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At the same time he tucked the wriggling dog under his right arm, holding him thus momentarily safe, and pressed the self-starter button. There was a subdued whir. A move of Halding's foot and a release of the brake, and the car started forward. "Stand clear!" he ordered. "I'm going." The jolt of the sudden start was too much for the Mistress's balance on the running-board. Back she toppled.
"Indeed she will!" cried Sue. "Is there anything else new?" asked Bunny. "Indeed there is!" cried Bunker Blue. "The auto-van's got a self-starter on. That's the best of all, I think. You don't have to get out to crank up now. It's great. See, I'll show you." While the children stood on the ground near the automobile, Bunker Blue climbed to the seat near the steering wheel and pulled a lever.
Let his head and shoulders lie right in your lap." "Oh, Laura! Do come!" cried the woman. "I can't, Mrs. Sweet!" returned Laura, sobbing. "I've got to stay and watch my pot boil. Do be quick, Purt!" She stepped out of the car. Purt slammed the tonneau door and leaped to the steering wheel. In a moment the self-starter sputtered, and then the car wheels began to roll. Mrs.
It's exasperating! It's sickening!" But Stella was not to be flustered. She held her head proudly. "It's you that have been talking about him. I told you you'd like him, John Wesley." "Yes, you did and I do. He's a self-starter. He's a peppermist. He's a regular guy.
No Ted though half-a-dozen acquaintances who insisted on saying hello and taking up time. Back to the street and a slight dispute with a policeman as regarded the place where Oliver had parked his car. He looked at his watch just before poking the self-starter Mr. Piper's train must be halfway to New York by now. He set his lips and turned down 44th Street toward the Avenue.
"It is possible," Hunterleys whispered, after some time, "that we may have to wait for another hour yet." Richard was suddenly tense. He sat up, and his foot reached for the self-starter. "I don't think you will," he muttered. "Listen!" Almost immediately they were conscious of some commotion in the direction of the villa, followed by a shot and then a cry.
It was a particularly pig-headed car and right from the start it had been unable to see the sense in this midnight expedition. It seemed now to have the idea that if it just lay low and did nothing, presently it would be taken back to its cosy garage. Billie trod on the self-starter. Nothing happened. "You'll have to get down and crank her," she said curtly. "All right," said Bream.
Driving it was no longer a sporting male occupation too often marred by broken arms and sprained wrists, the painful outcome of hand-cranking when the motor "back-fired." With the self-starter car driving went feminine. Mother, as well as father, could and did drive. It was now practical for automobile owning families to live farther from railroad stations and villages.
Both Tillbury girls stood well in their classes; and they were liked by all the instructors even by Professor Krenner, who some of the girls declared wickedly was the school's "self-starter, Lakeview Hall being altogether too modern to have a crank." In association with their fellow pupils, Nan and Bess had never any real difficulty, save with Linda Riggs and her clique.
"Oh, I don't have an automobile," Williams replied. "What! no car?" exclaimed Mr. Brady. "I don't see how your women folks get along without one. Cars are so low and horses so high nowadays, it don't pay to take a horse out of a busy team to drive to town. I should think you couldn't do without one. Well, good day," he added, as he climbed into his car and threw on the self-starter.
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