The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-30

drunk as lord and talked and sang
and shouted in a very scandalous and
disgraceful way.
After it was all over I took him
home and put him to bed, and while
doing this he informed me in maud
lin and disconnected way that he was
going out riding the next evening with
the two Cutter girls, daughters of old
man Coupon Cutter, one of the direc-
tors in the bank, and he wished L
would drop around and ride with the
big one, SO he could talk to lhe little
one. He said that L was his only friend
and that he loved the little one. He
did not love her in any ordinary way,
either; but in a way in which no one
ever had loved before.
Now 1 like Barker, and he is friend
of mine, and as a matter of course it
was only common charity to help him
out in a case like that. So L gave him
lot of good advice about how to doc
tor his head in the morning, which he
received with very bad grace, and
promised to be in the neighborhood Of
old Cutters the next evening without
fail
1 was a little late getting off and had
hardly got within sight Of the house
on the following night when L met the
two girls and Barker coming towards
me. He seemed to be in high spirits,
met me. / wanted to ask him about
the monograph, but hesitated to do so.
He Immediately mentioned the matter
himself, however, and explained that
the youngest Miss Cutter was infatua-
ted with the thing. and had insisted in
having it put on her bicycle, and that
they were all anIiOusly awaiting some
thing for trial. 1 afterwards discovered
that Barker had represented to them
thar Wh1la fI1ir1or xxvaS n O,rrr17 n
and they had declared that he was
wonderfully ingenious.
We had gone about three blocks,
Barker and "the little ones" being in
front and the elder Miss Cutter and
myself in the rear when man tried
to cross the street in front of US.
'HOorayi gimme me another drinkl''
said the photograph in CHASTITY coun-
terfeit Of BarlIet's voice
The man gazed at US in astonish-
ment and fell into the gutter; Barker's
machine wobbled violently, and I could
see that his nerve had crumbIed, while
1 felt a SILVER along my own spine as
took in the situation.
Her golden hair was hanging down
her -h-h-h-his-backr' sang the
wretched instrument in Bankers we'll
known treble. Evidently the little
one" couldn't loosen the clamp.
Drops of swea. stood on Barker's
brow and he tried TO turn it off as a
joke.
Funny, amt it?" said he; never
can tell what it will say"
You're liar" screamed the phono-
graph. Come long now, and pass
the whisk"
could see "the little one" turn pale.
and the elder Miss Cutter looked dag
gers at Barker
IRA, la, la, ira, la, la, WOW, WOW.
wow whOopeer said the photograph.
SHAY" it continued in confden-
tial whisper. I'm stuck on tha-hic-
t-hic-girl-'
Take it Off" growled Barker, max
ing lunge at the instrument, but his
equilibrium was gone and he fell in an
ignominious heap on the pavement
'Ho! no! you're drunk" shrieked the
machine, derisively, as we darted on
and left him.
Mr.. Perkins" said the elder Miss
Cutter, dismounting. and pointing i'm
periously in the direction of her
sisters wheel, take that thing off,
1 obeyed her with the utmost alacrity.
and cast it at the dark spot where it's
owner was repOsing.
Now" said the elder Miss Cutter.
take us home, sir"
And so I did, and when old man
Cutter looked at me in an fnquiring
way over the tops Of his glasses I felt
as guilty as man who had robbed a
bank and strangled the janitor
They didn't ask me to come in, so I
went off to hunt up Barker. I found
him sitting on the cur1bstone pounding
at something with a brick.
whats that?" said 1.
81 never saw a. man who could ask
so many foolish questions" said he
sulkily, and then he climbed upon his
bicycle and rode away; and now
understand that the board of directors
have become economical and cut down
his salary.-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat.