The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-15

books-books that would sell. too she
! exclaimed. Il could tell things about
sOne of the most prominent men and
women in this city, and she rocked her
pretty head in way that implied vol
| umeS of secrets and romances. The
clandestine love affairs of which l have
been made the innocent manager, a few
| blighted lives, maybe and the schemers
| for whom have handled many strings
to MANY bows would surprise the arch
destroyer himself"
The tragic expression of Miss Nor
| mans face suddenly vanished in a
burst of merriment. Il must tell you
one of the funniest experiences 1 ever
had" she broke forth. Such a sweet
young girl brought me her first love
affair and begged me to write letters
for her. l asked her 10 give me some
idea of how many lines to nissive she
would be willing to pay for. and stated
my price per typewriter line.
Spare no expense she adjured me,
this fellow is trying his level best not
to care for me, and 1 intend to make
him.
Some of my most telling strokes
were daily brought to bear upon that
particular chaps sluggish organ of
affection. nightly my fair coadjutor
emphasized my fOregone assurances
with bushes and persuasive glances,
surrender. The next thing I heard
from the victorious miss was that she
had tired of that slave and a new
idol was already being worshiped. As
she referred in no way to the re-en-
gagement of my services / wrote in
quiringly about it. What do you think
she replied? That she had saved all
my typewritten letters and, as she
doubted if this second venture would
amount to anything more than "a lit
tie Irritation she would just use those
old letters over again and not waste
money on an uncertainty That
struck me as sublime" and Miss Nor
man twinkled her eyes as if the joke
would never grow stale to her She
never came back to me, and I've often
wondered how many love lOrn youths
have since found balm in those same
magic doses of soothing promises,
written long before they so much
thought of yearning for the owner of
them.
Did / ever write for a MANI" was
the query she repeated. Yes, once"
she answered SOLDERING. A strange and
very sad commission it proved to be-
A perfect stranger came to me one day
on particular errand. He gave me
his name and address and stated that
for certain reasons, which he preferred |
not to mention, he desired me to
write an lmpaSSioned letter full of en-
dearing terms and intense jealousy. |
followed his instructions without the !
slightest curiosity, aside from thinking !
that he meant to pique an indifferent |
sweetheart. by Haunting my letter. |
Having fulfilled my part of the bar |
gain | dismissed it from my mind |
Several months later in walked a |
patron of former days. a woman from |
whom L had carried on most de- |
lightful cOurtship which ended with |
merry wedding bells and brides cake
She informed me that she had just re-
ceived the papers which made null /
her marriage certificate. Her husband |
had proved faithless, she sobbed, and |
the convincing evidence was a letter
from an unknown woman, found on
the staircase where it had been dropped |
by accident. The envelope bore his
name and address. he admitted his
guilt and the divorce was granted
You married us she wept so l !
wanted you 10 know. the end / stared
at the parchment before me and as I /
read the name of her ex-husband I
knew that | had also parted them
But why did you give it up?" l
asked. too curiously, perhaps, for she
laughed in a most exasperating way
and said: Some other time l will tell
TODAY"