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Show STUCK! Two Fellers in i Automobeel Do-fide Do-fide Constubtile Dewberry t Then- Got Stalled I Arested-Cy Arested-Cy Hoskins Made a Btf Profit Often Then-Jlead as fellers: There in a good eal of excitement in town last Tuesday about noon, which was enjoyed while it lasted by everybuddy in Bingville, and we hope that 'a similar occurrence will happen soon again, bccux it sort of breaks the monotony, as you might say. About noon a loud noise was heard approaching from the south end of town which sounded a good eal like a steam thresher. Several of our citizens, citi-zens, who was set tin in the shade of the piazia in front of Hen Weathert-by's Weathert-by's general store, discussing current topicki of the day, thort at first it was a thunder storm coming up, but a liftle later away down Main street appeared a automobeel with two fellers in it comin through town like as if Satan was after them. Seh Dewberry, our heroick town constable, who was on Hen Weathert-hv' Weathert-hv' More niazza when he seen the au- I By this time most of the populashlon fn Bingville, including men, whnmea and children had arrived on the scene of the disaster and being as many of them had ucver tee automobeel close to, they was very much interested in It Bad Hinckley, who ain't quit right in his head, when no buddy was kwkre' snuk op and b lowed the turn on the front end of the machine and for a minute conaternashion reigned soo-preme. soo-preme. The crowd fled in all diree-shkms diree-shkms being as they thort the machine was agoing to start, bat presently when they sea it wasn't they all snuk back again. To make long story short the two chaps dickered with Cy Hoskins to pull the machine into his barn with his two horses and leave it there until they could go to the Co. teat and return re-turn with a new tire. Cy charged em $5 for drawing the auto into the barn, which was downright robbery, but whet) Cy gets a automobeel or a widow or orphan in a tight place, he never fails to make the most of his opportunity. oppor-tunity. Cy also told em they'd have to pay 50 cents per day as long as the automobeel remained in the bam and furthermore he charged em $J apiece each for carrying them to the Co. seat in his spring wagon and bringing them back again, which he dene Tuesday afternoon, af-ternoon, so that they got the machine Axed up and left Bingville the tame night Cy am Seth both say that they wish to goodness automobeels would break down oftener in our midst, bring as they bring to much revenue into the towa tomobeel approaching, said he guessed he'd show them fellers that they couldn't pass through our midst with impunity at that rate of speed, so Seth jumped out into the road and as they come on like the wind, he waved his arms and hollered as loud as he could holler, "You miht as well step, gents, bring as you are under arrest 1" Before Seth had got the words outen his mouth the automobeel was nearly on top of him, and with a yell of indiRna-shion indiRna-shion Constable Dewberry jumped to one side jest in lime to keep from being be-ing run over and probably fatally in- jured. The two fellers In tre auto looked back and laushed at Seth who had fell down in his efforts to exrape, but he g.t on his fert and hook hi fist after em. However, the autrmobeel hadn't went but a 'little waj-s until there was a loud explcsli on occurred :omewhere in its vitals and the thing come to a fi ll stop right in the middle of the rn.id in front of Bill Hepburn's blacksmith black-smith shop. Constable Pewberry. follered by everyluddy on the store piazr.a, hurried hur-ried to the cene. and by the time they arrove the two r1!er bad got out and was eam:r'ng the niacbeen. Seth informed them that thev was both unHer arre. be:nR as they had went thrnu-h Pinrville fr.stcr than three mile an 1rur, which is the .ordinnn.ee. anrl told cm tl at unless they paid their fine lie wmiid hjft to rlap them both into the town lrck-up They desired lo know how. much the fine was. and Jude Amos Hillycr, our talented tal-ented loryer and leea! light, who was present, informed them the tine consisted con-sisted of $1 each and that if they ever j done it again he would have to fine them 2 per each for the second offense. of-fense. It appears that the automobeel had busted a tire, which was why it stopped so sudden, and the way them two chaps cussed and swore bec-jz they - didn't have a extry tire along with them ain't fit lo repeat in a respectable newspaper like the Bugle. Bill Hepburn, our ar-tistiek ar-tistiek blacksmith, who was present after af-ter listening to their conversashion for a few minutes said that he alius thort he was a pretty good swearer hisself, but he reckoned lc had good 4l to leaxo yet. |