The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-27

the fear that the rector might have
thought him rude and ungrateful but
the old man knew the musician much
better than the musician knew him.
self.
After that, when Langly fchanced
upon the indignant and gravely
wronged Befcher, at the tail of his Oft
mentioned but entirely unexpected cart,
the young man shrank from the en-
| counter and felt. that inward uneasi-
ness which is termed a troubled con-
science.
Call that Christianityr Belcher
would say to his mate when their
rounds took them near st. Martyrs
"a-puttin' a squirtin water pump in
there to tyke tn bread out O. a pore
mans mouth an a-cuttin' down o. his
Twin wyge, Yus, an the lawr a-forcin'
us to support the church, too''
But Belcher was really of forgiving
spirit and should not be judged by
his harsh language toward the estab-
lishment which he was under the i'm
preston rigorous legal enactment COM
PEELED him to subsidize; for he so far
overlooked Langly's conduct as to call
upon him occasionally and accept a
few pence as conscience money.
Il don't blame im'' said Belcher.
magnanimously, over his Dot of beer,
as much as l do the mean old duffer
wot breaches there. e put me on the
cart"
Langly, as has been said, found it
necessary to secure cheaper lodgings
and this was his own fault as much as
1T was the fault of his limited income.
A London landlady in the more i'm
poVerished districts carries on a con-
slant fight against circumstances. Her
tenants pay her as seldom and as
little as they can; sometimes they dis
appear and she loses her money; while
II they STAY. there are no chances of
extracting extras, those elastic exac-
lions which often watt a West End
clearinghouse keeoer to affiuence
Terms are close and invariably in
elusive. This organist's conduct to-
ward his numerous and successive
landladies admits of no defense. These
good women, when he had taken his
departure, spoke bitterly of his sneaky
ana deceptive ways, as indeed they had
Just cause to do. On first arriving
at new place he was so apoIogetic
and anxious not to give any trouble.
so evidently person who did not really
live in bustling, elbowing London. but
IN some dreamy mental world of his
own, that his good hostess, merely as
an experiment and entirely without
prejudice, as the legal man puts it.
tentatively placed on his bill for the
week some trifiing item that, strictly
speaking was merely placed there to
be taken off again if complaint were
made, or allowed to stand if over
looked. Of course. under these circum-
stances, the landladv was in expecta-
ton OF row. during which epithets
rejecting uDon her financial probity
might be hurled at her, when she. witt
voluble excuses for her unfortunate
mistake, would correct the error and
assure the ledger that such thing
would not occur again. After a few
essays of this kind, all perfectly lust
and proper in a commercial country
and in fact the only means of discov-
erlng to what extent the ledger could
be depended upon as an asset. life
would flow on with that calm serenity
which adds so much to the comfort and
enjoyment of furnished apartment in
the borough or palace overlooking the
parks
But Langly never took a straightfor-
ward course with his landladies. In
stead of finding fault at the proper
time, he meekly said nothing and
paid the bills as long as he was able
bills which mounted higher and higher
each week. Thus the deluded woman
had no chance, as she could not be
expected to know when she had reached
the limit of his weekly income. At last
the organist would take his bundle of
music under his arm and would sneak
away like thief in the night to
search for cheaper abode, after leav-
ing a weeks money in lieu of notice.
wrapped in piece of paper, in con-
spicuous place, for he never had the
to face a landlady and bold
~ tell her he was going
In Rose Garden court there was
more than one family that might be
lil1ened to an accordion, because of
the facility With which it could be COM
pressed or extended The Scimmips
could occupy the three
rooms it rented in the court, or it could
get along with two. or even one. if
need be- The spare space was subIet
whenever opportunity offered, and here
Langly found lodgings that had at
least the merit of cheapness. The no
liceman at the entrance of sthe court
looked suspiciously after the new
conner and resolved to keep an eve on
him. The organist had a habit of
muttering truculently to himself as he
walked the streets and his nervous
hands were never a moment at rest.
the long, slim fingers playing imagin-
airy keys or chords. inaudible outside
Of his own musical imagination.
When the already suspicious police
man at the entrance of the court saw
the musician come out. cIawing the
empty air with the two fotehngers of
either hand crooked like talons, a fear
full frown on his brow. and an ominous
in his throat, the officer said
TO himself:
There goes q Hanarchist, if there