A NECESSITY

          A rich man was making a trip from New York City to San Francisco in his large touring car to attend the Exposition.  They were riding along a rough country road after a heavy shower and naturally there was more or less mud.  The chauffeur was running the car at a moderate speed when they approached a long hill.  Before he was aware of it, he was embedded in a thick mud and it was almost impossible to go either way.  As their supply of gasoline was nearly exhausted, they decided to get in touch with a farmer and hire him to haul them to the top of the hill.  While the owner of the car was going to the nearest farmhouse, a man came along in a Ford car.  When he saw they were in trouble, he offered the assistance of  his car to pull them out.  The city people thought it was impossible for him to do this with such a small thing as his Ford.  However, he made a good job of it and hauled them to the top of the hill, then proceeded on his way.
     The owner of the  big car watched the affair from the distance.  When he saw his car drawn to the top of the hill, he started after them but before he reached his car, the man in the ford had gone.
     "Do you know who that man was?" asked the owner.
     "No, sir," replied the chauffer.