The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-21
CHAPTER L.
now DESTINY BEGAN TO OCCUPY ITSELF
WITH HER AFFAIRS.

Gen. Inigo arose, took the telegram from
the table, and handed it TO his friend.
One morning in the early autumn a
gentleman was performing his toilet in
one CO the handsomest bedchambers of a
certain hotel near Union square in the
city of New York. He was apparently
about so years of age, of medium
height, stout, with broad, fiat head,
from the top of which the hair had dis
appeared, leaving bushy ring round
the sides and back. His face, which was
rudy and broad. with large nose and
a thick mouth, indicated coarse good
nature and shrewdness, tempered by
irritability.
At the moment we come upon him he
was standing in his shirt and trousers
before the looking glass, endeavoring to
adjust scarf necktie of brilliant colors.
Something seemed to be wrong with the
fastenings, and after few Intellectual
struggles he wrathfully flung this i'm
portant article of a gentleman's attire on
the floor, emphasizing the act with an
audible expletive. He then walked to
the mantelpiece and poured some of the
contents of a decanter into tumbler,
gazed at the liquor for a moment, and
tossed it down his throat. He turned to
the table, upon which, among various
other articles, was lying foreign cable
gram. He took this up and glanced over
it gloomily, then thrust his hands into
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to the window, where he remained, max
ing inarticulate grunts and mutterings,
and occasionally puckering his thick lips
to whistle a few bars of some operatic
air.
After while his wandering gaze was
arrested by the figure of gentleman,
fashionably dressed, who was coming
along the street in the direction of the
hotel He stepped hastily across the
room, and pressed the button of the cleo
trio bell beside the door
Tell the clerk, he said to the servant
who presently answered the summons,
''to ask Mr.. Hamilton Jocelyn if he'll
come up here; want to see him.
guess you'll find him in the Office. Looh
alive now!"
'All right, general" replied the ser
want, who was complacent negro, and
seemed to entertain kindly regard fol
the stout gentleman. "Nothin' else, sah?'
go to the devilm the general an
swered testify; upon which the colorei
person smiled indulgently, and gently
withdrew.
An interval of several minutes fol
lowed, during which the general march
ed up and down the room with a preoc
cupied and impatient air, like a iol
modify pacing his cage. At last there
was loud and brisk knock on the door
which opened at the same moment, anC
Mr.. Jocelyn came in, with jaunt,
smile and cigar in his mouth
"Halloo, Signor Don General Impre
sario lingo" he exclaimed, as his gaz
perused the wrathful and lugubriou
been crumpling your rose leaves now
Do you know it's half-past 10 o'clock ant
you ought to be-
Il oaght to bel Oh, yes: of course
ought to be, shall be, too, before Ion:
with such gang of thieves and scoun
drels as I've got to deal With Now
look herer'
Pm looking" said Jocelyn, seatin;
himself in a rocking chair and crossin;
one knee over the other "Have cigar
Why don't you put on your vest? de
clare, general, you're getting stoute
every day Why don't you adopt tn
Turkish costume? 1t would suit you
figure to a dot. besides giving your limo
cent victims warning of your charac
ter. When was in Stamboul'-
Now, just you listen here, +" interrupt
ed the general, a slight Jewish pronun
citation becoming perceptible in hi
speech. He drew up chair in front 0
his guest and sat down on it, with hi
feet drawn up underneath, and his ia
hands on his knees Just you liste
here. I'm an honest man, amt |? pa
my way cash down. don't l? I'm n
SLOUGH nor deadbeat, am |? When
sign contract, and find I've got left,
don't go back on it, do |? Oh, this is
sweet world for honest folk, this il
I've been in this business fftee
years, by Jupiterl I've run a
the big singers in this countr
and in Europe. and if you American
have ever seen an opera decently put O
the stage you may thank me for i
Where would all these blessed stars an
divas, with their three and four thor
sand dollars night, where would the
be &c Moses lingo hadn't shown 'em VI
and worked for 'em. and kept EN- straight
and hundred em, and stepped out an
told lies for 'em to the public's face, b
jupiter And here | am, a poor ma
today, and they rolling in riches! An
haven't | just gone and built the fines
opera house in the world for millio
and a half of dollars out OF my ow
pocket and
"Yes, for poor and virtuous ma
you've done pretty well. general. pat
Jocelyn. removing his hat and yawnlne
'.But what's the matter? Has the choru
struck for higher wages? or won't tn
electric light work? or didn't tina. fellow
If the club pay you the five dollars yo