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Show Chatter Box Dear Suzy, All of us have heard of people getting their wires crossed and wondered what happened and how that term came into common usage. us-age. But this did happen to Marion Mar-ion Killpack, local hair whittler and prospector. It seems that Marion has a Jeep which he drives to and from his home and ,his place of employment and he parks same back of the joint, supposedly away from all trouble. The other night he steped on the starter to tottle home and found that he lacked a great deal of power and the engine made funny noises. He finally put the Jeep into 4-wheel 4-wheel drive and by coaxing it along he was able to get a block from home where it gave up the ghost. He walked home and got his bicyele and towed the car from there. Next mornnig bright and early Marion went out to see if the prospecting jalopy had improved any during the night and found he couldn't even get ia small hic- cough from it. He called Peterson Motor Company and had them send a tow car to the rescue, and of course he went along also to see just how bad the damage was. They wheeled the Jeep into Nobe's and a hasty conference was called cal-led with the mechanics. Danny Howterton listened a short time and then lifted the hood and changed chan-ged 2 wires from the spark plugs to their rightful place and the Jeep purred like a kitten eating butter. Marion prides himself as being a fairly good mechanic and his Sace went quite scarlet when he saw the simple solution to his trou ble. It went even redder when he was charged 2 bucks as a tow charge and repair bill. . Later Mr .Killpack was orating in his barber shop as to the type of alley rat who would do such a thing and had a large crowd spell-bound with his colorful and and forceful language, which he employed freely nad vociferiously. He had just stopped for a ibreath when one Len Vodiak walked in to apologize for the misdeed and and explained that it was he and one Brown Sanford, local plier mechanic, mech-anic, that had changed the wires. It was Oney Petty who had the presence of mind -to lead Len away aw-ay quickly from the barber shop so that harm would not befall him, and caution Len to stay away aw-ay until the smoke and gas fumes cleared from Marion s head, as Oney explained that Marion had not been himself since the foul deed was perpetrated. Len has since been hiding back of a can of Weedone at his place of business. .Brown can't be found which is nothing unusual for Brown, and Marion is counting to ten each hour on the hour by 100thB fractions, so as to hold himself in check, and the Jeep remains unmolested at present. Now we all know what it means by getting your vwires crossed. It means that the car doesn't run so good, and driver blows a fuse. Will Killpack, Marion's brother, is going to quit farming as he says it is too late' for him to take up acrobatics to do his farming. The other day he was riding a ditcher out at his local rancho and the ditcher hit something in the course of its travels wich caused it to do a quick flip. The flip was too much for Bill and he did several sev-eral end over ends and landed 40 acres away. Liberal applications of horse liniment have got him back on his feet, but in a sore and stiff condition. He is going to go back to bed making at his motor lodge, but he should be cautioned that accidents oan happn there, too. Toots |