The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-18
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than ever, think / am more than usually
annoyed by these people. A very disagree
aole thing occurred to me not long ago. 1t
was different from anything ] had ever ex-
perienced. / was in the well known pub
fishing house of the Scribners, looking at
new books in the salesroom and especially
admiring a beautiful volume of "Hiawa-
thai illustrated by Remington, who makes
such truthful frontier horses aud-I had al
most SAID such truthful Indians.
w lille was thus engaged | saw at dis
lance Chicago gentleman who published
q book for me once. | met him WREN we
made the contract, about five years ago,
and expected to see him every sixty days
after that, at which time | was to receive
statement and check, but instead OF all this
be began TO build and also bought team.
Well, Tor those reasons l did not see him
any more, aud so was not quite sure that it
was he-in fact it was not, but felt sure it
must be. However, l was well dressed and
wished to let the Chicago man know That
we New \ orRerS are courteous and kindly
race of people, so, as ! looked well ana had
lay new Fall hat, / thought l would ask him
up 70 my club, blow him of, as it were
have dinner with cake and preserves, and
practically have time of ii, allowing by
cones to be bygones.
] sailed sally up to him and assumed a
well bred attitude which my coachmau has
taught me on rainy days this summer.
Good morning, Mr.. Skeezix," l said.
SEeezix was not the name of the man
knew, but it ought to be. Good morning
MIR. Skeezix. When did you leave Chi
Cagon
He looked at me as one does who has
been bunkoed only a week or so before and
whose fostering wound is torn open afresh
by
NEW BUNRo MAN.
He turned a little pale aud put his hand to
the pocket which contained his pass. With
the other hand felt for the bright, new and
massive watch chain with the gold horse
hanging from it as a charm.
'Ihat is not my name, sir, he said, with
dry lips and husky voice. 1.-THE man you
want is coming this evening. He has q car
load of watermelons."
No. | said be is not in the watermelon
line. He is publisher. Are you not Mr..
SkeeZiX ~
mo. sir; am not Mr.. Skeezix, and am
not going to tell you who l am so that you
can go around the corner and tell your
partner either"
just then Mr.. Scribner came along and
said Good morning. as he called me by
name. and we chatted on pleasantly about
books, of which | am passionstely fond,
buying almost everything of value that has
a pretty binding, so that now l nave one OF
the prettiest little libraries in the east.
have no old books. l keep only the neat
new ones. with kaleidoscope backs, so that
my bookcases are per- ectly Respondent
As we talked | saw the keen student oil
humanity who had done me the cruel wrong
to take me for a bunko man. He was evi
IDENTIFY asking the salesman something
When he had gorged his curiosity for eight
or nine seconds he went out of the door
hurriedly, leaving a large eighteen dollar
Bible which he had paid for but forgot u
take with him.
The above is substantially true Once
met a gentleman at dinner in St. Loui.
aud we talked for half an hour, being neig h
bors at the table. a year afterward l wa!
in New York and did not know a single hu
man being; and l may add only one married
one.
Suddenly on the street one day when
was walking-walking in imitation of
man who is walking toward some one place
which he has in his mind, and not succeeding
very well with the lmltation-all at once
when would have given $40 for the sigh
OF familiar face, no matter whose, l saw
nv dinner acquaintance coming.
| need not say that was glad. hailed
him with g welcome that was no doubt ,
little too boisterous for New York. II wa
TOO unstudied and glad. But you must re
member that measly landlady who wa
constantly borrowing money of me anC
weeping on my vest was the only one il
the city whom L knew, aud l wanted q
meet some one who was healthy and norma
and who could talk with me.
He drew himself up 10 MS full height
which made his little tan colored box Goa
look like Gsribaldi waist on him, and sail
in deep chest notes-ice chest notes: 81 be,
your pardon, sir, but you are mistaken.
do not know you, sir"
l can still remember how nice and whit
his teeth were as he said it, and how b
looked like man who is having three
quarter picture taken TO seno to one b
loves He was good looking man. and a
] stood there / fell unconsciously into com
pairing his snuff colored derby of the new
est block with my hat, which was of cours
clean and decent, but it was soft an