The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-17
.And you incite these-ah-men

"And you .incite these-ah-men il
defiance of the law-ila?''
The culprit expressed inapprehensiol
by opening her mouth and saying moth
ing.
You bring them here. against the pc.
| liceman's orders?"
1 only twicet, SIR she faltered
Sadie asst me ter. They wanted tc
dance"
And you support these-ah-vag-
rants. You dropped something in that
mans hat. How much-ha? 90
IA cent" whispered the culprit
looking more a culprit than ever
Please, sir, it was mine. l saved it,
The king drew himself up judicially.
mo doubt, no doubt. But what right
| had you to use it in support of a pub
| lie nuisance? I was racked all last
evening by one of these hideous instru-
ments, he continued, quoting from
his letter. which he had composed in
| the sleeplesS watches of the night. and
knew it by heart. Certainly daily life
contains enough unavoidable nuisances
without our fostering this one, which
is disturbance to all, a pleasure to
| none-ahemi That is, to few-very few.
| For l judge by the demonstration that
you made just now, you do take a GER
! tain kind of enjoyment in those-ah-
| organs. Like them, 1 mean Do you?"
The culprit, while somewhat stunned,
managed to grasp the meaning of the
last few words, and replied timidly:
''YeAes SIR
''Ha! Very much?"
"Ye-es. sir" Then, still more timidly:
Il love en-
The king paused.
Hal And do the other children-er-
love them, as you put it?"
Eyes, sir
Hal And the king paused again.
His thoughts were interrupted by the
culprit, who falteredin awed amaze
ment:
Don't you, STRIP l.
| He hesitated over several scathine
replies, and ended by shaking his head
in silence.
When you hear 'em don't you wan
The king actually smiled-a hard,
! grim smile
Il dc" she continued, taking courage.
TIL chunes is lovely-jist like tn thee
You've been there said the king
How often?n ~
"Wunst." Her face frightened. ''They
wuz lots er songs, an a lady She
ldanced. 1t was fine. told the rest all
about it, a.,i-.ss
They'd never been-ha?"
No, sir. But then tn origin come
round-every Saturday it wuz, an wee
save up an watch fer it, an come out
an dance. But tn cop he wouldn't lei
him come no more. So I'd go out an
/ fetch him. An Sadie asst me ter This
mornin'. She couldn't dance cause she's
sick in bed, but she could hear it,
"Ha! And what are you going to do
now that this-ah-public nuisance has
been stopped 2"
vi dunno, sir" And the tears actu.
ally sprang to her eyes. The king per.
ceived it in horror
"Ahem!" he said, so iferociously thai
she jumped. Have you back yard il
this street-a good-sized one?"
Yes, sir; back er our house,
And the number of your house
t'Twenty-one, SIR
l. The king, was a bit of Swag in hi.
own unpleasant, ironical way. He raised
his hat. ts'-''e
! Miss O'Grady.''
He stalked into the throne room tina
evening, long after his accustomed
hour, as grim and morose as eyer: and
selecting certain letter. from the hear
most carefully; then, glaring out of tn,
window, tore it into small fragments
threw them into the basket and turner
| abruptly on the imperial stenographel
with:
dy''-- N'''N = u q
Excuse mel" she faltered, amazed
Did you say o.
Miss Rosie O'Grady," reiterated tb,
cyIo inc e 4,
1 with stern disregard. Twenty one
Ahem!-Babies' block. City-Ah-hem
My dear Miss OtGrady:"
! There was sensation next day il
| Babies block when messenger boy
arrived with letter for Miss Rosie
O'Grady, who broke the seal and la.
boriously spelled out the following:
Referring to the subject upon which
L conversed with you yesterday after
noon, while 1 still held the same to be
! q public nuisance, in which you are
! guilty participant, yet, as proof of nay
personal forgiveness, and in acknoWl
! edgement of the able manner in which
| you defended your unworthy cause,
| tender herewith q slight mark of my
esteem, and beg you to believe me, my
| dear Miss O'Grady,
Your obedient servant, etc
|. Just then an express wagon rounded
! the corner with a large case for No. u
and a chorus of shrill squeals arose
when the same was opened and founC
to contain a great beautiful, shining
piano organ.
/ The king continues to stalk through
life, the same steely individual, but he
has subsidized somewhat on the subjec
of piano organs, and when one starts
outside his window. simply growls:
TEL that fellow to move on. Ant
I herpi Give him this -
His business takes him to the East
river oftener than of old, and it ha.
been declared that if you follow him OF
these excursions you win see him turr
down a dirty little street and enter g
dirty little house, followed by a swarm
of children, Then you will hear muffle6
sounds of a piano organ, mixed witt
shrill voices and laughter, and pres.
emily he viii slip guiltily out into the
street. turn the corner and stalk stiffiy
back into the world, grimmer, steeliel
and more unapproachable than ever
l repeat, music is often only an ac.
! quired taste.