I wrote all but the first coupe paragraphs of this a few years back. Let's see if you like it.
"It was a dark and stormy night. Bilbo Biggs was working in his new shop
building on a new Studebaker carburetor, known only to him, and was
impatiently looking forward to testing it out.
Intent on his work, Biggs scarcely noticed
the lovely Marie enter his blacksmith shop. His loyal
dog Speedster took the opportunity of the open door
to slip out into the warm spring sunshine.
The lovely Marie gazed longingly at Biggs' ruggedly handsome profile as
nimble fingers of the world's
greatest carburetor inventor finished the last critical
adjustment. She dared not interrupt him and was just
grateful just to be in his presence. Her sultry brown
eyes rolled upward at the sheer ecstasy of his
inventor's charisma. Her clear olive skinned flushed
and she let out an small moan and her body shuddered
as Biggs beckoned her closer.
Completely unaware of the lovely Marie's attraction
to him, Biggs proceeded to explain the carburetor's
possible applications of the carburetor in the next century.
"Darling!", he exclaimed, "Just look at this. Eli Whitney
and Samuel Fulton were wrong. Doing it this way is going to revolutionize
the soon-to-be world of automobiles.
Biggs was innocently oblivious to the blinking look of bewilderment on the lovely Marie's charming face. Of course, that look was there because Marie had never heard of the word "automobile".
Biggs had tried, unsuccessfully, to interest the Studebaker brothers in his
invention. He'd been trying to sell them on his invention since 1874. It was true that he'd found himself in a rare moment of speechlessness when the brothers asked Bilbo just HOW such a device might be fitted to a horse.[xx(] That confounding inquiry had temporarily shelved Bilbo's work on a fuel moderator device.
Now,
in the 4th year of a new century (1904), it appeared they might relent to at
least hearing Biggs' proposals. Even if that relent were to come about in horse-before-the-cart fashion!
You see, the brothers had given the nod to fitting one of the (then) new-fangled Gasoline
motors to one of their buggies. Already, the success of their electric
vehicles were causing somewhat of a charged atmosphere.
Their creedo "Always Give More Than You Promise" and the lesser known
byline "Ahead of Their Time" made the brothers consider getting on the
horseless bugg....er, bandwagon.
The very first Studebaker gasoline-powered cars were 2-cylinder models
known as the "202". Now, in spite of their resistance to Biggs' constant persuasions up to 1904,
the Brothers had given free reign to an in-house tinkerer (already in their employ) to develop a
viable control unit for these early gas buggies. This was in no small part
due to said "inventor" (one Jedediah Tuttle) being
an in-law of the clan. Although Jedediah had a primary job of keeping the
kiln fires roaring, he'd often spend his lunch periods in the company
foundry. There he learned the intricacies of one, two, and four barrels. Not
to be confused with various variants of carburetors, these barrels (Oak in
most cases) contained the different metals, in powder form, that were mixed
to make alloys.
Now, while the brothers never observed Jedediah's results first-hand,
they did get feedback from the foundry foreman as to his doings. And while
he was a bit surprized when he got called to corporate offices one day,
Jedediah quickly surmized he was either gonna get a promotion or a formal
invite to the prayer barbeque the brothers held each sunday.
So he was, to say the least, caught off guard when John and Peter
abruptly asked Jedediah if he thought he could devise a fuel-dispensing unit
that would enable more refined control of the gas motor than the existing
method of ignition on - ignition off.
Without hesitation, Jedediah accepted their challenge. He toiled, day and
night, in a tiny, dirty corner of the foundry shop. While he co
"It was a dark and stormy night. Bilbo Biggs was working in his new shop
building on a new Studebaker carburetor, known only to him, and was
impatiently looking forward to testing it out.
Intent on his work, Biggs scarcely noticed
the lovely Marie enter his blacksmith shop. His loyal
dog Speedster took the opportunity of the open door
to slip out into the warm spring sunshine.
The lovely Marie gazed longingly at Biggs' ruggedly handsome profile as
nimble fingers of the world's
greatest carburetor inventor finished the last critical
adjustment. She dared not interrupt him and was just
grateful just to be in his presence. Her sultry brown
eyes rolled upward at the sheer ecstasy of his
inventor's charisma. Her clear olive skinned flushed
and she let out an small moan and her body shuddered
as Biggs beckoned her closer.
Completely unaware of the lovely Marie's attraction
to him, Biggs proceeded to explain the carburetor's
possible applications of the carburetor in the next century.
"Darling!", he exclaimed, "Just look at this. Eli Whitney
and Samuel Fulton were wrong. Doing it this way is going to revolutionize
the soon-to-be world of automobiles.
Biggs was innocently oblivious to the blinking look of bewilderment on the lovely Marie's charming face. Of course, that look was there because Marie had never heard of the word "automobile".
Biggs had tried, unsuccessfully, to interest the Studebaker brothers in his
invention. He'd been trying to sell them on his invention since 1874. It was true that he'd found himself in a rare moment of speechlessness when the brothers asked Bilbo just HOW such a device might be fitted to a horse.[xx(] That confounding inquiry had temporarily shelved Bilbo's work on a fuel moderator device.
Now,
in the 4th year of a new century (1904), it appeared they might relent to at
least hearing Biggs' proposals. Even if that relent were to come about in horse-before-the-cart fashion!
You see, the brothers had given the nod to fitting one of the (then) new-fangled Gasoline
motors to one of their buggies. Already, the success of their electric
vehicles were causing somewhat of a charged atmosphere.
Their creedo "Always Give More Than You Promise" and the lesser known
byline "Ahead of Their Time" made the brothers consider getting on the
horseless bugg....er, bandwagon.
The very first Studebaker gasoline-powered cars were 2-cylinder models
known as the "202". Now, in spite of their resistance to Biggs' constant persuasions up to 1904,
the Brothers had given free reign to an in-house tinkerer (already in their employ) to develop a
viable control unit for these early gas buggies. This was in no small part
due to said "inventor" (one Jedediah Tuttle) being
an in-law of the clan. Although Jedediah had a primary job of keeping the
kiln fires roaring, he'd often spend his lunch periods in the company
foundry. There he learned the intricacies of one, two, and four barrels. Not
to be confused with various variants of carburetors, these barrels (Oak in
most cases) contained the different metals, in powder form, that were mixed
to make alloys.
Now, while the brothers never observed Jedediah's results first-hand,
they did get feedback from the foundry foreman as to his doings. And while
he was a bit surprized when he got called to corporate offices one day,
Jedediah quickly surmized he was either gonna get a promotion or a formal
invite to the prayer barbeque the brothers held each sunday.
So he was, to say the least, caught off guard when John and Peter
abruptly asked Jedediah if he thought he could devise a fuel-dispensing unit
that would enable more refined control of the gas motor than the existing
method of ignition on - ignition off.
Without hesitation, Jedediah accepted their challenge. He toiled, day and
night, in a tiny, dirty corner of the foundry shop. While he co
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] YES, YES, more...and quickly, too: Many of us will not be able to rest our weary bones until we hear "the rest of the story..." 
We've got to quit saying, 
)] But, that's what editors are for.
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