The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-12

| with some of the facts in the case,
+ said l, still calm and collected; 1 am a
sutton for the hand of Judge Granger
daughter, it is true, but the Judge
| hasn't recognized or spoken to me in
over a year, and, under the circum-
stances, L see no reason why 1 should
go out of my way to recognize him, or
do him a favor, even if he needed it as
badly as you do this minute. Now, l
don't admit that you are Judge Gran
ger, but If you are, just introduce me to
the crowd as your prospective son-fn-
law, and I'll see what l can do for
you
"'I'n be hanged if I dol. snorted the
judge.
"'You certainly will be if you don't
1 retorted, grimly, starting to drive on.
Hold on there. Boomer shouted
the judge. For heavens sake, don't
go on and leave me to the mercy of
this crowd. They'll lynch me sure, if
you 60
Guess you're right, said 1, care
lessly But if you want me to help
you out of your scrape 1 shall Rave to
insist on your doing the square thing
by me and Jessie in return. Just re-
peat after me: I am Judge Granger Of
Bcomville, and I freely consent to the
marriage of my daughter Jessie to Rob
ert J. Bloomer. manager of the Blk Six
ranch. and hereby invite the ertire
crowd now present to witness the we'd
ding ceremony and drink the brides
health at my home in Boomville at 7:30
this evening"
Seems to me you're getting in an
awful hurry, young man. Better give
the women folks a chance to get ready,
hadn't your demanded the judge.
You needn't worry over that part
of it; I'll take my chances on their be-
H. :. 7 -,,I-
repeat the sentence 1 just gave You,
and I'll see that the rest of the pro-
gramme is carried out
well, it was a bitter pill for the
judge to swallow, but the cowboys were
growing impatient the rope began to
tighten up around his neck at this OPP
perfume moment. and-he swallowed it,
repeating the sentence, word for word,
as I had given it to him.
I'VE rode into BooTavilIe like conquer
ing heroes, escorted by dozen gallant,
though somewhat vociferous cowboys
These gentry circulated impartially
around among the saloons in the place
making a fresh circle at least once
every 80 minutes. until the hour of 7:3O
in the evening, when they promptly put
in an appearance at the residence of
Judge Granger to see me get sp,iced
and toss off a snifter to the health OF
Tie OtlQG, dS liicy CAlPlCc~Cd IT.
and 1 am happy to say that they
were not disappointed in either of these
desires. Not only did they witness the
splicing (Which was performed with
neatress and dispatch by the local
Methodist parSon, who was an old
hand at the business), but they drank
to the health of the bride and the
brides mother and the brides father,
and all the rest of the brides relatives
for three generations back, or until the
supply of liquid refreshments ran out,
and then. with three rousing cheers and
a rafting pistol fusilade as a grand
finale, they dispersed for home, leaving
Jessie and me to settle down and enjoy
our honeymoon in peace.
This" concluded Bloomer, sis the
true story of how 1. won a father-in-
law, and, although he was inclined to
be a trife ballly on the start, L don't be-
lieve either of US have had occasion to
feel sorry since that things turned out
as they did,