Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1912 — A Lady Receives a Great Shock of Surprise. [ARTICLE]

A Lady Receives a Great Shock of Surprise.

; > The other day as I was driving along, an automobile honked! honked! behind him and I turned out, giving it the gravel road, and you couldn’t guess in a year what the chauffeur di3. He said, “Thank you,” just like a person should. Well, if "Old Tom” had been the least inclined to run away he could have gone. I was $o astonished I almost dropped the lines. Because, invariably, before on similar occasions, as the party passed,, they would either giggle at my discoinnture as the dust poured into my face or as, the mud splashed over me, whichever the case might be, or looked straight ahead as though there wasn’t any one within the next hundred miles of them I just appreciated that act of kindness. It made me feel like perhaps

after all I was being considered as having some rights even if I couldn’t afford an auto, and I would deem it a pleasure to give the gentleman the road whenever I meet him if it would be an accommodation. He lives in Rensselaer, and I was about to mention his name, but believe I will let every auto driver try to make the public think it might-’have been him. Owning an automobile does not give one a lifelease to the public highway, and it will make many friends for you if you will be courteous to your fellow traveler. Yours for a square deal, A LADY SUBSCRIBER.