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SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER
THE GHOST HUNTER.
Into the Occult on Four Wheels.
(By Richard Carol.]
Now I'm tellin' ye folks, there's "That's fine," says 1, thinkin' o'i no more lawabidin', respectable the fortune, "and what'll be the na- body than Jock McAlister. That's ture of the help?" me, ye ken. And as for wantin' to "I want ma head," says be. “Ita decimate turkeys and geese and terrible being without a head, ye chickens and ither twa-legged folk ken, Maister...." ilke human bodies, that's no mo a bit. Yet here I am soootin' all over the country in a wee motorcar. And d'ye ken. what I'm after chasin'? I'll bet ye canna guess. Give it up? Weel, it's... ghosts.
The Cause of it All. Ay, and it's all because of ma Aunt Deborah. She was a bit o' crank was Deborah and she demised six week ago last Thursday, leavin' me her entire fortune on conditions. new form of equipment which was Ay, and I'm tellin' ye, ye'll no' can guose the conditions. Yo ken, I've now being applied to all typos of got to hunt out all the ghosts on a roud transport, from the light do list drawed up by Deborah and d livery van to the heavy vehicle. Thema best to give them a bit help and transfer from the old solid tyre to
the pneumatic tyre was, parhaps,eport when it's all finished. wi', ma more pronounced in the country than expenses being paid out o'the estate. it was in London.
"McAlister," I interspersos polite. "Maister McAlister," says he,. "Ye've nao idea what it means. Yo see, the McArrows cut it off in tho yard here about three hunder year ago as far as I can mind, and left my body in the yard, but they took na head and stuck it on the gate of the auid castle o' Auchore. as ye can imagine, I canna find it by mascl, so I've got to haunt here without it. But Maintor McAllster, between ouracle, I'm no fond of
auntia."
And
"But," says I, maist interested, 'what about yer union? Will it no1 rive ye a help?"
Union Prefera Disunion. "Union?" croaks Headless
Bo thinks I to masel, after pickin' Jamish. "Maister. McAlister, out the places on a map, if I've got have yo had ony experience o' the It was stated at the officon of the to scoot all over the country after Jnian of Ghosts and other Super- London General Omnibus Company ghosts that need helpin' I'm going innuated Supernatural Phonemers? that about 50 of their omnibuses had to have a motorcar paid out of there can take ma word for it they're been fitted with pneumatic gros, estate. So along 1 goes to a motor- and that the number would be in-car man and aaye I: "I want a car so going to help. Ye see, if I got creased to 175 before the end of the for helpin' ghosts, and it'll need to head I could get awa' fran this mony headless ghosts year. The new equipment is being be a wee car for I'll be traversin auntin' business and they've no introduced as an experiment, on the some awful wee roads and it'll need to see result of which will depend a more to be a strong car for the roads in their books that they can let me extensive use of pneumatic tyres gey up and doon and awful rough.". But if you can help me, "It will be done," says I easy, and nunong the 4,200 omnibuses which And he says: "I've got just Malster McAllster. . "'. the company have running within the car for you." And he looks jumped onto bed all dressed; for
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"Come wi' me," says I, and I took him to ma car. "Dae ye ken the way?".
"Aye," says he, "I can describa t to yo.'
awful honest so I takes it.
Then I got anither man and irye nee, I hadna been keen on helpin' three days what I didna ken about Hamish in ma nightshirt. that weo motorcar was no' worth kennin'. So one fine day at least I suppose ye would call it fine, it being just a wee drizzle-I packs: ma bag, gets out ma fine motorcari and after about half an hour's twiddlin' I was off in grand style to Hooch to make the acquaintance oʻ Headless Hamish, which was first on ma lat.
So up we went, and I'm telling yo Hamish'a auld bones fair rattled. But the wee car did fine, and soon
we were up at the gates of Auchore Castle.
"I've heard," says Hamish, just. rattlin' wi' excitement, "that ma head was chucked into a whinbush just by the right gate-post."
So I searched and searched and
Low Finance. Weel, after a maist interestin' journey in which I displayed ma motorin' talents magnificently, I ar- rived at Hooch pushin' the woe car, 300n 1 came across a Ane akull it no being vera heavy, the petrol which i presented to Hamish, WI tank being empty, WI consider quiverin' hands he fixed it on. able aplomb, I discovered "The Hame of Hamish," and appropached the genial host, which was no' na genial as I thought, for he actually asked me seven shillin's for ma bed and breakfast. They ay do that| when they see ye've got a car, ye yen.
"Six-and six," says I fria,
"I'm no' n whale for argument," says he affable, and I took me portmanty out the car and brought it in.
no' mine. It doesna fit."
"Na," he says, wi' dole, "that's!
So 1 hunted awhile and found anther fine skull.
"Is this it?" anys I and he tries t on.
"Aye," says he, speakin" right through now. Och, that's fine, Maister McAlister. Can ye tako me back now? I've a few things I want to pick up afore I get awa"
Och, it was an amazin' rido throu-h the night, wi' the wee car Whiles I partook o'a vera average skiddin' over the road and the supper, Lenquired of the wee lassie clouds scuddin' over the moon and about Headless Hamish and she inauld Hamish jist chucklin' awa' to formed me he'd been in fine, form himsel like mad at what the union Lately. Thinks I that's fine, and I
would say when they found he'd got | was up to ma bed early,
his head without them.
Weel, It would be funt between twelve and one when I hears a queer noise and....aye, there was Headless Hamish.
"Hulle," anya I effable. "Hello," says he, in a queer sort o'croak which was not to be wonder ed at seein' his epi ... epi... bita o' his vocal uppaatus onyway, was missin.'
"Sit ye down on ma bed," says I, "I've come to help ye, that'a to say if ye want only help."
A Little Help. "Have ye though?" says he. Then he adds awful mournful: "Aye, Iwant help right enough.'
IN EMERGENCY.
Good Brakes Needed!
When we got back he 'grinned all over his naked face.
A Spook Testimonial. "Maister McAlister," says he, "I'm awful grateful to yo for yer help and I must say ye're à maist superlative driver of a motorcar. I've never met a better."
He was awa'. Think I, a malet discernin' host was Hamish, till I minded they didna have motorcars In his days, Still, that doesna provent his criticism o' ma ability frae being correct. No. A maist discernin' ghost was Headless Hamish o' Hooch.
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It is therefore both safe and eco- nomical to judge our driving peed with the traffic ahead, and move along at an even gal.
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Hills are another source of de- triment to brakes. A driver is in.
A FEW USEFUL HINTS. lined to put his left font down
[By Israel Klein.]
on the clutch pedal and let the car o sailing, down. Tut when he has to apply the brakes he' and he has o use much more pressure and keep While we hope never to meet the pedal down longer to slov down up with an emergency, we on a hill than on a level stretch. {should always be prepared for one. The result la burning brake bands That, in automotive parlance, and the danger of throwing the means one thing good brakes, brakes altogether out of adjust-
An emergency implies danger and ment. danger implies the necessity of well- kept, efficient brakes,
One of the major precautions to ward having the brakes ready for
The way to go down a long or steep hill is to get into low gear, keep the clutch engaged and let the engine, act as brake. If the car, even under such control, accelerates an emergency la going easy on too much, then the brakes may be them when they're not so urgently applied occasionally to slow it down.
needed.. Too often do we see a
motorist speeding through traffic,
when he should be taking a steadier Another way to save the brakes gait, and slamming on the brakes
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HIGH POWER PLANES.
Airplanes with engines capable
of developing 10,000 horsepower at crossings for short stops. too much in ordinary stopping,partment of agriculture. Auto-are being planned by aviation on- This is not only hard on the Especially is this important in wet mobiles owned on farms last year gineers. These are considered brakes, it's hard on the engine and weather.
was 212,918, an increase of 4,150 necessary for long distance flights bard on the body of the car. But, The way to stop a car is to keep over last year.
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clutch would stall the engine.
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