I was afraid there would be a tire that needed changing; or else no gasolene at all.

K.K.
didn't realize how kind he was to himself when he fitted up the old car so handsomely, for some purpose." "Oh!" chuckled Horatio, "mebbe I know why.

You see, there's going to be another barn dance next Tuesday night up at Bailey's, and I think K.K.asked a girl to go with him and Peggy Noland and Owen Dugdale.
Yes, he even told me there was still room for two more, if I could coax somebody to keep me company." Hugh busied himself in starting the car going.

He knew considerable about mechanics, as most boys of the present generation do, since automobiles have become so very common.

Running it out of the garage Hugh bade Horatio "hop aboard," which that worthy did without a second invitation.
"Better get Thad first of all, I reckon," suggested Hugh, as though he might even have figured out how best to save themselves from any unnecessary delay; "then we can clip around to Julius Hobson's place, and pick up Owen last on our way out of town." The program suited Horatio first class.