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Excerpt from Araminta and the Automobile I have been asked to say a few words to you before you get busy with my little book that is filled with Cheerful Americans going out for automobile rides. A generation or two ago, there was a poor writer (i mean poor in this world's goods, of course) and he saw people riding about in automobiles as if they owned them, and it made him wish he could ride about in one as if he owned it. But he lacked the nerve, so he had to be content with trolleys. After a while he made believe that he had bought an automobile, and he rode around in it with Araminta. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Early story about automobiles,written between 1900 & 1903. 3 short stories originally publishe in the Saturday Evening Post or by The Century Company. This is a rare edition. Brown hardbound covers with stamped ink cover, gilt letting on the spin. Normal cover soiling, corners are bumped and light foxing on some pages. Penciled notations on the inside front cover/ Binding is tight and square. 4 Illustrations by Otto lang. One small page tear on pg 37 but only in the left hard margin, not near the text area.

Early story about automobiles,written between 1900 & 1903. 3 short stories originally publishe in the Saturday Evening Post or by The Century Company. This is a rare edition. Brown hardbound covers with stamped ink cover, gilt letting on the spin. Normal cover soiling, corners are bumped and light foxing on some pages. Penciled notations on the inside front cover/ Binding is tight and square. 4 Illustrations by Otto lang. One small page tear on pg 37 but only in the left hard margin, not near the text area.

But if she was ridiculously old-fashioned in her notions, John was not, and he cast about in his mind for some way to circumvent Martha without her knowing it. The thing would have been easy to do if it had not been for the fact that they were a very loving couple. John seldom went anywhere without taking his wife along, and as his business was of such a nature that he carried it on under his roof-tree, he was unable to speed along in happy loneliness on a locomobile or electric motor. Besides all this, John Tucker’s conscience was such a peculiar affair that if he hoodwinked Martha it must be in her sight.