The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-05
HE HAS GENEROUS HEART
THE PoRTLY MAN HAD MONEY
TO THROW AWAY.
Was Very Free With His Assistance
to Stranded Theatrical Troop
Now Serving His Allotted Term.
washington starr

INTO Woe at Gallatin, Tenn 1t COM
prised twelve persons, not including
the manager nor the baby belonging TO
the ingenue and her husband, the lead
| ing heavy They had been giving
repertoire'-any old thing from Box
| and Cox to The ket-of-Leave Man
| and 'Virginius'-on Tennessee's Uncle
Tom circuit and just barely getting
from town to town. Some baggage, /
suppose, had been let out of hotel win
dows under the dim starlight in other
towns, but Gallatin looked like tire end
or the route Some forty persons had
attended the Ingomar' performance, at
% cents per, in Gallatin, and the man
ager had accumulated the whole $40
and taken the local special, leaving the
twelve people-and the baby-in the
ruck. He had been missed after the
show, and the members of the company
gazed into each others faces blanSly.
They understood. Hotel bills, railroad
fareS-nothing in sight for the squar-
ing thereof, and the manager skipped.
The women dissolved into tears and the
men swore softly. The comedian Of
fered to assume the management, but
his offer was received with dismal
means. His financial impossibility was
too well knawn. Meanwhile the hotel
bills and the fares to the next town
also, condensed milk for the baby; and
nary a soumarque in the crowd
The poor unfortunateS washed off
their paint and returned to the hotel
in state of gloom. A committee of
three of the men went to the hotel
keeper a German whose soul was sur
charged with skepticism with refer
enee to all members of the theatrical
profession whomsoever.
The outfit they told him, is up
against ii. The manager is heading
north. nor have we the price to tele-
graph for his apprehension. We have
several dates ahead which look prom
ising. We shall send the money back
to you, with perhaps a bonus. Can we
have our baggage and depart under
these conditions
1 want my pill paid now was the
reply of the tavern keeper. L know
you vellers to veil. nod? Dots too thin
abouid de manacher. It's put-up chob
to peat me. No money, no baggage.
They tried TO argue it out with
him.
:" Send an agent of your own along
with US to the next town, and he can
attach our baggage and scenery and
props. if we don't hand him the amount
of your bill at the conclusion of the
performance. they demonstrated with
him, desperately.
-" 1 want nod baggage or Drops or
skenery, amt it?' was the firm reply.
Pay me, und you ged de baggage
Despair was written over the coun-
tenances of the whole outfit. The
women took turn at pleading with
the remorseless TeutOnic boniface.
They were still engaged in pleading
with him when a large, ample. we'll
dressed man, with flowing side whis-
kers, a heavy gold watch chain and a
huge diamond ring. not to mention an
e-fr
in hand, and registered. He had just
arrived on the northern midnight train.
1 want two rooms and a BATH
said the new arrival to the obseQuiouS
German, who waddled behind the desk
to wait on the prosperous-looking just
arrived guest. While the large. ample,
man was waiting be-
the women resumed their pleading
with the German.
u want no more tawg aloud id, :
said the German. All l want is de
MONEY!
"'Ho, Here, What's the trouble?
Such language to ladies,' exclaimed the
new arrival. with an indignant glance
at the German hotel man.
''One of the men of the company
stepped forward and explained the /
and how their appeals &c |
he German had been in vain. The |
baby. cuddled in the weeping ingenue's |
arms, crowed softly.
THE large, ample man bridled over
he recital.
WHO ever heard of such cursed !
lard-heartedness" he exclaimed. |
You ought to be thoroughly |
of yourself, my man. to the |!
ierman hotel man. If all men had sc /
title consideration for the troubles OIL |
,fhe a. Won caapo,-
Veil broke in the German. apollo
yetically. all 1 want is vat belongs tc
ne, und'-
What is the amount of this miser-
lble bill of yours?' demanded the new
,uest, reaching for his wallet in his |
inside breast pocket.
THE hotelkeeper told him it was
$3.50
And for a bagatelle like that YOU
would render the hearts of twelve OF
our fellow men and fellow women
leavy and sorrowful? was the vir-
uously indignant question of the large
mple man, and, opening his wallet, he
ossed $500 bill on the desk as if the
anne were so much manila wrapping
'aper. The hotel mans eyes stuck out
ver the size of the bill
Haf you holdings smaller? he in
uired.
NJ nave not, was the fmperiOug
eply. 1 am not in the habit of cum
ering my money book with shinpIas-
ers'
The German went to work at hi:
afe combination, while the large, am
lie man engaged in sympathetic con.
ersatlon with the grateful theatrica /
olks. The German placed a drawer
obtaining a large pile of bills on the
esk, and laboriously counted out
also in change to the generous guest
he latter picked up the money ano
tuffed 1t into his wallet as if it were
o much junk-all but a $50 bill. which
e calamity handed to the Young
voman with the Growing baby.
Madame, said he to her with q
wv bow, 1T gives me pleasure to make
ou, the medium of assistance to your
nfortunates associates
Then he made a little address to
ne company that brought the dampness
} their eyes.
Be of brave heart and good cheer.
said, and all will be well with Won
wish you every manner of luck anC
appiness.'
They all shook hands with him. and
e retired to his rooms with the Air
man filled with happiness over his
ccompllshment of a generous deed
ne company, with all the baggage
1T on the 2 a. m. train for the next
,wn- The large ample man slept al
light and departed on the a. m. train
We'll, we didn't run that smooth one
own for long while You see. or
count of the large size of the queer
Ills he showed. he didn't have to put
many of 'em over the plate in order
} make the business pay as the SHOW
s of queer bills of smaller denomina-
ons, so that his trail was hard to fol-
w up. He planted the phony greer
apers in widely separated communi-