There are also other features of the
story that don't correspond to the
automobile romance in last week’s i
Obeserver. where a Brookline man. ■
employed here, appropriated a car
standing on the street to make the
journey home to see his sweetheart, j
and landed in Jail.
The hero of the affair, although he
doesn't measure up to that role very
well, was Frank James, who has been
in the employ of Stanton D. Wicks.
On Friday evening he started out
with a car belonging to his brother.
Mr. Wicks. He met the girls while
driving down the steep grade on
School street, stopped the car and got
out and assisted them into the back j
seat. Ignorantly or carelessly, he ha1 j
left the gears in "high" and when he |
cranked the engine the car leaped for i
ward, and started down the hill. See j
ing their danger, both girls jumped
out and were unhurt. James also j
escaped being run down. The car
swerved sharply to one side, went
over a little bank at the side of the
street and came to a stop with a from
wheel broken.
Whereupon James "beat it," with
out saying good-bye to his companion0
or any work of explanation, he just
went away. -- Where, is not known,
and Mr. Wicks is looking for some
one to take his place.
SOME WHERE IN FRANCE
Mrs. W. L. Seger. formerly of Put
nam city, has received a letter from
her son. Herbert F. Watson, from
“Somewhere in France." Mr Watson
is radio operator on one of the trans
ports that recently landed in France.
PAY YOUR TAXES
City taxes are now due and payable
at the store of City Tax Collector, Al
fred Bonneville. No. 1. Kim Street.
