| Show CAPTAIN HANSENS BRAVERY WAS PUT TO A TEST salt sal lale lako herald captain hans henry hanson hansen of he american car in tho th now new york yorito to parra paris automobile race Is 1 s a familiar figure all along the route tho the captain has a swedish namo name claims to be russian curls his mus tacho like a german and ills his talk has the french accent ile H e dresses in a uniformed suit up to da te according to the other members of the iho party the captains chief job is to address the people mong along the route in the small towns and then mounting the car sing out in sonorous tones all aboard for foi paris I 1 must beat the other cars there the captain is what might bo be called a ladles ladies man and this fact leads up to one of the most amusing incidents ot of the race linn Mathow sons the driver who brought the car into ogden and 0 E R van loan a denver newspaper man know knew of the captains fallings failings toward the fair sex and decided to put up lip a job on him while in ogden and at the same ume time test the capt captains alnE much vaunted courage under trying circumstances the captain be it ir known has decorations for bravery even it if van loan does say they closely resemble cigar wrappers so much in uw in this country van says ho he examined them critically and Is sure he has smoked many a piece of rope with one of those foreign decorations wrapped around the dark colored weed on sunday night after the entire party wore were quartered at ogdon ogden van loan and mathewson got their heads together and in a a few minutes the following penned note written in a feminine band was delivered fo the captain it said my dear captain j I 1 have bave seen your manly figure and classic brow around tho the hotel for a couple of days I 1 feel that I 1 must meet you land and hear bear the music of your voice before you leave on your dangerous erous journey around the world wont you please ca call 11 at my room no in the hotel at 8 this evening signed one who admires you A few minutes before eight alathea son and van loan reached he question and after turning on the lights sat down to await the e cap alstein tam an fn an the majesty of his uniform which had not been in any way disfigured by the journey across the country hardly had the clock stopped striking eight when a gentle knock was heard at the door mathewson hag baz a pretty good feminine voice when he be needs it and on this occasion spoke in a low tone who is there back came the answer it is 1 I captain hansen spoken in a manner to impress who ls Is susceptible to an aa imposing military man the captain had hardly finished speaking when a ricket racket caused by the upsetting of chairs came from the inside oaf 0 f the room and van loan in a gruff voice which was plainly masculine yelled lot let me at him ill teach him to come around here mathewson ri in appealing feminine tones replied r oh dear dont shoot dont kill him this was followed by another scuffle from tho inside of the room in which the gruff voice insisted on oil using the manly form of oc the captain as ag a target 1 I 1 1 v in a few seconds air arid van loan opened the door and although there was a straight hall for fifty yards in front of them the captain had disappeared van loan and mathewson Ma started on a hunt tor for the captain and finally found him at tho the garage where the american racer was housed van loan rushed up to him and wanted to know what ho he had been doing up at the hotel claiming there was a wild eyed i rn man n looking for captain hansen haneen and i declaring he would fill him full of lead if he found him the captain disguised himself in a suit of overalls and remained with the car all night as one of the machinists and van loan and mathewson declare he never showed up on the street until the car pulled out of ogdon ogden 19 |
