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| Thornton, gesticulating wildly, disappeared around the corner | [ Frontispiece] |
| “Young man, experience teaches more in half an hour than books or precepts do in a year” | [ 14] |
| She approached the horse’s head to pet him | [ 44] |
| He dropped upon his bed, feeling white about the gills | [ 88] |
ARAMINTA
AND THE AUTOMOBILE
ARAMINTA
AND THE AUTOMOBILE
Some persons spend their surplus on works of art; some spend it on Italian gardens and pergolas; there are those who sink it in golf, and I have heard of those who expended it on charity.
None of these forms of getting away with money appealed to Araminta and myself. As soon as it was ascertained that the automobile was practicable and would not cost a king’s ransom, I determined to devote my savings to the purchase of one.