IGNORANCE WAS BLISS.
Br ay son—"Come out with me for a ride in my motor car?" Wise—"How long have you had it?'-' "Just got it." "Had any experience with cars?" "No." > ''Going to run it yourself?" "I am." "Can you mend » punctured tyre?" "No."'V \ , "Wouldn't know the first thing to do." "Not the first thing." i ''Have you studied, read, or been given any advice?" . "No. I toll you I know nothing about them." •' "How far do you want to go?" "Just as far as the thing will go." "All right. I'll come with you." "What! Why, I didn't dream you'd accept my invitation." "Why not?" "I didn't think you'd care to go out in a motor car with a man who doesn't know anything about it." "Nonsense! You're just the man." "How's that?" "Simply because, my friend, if wo break down we'll drop the machine and get home by train. But if you thought you knew anything about it you'd spend the rest of the day trying to put it right, while I'd have to stay and suffer with you as a matt"" of common courtesy."
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King Country Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 745, 13 February 1915, Page 7
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187IGNORANCE WAS BLISS. King Country Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 745, 13 February 1915, Page 7
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