The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-28
TAKEN BY SIEGE.
The Story of Young Journalists Expert
ences in Nep York
Copyright by Iippinco Philadelphia, Published %
Special Arrangement American Association

chair and smoked cigarettes, partly in
self defense and partly to show her very
white and well kept hands and hand
some rings. Hers were the only clean
hands in the room. Such lot of trampsl
don't believe they had a change OF
shirts among them"
"And did Miss Archer find pleasure
in their society" asked Rush.
''She tried to think she did. at any
rate, she was doing something out Of the
common, and there is great satisfaction
in that to some people, old boy" an
swered Archie. I'm very fond of Bes-
sic, otherwise you wouldn't find me trot-
ting around to these tiresome places with
her-laborreform meetings, negro equal
ity meetings and Indian meetings. IF
you won't go with me I'll go alone, she
says; and what's fellow to do? Duty
calls and obey"
This conversation took place in the
| Powwow club, where Archie and Rush
were dining according to the promise
given in previous chapter. They had
a good dinner and a powwow that did
honor to the name of the club. AS they
sat over the walnuts and the wine, Archie
took SIS from his pocket, and said, Here
is the rest of your money, old boy; have
deducted the So. l struck old Penny
packer for $50. Let's see what you've
written"
Rush, little embarrassed, tried to put
| off the evil moment.
| Nonsense, mani" said Archie. "Out
with them You know this is not sup
posed TO be poetry. Pm not critic;
anything with rhyme viii do, so long as
you get in the magic word Damascene +"
! So Rush pulled the papers out of his
pocket, and pulled vigorously at his cigar
with an assumed air of Indifference
ACHE spread the sheets out before him,
cracked the soft shelled almonds with
one hand while he held the manuscript
with the other, and read the following
lines:
Like the bushes that paint the sunrise
Are the bushes on her cheek;
and the thrlsh'S note in the woodland
l hear when she doth speak.
Like feather that's lightly blowing
Is her white and tiny hand;
All, she's the fairest maiden
In all the broad green land
But the sweetest charms she owneth
Are her hands so pearly white;
For she washes them with Damascene
Each morning and each night
Bravo! bravo!" he exclaimed. "You
could not have done better if you'd been
in training for month. This is Just the
thing" And, hastily glancing over the
others, "Ah, see you've dropped little
humor into these. That's good; but it's
the sentiment that fetches old Penny
packer. You've more than earned your
money; SO hope your conscience is at
ease"
Rush treasured him on this point by
pocketing the money, and at the same
time he told him that his prospects at
The Dawn Office were improving; but he
didn't say where his assignment had
taken him, for fear of betraying himself
if he spoke upon subject so near his
heart.
"Now, Rush, my boy" said Archie,
looking at his watch, II don't like to ap-
pear rude, but you know l told you
had three receptions this evening. One
is that of the Daughters of Sappho, who
hold their annual reunion at belmont
co.'s; but that won't keep me long. I'll
get q programme and flee. The other is
at the house of the California million
aire, McMulligan, who owns palace in
Fifth avenue; and that viii not delay
me either, for the genial McMulligan
himself has promised me a printed list
Of his guests. Then we will fly to my
uncle Archer's, where we are sure to
have pleasant evening"
So, donning their overcoats, the two
set out.
They walked down to Delmonico's,
then in Fourteenth street, where the
Daughters of Sappho were having a
grand time. The meeting had been
called to order when they arrived, and
Mrs. Lavinia Hopper Walker was begin
ming her essay on ''The Weaker Sex"
which she proved to their entire salts
faction to be the male.
"Who behaves the most calmly in
times of emergency" asked Mrs. Hop
per- Walker, 1.-The woman or the man? 1
need hardly say it is the woman. The
woman will endure suffering without
fiinching, while a man in the dentists
chair has been known to kick great holes
in the wall while his teeth were being
filed" Applause. "Who are seized
with panic at a fre?-the men or the
women? Statistics will prove to you that
half the trouble during fire in theatre
or other public hall is invariably caused
by the pushing and crowding of the
men, who will stamp out the life of any
one who gets in their way. If this is not
proof that man is the weaker vessel,
what is? To me it is sufficient" Great
applause
But Mrs. Hopper-Walker thought that
the others needed further proof; for she
continued to present them with stastisti
cal evidence for half an hour longer at
least. In the mean time Archie found
the president of the club, Mrs. Merrie
May, who gave him programme of the
evenings exercises and a printed synop-
sis of the different speeches. While
Archie was attending to his duties, Rush
was looking about the room at the strange
people ranged along the wall. A gentle
man with very high forehead and a
blonde beard that grew in irregular spots
about his face wherever it could pierce
the surface tapped him upon the shoulder
after while, and said:
81 saw you at the Office of The Dawn