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Show Courtesy on Road a Joy to Touring Nowadays One of the big pleasures ot modem motoring lies in the fact that whether the trip is for 100 miles or 1.000 the motorist has every reason to feel sure that he will finish bis journey without having to climb out of his car to undertake un-dertake the disagreeable job of making mak-ing repairs on the road. But now and then some mishap occurs, oc-curs, and a courtesy of the road that all motorists can extend with little inconvenience to themselves is an offer of help to a fellow motorist whose car lias become stranded. Such an offer is particularly timely if the scene of the mishap is some point whose remoteness re-moteness from a garage would make it difficult to get assistance. Even the most careful owners are caught unawares at times and find themselves far from home and minus some tool that is essential to making a repair. For instance not so long ago a man who prides himself on his equipment got a puncture on a lonely country road. He felt lie had no cause for worry, for locked on the back of his car were two new tires ready for such an emergency. emer-gency. But when he went to get one of these tires- he could not find the key to the lock. lie was just getting ready to wreck the lock when a car drew up witli an offer of assistance It happened hap-pened that the good Samaritan had a key that opened the lock, and put an end to the difficulty. |