The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-29

expensive game especially at the crossings
ana functions, SO we went to the hotel, got
our coats checked, and then went to tenn
perance billiard hall, where at the cigar
cigar lighting.
The tables were rather old and had been
slept on q good deal too much, and the
CUSHIONS moaned when ball struck them,
ana the cues needed new tips and the floors
needed concentrated I've and freshet.
we played eight games in two hours, for
Whlch we were required to pay 40 cents, or
nVe cents per game. When this was done
the proprietor gave US sixteen cigars.
They are pool cigars" he said. ''We
give them, two for game, here. They
amt imported cigars, but our fellers
smokes 'em quite good deal"
90 we got sixteen cigars, eight games Of
pool and went away. There being three of
US, 1t came to 1875 cents a piece, and no
charge at the hotel for checking our over
coats. The cigars were of the saleratus
blond type, with real jute filler. If one is
careful not to tip the cigar up so as to let
the works fall out, he can smoke one
almost up. They are domestic cigars, and
have never had the benefits of travel A
lew more OF them would cure me of the
appetite for tobacco and put me on the
platform as worker against its use. But
later ind that they are not composed of
Noticing recently that Manager J. M
hill is getting on his broken leg again, re-
minds me OF an incident which took place
soine Years ago when q young man in the
balcony at the Standard theatre seemed to
De just full enough to court investigation
ana call Tor his enemies to come forward
and get killed. You have seen
THAT STYLE OF JAG
which yearDs for something to crush and
mutllate. 1t generally finds several OF
those before it gets through.
rms young man sat with his hat on and
rested his broad, intelligent feet on the
seat IN front of him. When the usher
askedh imafor his check he told him to go
oat or he would beat out his brains with
damp towel. Oh, he was a course, bad
man, and the usher was pale, slight, girl
ish figure with pompadour hair and an
Eden Musee dress suit.
Inc bad man looked around over the
house and babe the show to open I'D and
turn loose. he was temporarily in posses
sion OF the house, and glad of it. Let her
go; We're all in Ring her up, and damn
De the hrst teller that says 'Nuffpn
Hretty soon visiting pastor from Maine
sat down In the seat in front of the tough
gent from Avenue A and gently asked him
TO take down his feet, as they annoyed him
ana sort OF chafed him under the arms.
sort of tickled him under the arms with
the toe of his boot. Pm here. elder, you
bet yer sweet life; ats swat's matter. L
come In here and set where Just by gosh
happen to want to. Reserved seats no
object to me. Where l set down is my re-
serve seat. See?"
just then the visiting pastor from Maine
gathered the massive feet, one under each
arm, and gently took for the aisle Gavly
ne tripped up the aisle, knocking of a lum-
bar vertebrs at every jump. Around he
went TO the stair, and so trickling along
down with the bad man at his heels, she'd
ding front teeth and bleeding at the nose
at every bump, down the iron shod stair
way and so on out into the street and into
the arms OF policeman who wasn't quick
enough to get away and so had to take
charge of the defendant and lead him away.
Should the bad man who never had to
reserve seat" ever read these lines, he
will understand that the visiting pastor
from Maine, who scattered splinters of
spine and things down the stairway of the
Standard theatre was j. NJ Hill.
We should learn from this at all times to
avoid those things from which we should
abstain.