The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-02

they d1d-it. His skill in dishes new to
Natal, especially in curries, had crowded
the restaurant, and the landlord had
taken the opportunity OF raising his tar
if. He came to me privily, and said
frankly that John was making his fortune
for him, that he was willing to give him
a share in his business in years time if
he would but stay, and meantime was
ready to pay him stipend of twenty dol
lars week.
The wages at which John served me,
and had been told l was paying him ex-
travagantly, were 81 month. told the
landlord that should not think of stand
ing III the way of my mans prosperity,
but would rather influence him in favor
OF an opportunity SO promising.
Then / sent for John, explained to him
the hotel keepers proposal, and 5ug-
gested that ne should take time to think
the matter over. John wept. 81 no stay
here, master, not if it was 1O0rupes day.
! go with master; l no stop in DURHAM
Nothing could shake his resolve, and so
John and came to England together.
JOHN MAKES SENSATION IN ENGLAND
The only thing John did not like in
England was that the street boys insisted
on regarding him as Zulu, and treating
him contumeliously accordingly.
His great delight was when l went on a
round of visits to country houses, and
took him With me as valet. Then he was
the hero OF the servants hall. | will not
say that he lied, but from anecdotes of
HIM that occasionally came to my ears, it
would seem he created the impression
that he habitually waded in knee-deep
gore, and that he was in the habit of con
templatlng with equanimity battleiields
Uttered with the slaug entered compatants.
oOhn was quite the small lion of the
hour. He had very graceful ways, and
great skill in making tasteful bouquets.
These he would present to the ladies OF
the household when they came down
stairs OF a morning, with a graceful
salaam, and the expression of hope that
they had slept well.
The spectacle of John seen from the
drawing room windows OF Chevening,
Lord Syanhope's seat in Kent, as ne
staggered across the park to church one
Sunday morning in frock coat and silk
hat, with a buxom cook on one arm and a
tall and lean lady's maid on the other,
viii never be effaced from the recollection
of those who witnessed it with shrieks OF
laughter.
HOW CAME TO PART WITH JOHN.
In those days Lived in a fat, my mod
est establishment consisting of an
old housekeeper and John. For the
most part my 6wo domesticts were good
Irl0uuS, Jul There were LeTIOUS OI Ss-
arrangement, during which they were
not on speaking terms, and then they sat
on opposite sides of the kitchen table, and
communicated with each other exclusive
~ by written notes of an excessively
formal character passed across the table
This stiffness OF etiquette had it's amusing
side, but was occasionally embarrassing.
since neither was uniformly ineligible
with the pen.
The result was that sometimes got no
dinner at all, and at other times, when [
was dining alone, the board groaned with
the profusion, and when | had company
there would not be enough to go round;
those awkwardnesses arising from the
absence of good understanding between
my two domestics.
I could not part with the old hol e.
keeper, and began rather to tire of Jol l.,
whose head had become conside~~taag
swollen because of the notice whic d
been taken of him. 1t was all yerS j