The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-13

make what will doubtless seem to you
an extraordinary request. am in
trouble, and you, 1 believe, are the only
man who can get me OUT
Command me-" 1 said, cordially,
Whereat he looked much relieved. "Bur
you are mistaken in supposing do not
know your name " [ continued "You
Omaha. In our family you are known
as the man from Omaha
/ saw the look of wonder on his face,
and added: Il first heard of you about
a year ago, and since then l have been
mistaken for you more than once by
your Omaha friends; and no longer ago
than yesterday my own wife mistook
you for me, and today she misto0k me
for you, though she mas never seen you
before. SO you can easily imagine that
l feel quite we'll acquainted and friend
ly towards you. My name is Bruce
Richard Bruce; here's my Garland
want you to come out and see me be-
fore you leave town. My wife is par
ticularly DESTROYS of meeting you"
The man from Omaha grasped my
hand Mr.. Bruce he said, you have
removed a great load from my mind. l
shall be only too glad to accept your
invitation. But, first, 1 want to ask
favor of you. L want you to come with
me and see a lady-not my wife, but
my betrothed. She is the prettiest and
sweetest woman in the world. Three
days ago 1 came here a happy man; L
was to be married. The wedding day
was set for day-after- tomorrow. Night
before last / went to call on Miss
Dalton-that is my betrothed's name
and she received me coolly. She de-
| clared that she had seen me on the
! street that afternoon with a handsome
brunette-Miss Dalton is a blonde
and that when she bowed and motiOned
| to me I kept right on with the other
woman and paid no attention to her
whatever She was astouIded at my
conduct and quite naturally, and when
she met me that evening she let me
see how offended she was. L protested
that 1 had been walking with no bru-
nette, nor, in fact, with any lady that
| afternoon, and assured her that she
must certainly have mistaken some
other man for me. l succeeded in part
| ly convincing her. l think, that she had
made a mistake. The next day, as we
were about to enter carriage, L saw
| a very pretty brunette looking at me
rather strangely, thought. She looked
! as if she thought she knew me, but as
! 1 had never seen her before 1 turned
away.
"That was my wife, 1 interjected.
eyes, doubtless" continued Carr.
| Miss Dalton caught sight OF her, and
said, There, Philip, there is the woman
1 saw you with yesterday L reas-
serted that l had never seen the lady
before; and from my conduct Miss Dali
ton was inclined to believe me. L think.
If it had ended there. all might have
been we'll. But it didn't. Two hours
ago I called to see Miss Dalton. She
met me and declared that it was all
over between us. She asserted that she
had again seen me on the street with
that brunette and that I had kissed the
| woman before her very eyes. She
thinks that L have deceived her, be
trayed her trust in me. and she de-
clares that she win never marry. me
Until 1 met you 1 was in despair.
well, cheer UP, my friend" said
when she sees me and my wife mat
tiers will be set straight with her"
We had been walking along the street
as he talked, and I noticed many peo-
pie turn to look as we passed. Singu-