laughed, for Nick It was no longer a slave, but a mas- had asked Daddy to use up half of ter. Phineas face grew white. Thus tiie story time by telling hint just a far he had been able to keep to the little about Sharks nnd Nancy had road, but just ahead there was a chosen Crabs for the second half of sharp curve, and he knew he could not the story time. make . the turn something was the I don't believe, Nick said, that matter with the steering geur. Sharks are very interesting, but It Look out shes got tiie bit in her seems funny to think of Sharks travShe's bolted I teeth ! he shouted. eling about." Then came a scream, a sharp report, I agree with Yes," said Daddy, and a grinding crash then silence. you, for I am sure if I were the size From away off in the dint distance of a shark I wouldnt want to move Phineas heard a voice. myself about, for it would he too Phinens! Phineas! much of a job. Something snapped, and he seemed Of course nil Sharks do rfot travel to be floating up, up, up, out of the about, but some live always where He warm and cool waters meet where black oblivion of nothingness. tried to speak, but he knew that he they can find the food they like best made no sound. But, dear tno, we are using up more Phiueas! Phineas! than half the time talking about The voice was nearer now, so near Sharks. that it seemed just above him. It I don't mind, said Nancy. sounded like With a mighty effort he "Well, we won't waste another minopened his eyes; then full consciousute on Sharks," Daddy said. ness came. lie was on the ground, Hello, said Mr. Horseshoe Crab his head in Diantlias lap. Diantha, to Mr. Itoek Crab, I am very happy tn bonnet crushed, neck-hoaskew, and this basin. pleasant coat torn, was bending over him, call" Of course it's not like a basin that Ten ing him frantically by name. can only hold just so much wmter. feet away the wrecked automobile, Mine changes when the tide comes In against a large maple tree, and goes out. Sometimes I have lots completed the picture. of water and sometimes not so much. With a groan Phineas closed his eyes But I am safe, for though I have and turned away his head. a queer shape and look dangerous. Im "Shes all stove up an now you n't good to eat. Im thankful to say. won't ever say yes, he moaned. "You " I am, said wanted ter ride on an on furever!" the Rock Crab. But I will I don't I didn't mean Yes, I am, hut Id still I nm not it, sobbed Diantha incoherently. rather have Dolly twice over. I like eaten as yet! ter crawl. Oh, Phineas, I hate that Im about the thing I've always hated it ! Ill say smallest of the yes next week tomorrow today If lot, said the youll only open your eves and tell me Sandbag. Hut I you ain't can get about and Phineas was not dying, and he proved have a good time. it promptly and effectually, even to Im not slow in the doubting Diuntha's blushing conthe way I move tent. And there their rescuers found around. later a blissful them a long half-hou- r I am the old man and a happy old woman sitof all, prettiest ting hand in hand by the wrecked ausaid the Lady tomobile. II o vv I Crab. 1 collated soinebodv'd he along love the sandy purty soon." said Phineas. rising ground under the stillly. "Ye see, weve each got a foot water. that don't go, so vve couldnt git Help ; Yes, I am a but vve ain't minded the wait not great sand lover. a mite!" Well, said the Horseshoe Crab. I think I att the luckiest of you all, for I look ns though I were quite danWomen Patients Less Fussy. gerous and I am not good to eat. Landladies may find men less tum" That is pleasant, yes it is pleaswomen as roomers, bvt when ble than And then the Horseshoe Crab ant. an sick it's aifterent entirely they're said, At least, so thin is the question. " I hope the ll keep tabs towsle-hondeproletarian who keeps On the different crahs. the floors cieau in a wing of one of that t And will the hospitals, and whose relaxation it Am no good to eat or to buy: is to exchange gossip with any well enough to stand tiie strain. RIDDLES f'i rather e'ean up for a whole fior of women than for onp ward of, Why does a woman who gives bMen are an av men," be observed. a piece of tier mind" usually husband ful nuisance when they're sick, takq it frotu me. They scatter cigarette take as much as she gives? Because she generally manages to take away ashes on the floor, and they have news tiie peace of Ids. and over all the papers magazines place. Why, a person could clean op When is a nose not a nose? 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