Central Wisconsin College - Valkyrie Yearbook (Scandanavia, WI)

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it ti nfs ri gg, ' 2 3 'a:' :j - gui -.Bra iv '. L , 512- EA.: 70 t s ... 24 RASTUS FIXES THE FORD Mr. John Thomas Brown lived alone in a big house in a little Kentucky town. He was a man who always kept up with the times, so in the year 1912 he bought a Ford car. Being wealthy he always hired a man to drive it. The man that lill- ed this position at present was a negro named Rastus Tomlin- son Carter. He knew how to drive a car but he did not un- derstand much about the motor for he was at least sixty years old. One morning as Rastus was caring for the car, he was in- terrupted by a loud voice: Rastus, aren't you ready yet? Yas suh, Massa Brown, I'se ready now only when I get dis clock on. ' That's no clock, Rastus, that's a timer. A timer-it is, such, but a time-a timer is a clock 'cause it makes de coils go off at a sartain time, suh. i The coils don't go off, Rastus, they spark, or you can say 'tire' if you want to.', Yas suh, yas suh, you am right, I put a wrench on cle fire plug an, you bet it tired, I got a shake and tired de wrenchf' Now Rastus, you shoulcln't say fire plugs, you should say spark plugs and you didn't get a shake, you got a shock. Dat's right Massa, I know it too when you say so. I got dat clock on er-er-a timer-on, I mean, now. i'All right Rastus, you start the mot-or and then welll go. But Massa, I done an' forgot to put some oil in de book- case, dat's wot I did. Book case-I-Im,-what are you thinking oi? You mean crank case, don't you?'! K'Yas suli, yas suh, I meant crank case all de time, only I done gone an, said wat I didn't mean at all. , 'KNOW 'then the oil is in and everything 'must be ready. Start the motor, Rastus, and then we'll go. 'H-Xfter cranking for a while, Rastus exclaimed breath- lessly, 'tIt-it-won't-go, massa, I tink dar is-dar-is some- ting wrong wid-wid defbeetle valve in de-de percolaterf' You're ridiculous, Rastus, you mean the needle valve in the carburator, don't you? Yas suh, dat's jes' itg I say jes' dat wot I don't mean no how.

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69 ing both the wishes of God and his mother, who was a devout Christian. Although her son seemed to be going farther and farther away from God, she continued to pray for him. He was finally converted and stands as one of the shining lights in Church History, and this was largely due to the mother's prayer. Prayer is a privilege which all should make use of, it is also a command of Christ when he said :- The harvest truly is great but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest that he may send out laborers. The last and undoubtedly the greatest sacrifice which we may be called upon to take, to the Lord's work is -ourself. If the Lord should call us wholly into His service we should through His strength and guid-ance answer gladly as the pro- phet Isaiah did, Here am I. Send me. Wfhen we think of Christ's great sacrifice for humanity, how little are our gifts to Him although we may give our entire lives to help fur- ther His kingdom. True love to God and also love for our fellow men alone will prompt us to make this sacrifice of a life in God,s Service, if it should be His will. Let us then endeavor to work earnestly for the Lord, and Master, and not let a day pass without doing something good. The command is to work earnestly while it is yet dayf, Thy life was given for me, Thy precious blood was shed, That I might ransomed be, And quickened from the dead. Thy life was given for me, Wliat have I given for Thee? O, let my life be given, My years for Thee be spent, World fetters all be riven, And joy and suffering blent! Thou gavest Thyself for meg . I give myself for Thee. Bertha Lunde, Collegiate. l I

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'1 71 f ew Rastus, do you think it will run when you get that fixed P Yes suh, it'll run jes' like water. 'KNOW then Rastus, start the motor and we'l'l go. But Massa, dar's someting wrong wid de refrigeratorg de water has leaked out. t'That's too bad, but you shouldn't say refrigerator, its radiator. Yas suh, radiator is right suh, I done gone any got mixed up again. Say Rustus, will a car run ii the radiator leaks ? Yas suh, it'l1 run jes' as good widout dat radiatorg I don't see wot dem tings am fo, nohowf' WIell Rastus, I guess we are ready to start now then. Yas suh, now I guess we am ready. But Rastus, what's the matter with this tire? It's flat on the bottom. Dat's 'cause de win' has ran outg dat am got to be fixed right away. WIell Rastus, how long will it take to Hx that tire P VVell, Massa, if I hab good luck I can hx dat in haf a day. Rastus, go down in the barn and put the harness on old Nellie. I don't think that car is any good any more. Oh no, Massa, don't say datg dat Ford aut'mobile is jes' as go-od as new, if only the engine would run an' de res' of it warn't so old.', Qrrin Wraller, '26