Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-12
THE BOOK PEDDLEU'S TRIUMPH

CHIEF Jaultor slddoway has no cafth.
~ are Tor book peddIcrH ard seldom
allows an opportunity - showing his
couemp. or ;htm 90 pass by Johns
Intense hasc q the fraternity 10 sai1
Go b, due 90 tho fac, thai on' of iheir
number oacc sod a copy % Foxes BOOK
ofMaHyff. % shrto different membefa
- he family. 20 cost ~ q a book.
A. th1i time Johns English rose %
ahou, iOa 10 ihc shade urd he vowed
Vengeance On IN peddler she hrs, ilme
he ever ran across hlm.conciudlug with
I'm make \ martyr OFT " him" This
g. rsi all whcu appointed 90 his PRES
cr. position. J lhn Introduced a rule
furhlddluE prdlltfT aud CatNafffrs GO
sfgcf she cay and County building
1ncp h. caused 90 be- placed On she
dnass ~ she various offices she ioll"N-
Ing original poem;
NO book piddlcra allowed wNhn.
The iirr, un' caught Will Sc, a punch
IN she chin"
of course r1iiso. ~ tho kind had 10
eneoi whatever on she mule check o.
ne % the podllcu. They came ~
before, paylrg Eo heed 90 one siEn on
she door.
John ;hcn took up wafch himself
ana very few of the book flcnda came
Into the building and escaped his ohsgr-
Nasl1u, Like all men John occAalduniiy
made mistakes. Now ana shen he w1ul
fancy he recognized q book peddlCr VA
Aturncya whey lirawB II. u. Wat
r0us ana Morris Sommlr. who would
sometimes be loaded down with law
hooks On tholr way % the court room.
But these mls,akCs wee rarc Indeed
and proved rather the sNctf,run than
/ N az
gsi any higher than the ground n1or
since John commenced 60 cift his
Scoil1ud yard eye On Sht vaf.a uH en-
traces and then 4 was git" ana fhry
always Elt. Book pCddlerH never fiGl
time % stop and argue a hlnt 90 make
| polite Tor shat. they wolld - gi1r call
again when the atmospheric coalitions
Nrrg more favorable. Like bankers.
fhry have quality hour, t0; usually
h.twrvu sen O'Clock and the NOON hour.
u was last Saturday that John
thought be- saw suspicious looking
! character enter by the west door. n the
man looked suspicious, his actions were
more Ho, for he stood In the hallway
/ booking iirnt one way aud then the oth-
] of seemingly undecided which one OF
/ the offices h. would tackle" iirnt. be-
| Sides. he had couple % books under
his left arm. which only tended 60
strengthen Johns suspicious NJ him.
John thought he would wall and soc
| where the man would 10 and then
pounce on him and throw him out. All
OF a sudden the fellow caught sight of
the chief Janltor ana started towards
him.
"weii. I'll be- bowed" John mumbled.
~ h. isn't going Ia Try and sell me IA
] book"
The man advanced and Hmlilngly
greeted the First ward"r With a good
morning: viii you be- So" That was
~ far nH the man got. for not being
able 10 control himself longer. John
said;
Here. I want no good mornings or
good evenings from you, This IN no
place for the likes 81 you. don't want
/ Your books. neither does anyone In this
| building. 50 get out. DO you hear9"
The man with the books under his
arm stood with his mouth Wide open.
unable 10 utter a syllable. In fer see
onds he recovered himself and started
In TO offcr nm explanation.
"My friend" he went on don't
| you"
NO don'ts. ~ or ans about a."
blurted out the angry Janlt0r You get
out. and be d. quick about II. or IN
| nut you out"
n shall do nothing Of the kind" said
the suspicious looking man, assuming
a bold attitude. This Il a public build.
ing and propose 90 remain here until
g,.t through with my business ana then
mi go II feel like H."
This was too much for Johns English
blood. aud he was about 20 catch hold
~ the man Tor the purpose ~ ejecting
him. when that person put quietn- on
everything by nquiring o. the Janltor
n he would please show MN on which
moor the free library was located. 30
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