The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-01
TWO STAR BOWLERS
FROM SOUTH JORDAN

1t was late in the evening when they
happened into the bowling alley and
only few of the usual habitues were
there. For a time they stood modestly
at one side watching the game. but
finally the taller one approaches A.,
! gust. Au'
Say, pardner," he said. "kin anv.
body play this here game?''
sure replied August, and he shout.
gu uoWn TO the boy behind the pins
set EN- up tens in number one"
The two grinned at each other nc
they sided across the alley and the
Dig man stripped off his rough brown
ranchman's macintosh. He was over
SIX rect and gaunt and slim and wealth.
erbeaten, but he stood straight as a
regular soldier and his muscles were
bundles of wire. His companion was
little and round and fat. His long coat
nearly swept the floor, but he did not
remove it.
The tall man fingered the big balls
over carefully and finally lifted out a
huge one.
What do we do now?" he inquired
of August, who was busy rolling a
| close game of "sevens'' in the other
alley.
Throw 'em at the pins, o. course. -
said August, and he went on with his
game
The former looked down the long
stretch of polished boarding to where
the phalanx of shining pins twinkled
in the distance under the mellow light.
He wrapped great horny paw around
the ball and with swing of his long
arm sent it hurtling down the aIley
like a projectile from a catapult. For
moment it went true, then whirled
into the gutter, struck the end board
with shock that made the alley ring,
bounded back, just missing the pin
boy and whirled back up the alley. All
the pins were standing and the man
looked nonplussed. Then he took a
smaller ball and whirling his arm
around his head sped it down the alley
at rate that made the pin boy jump
for his life. 1t cut off the corner pin
and ricochetted around the end of the
alley to land amidst the pins once
more and send half dozen sprawling
The tall man turned to his companion
with a triumphant smile, but August
explained that he had only got one pin
and he sat down crestfallen, while a
number of small boys who had been
watching. Snickered audibly.
Then the little fellow had a chance
He spat vigorously on his hands, seized
big ball around the middle and let
fly. His long coat well-nigh tripped
him up and the ball, after webbing
gently down the alley little ways.
slumped gracefully into the gutter and
bumped up against the end board innoc-
uously. Another try resulted simil-
arly and the two had scored one pin
between them.
By this time all in the place were
watching the newcomers and striving
to keep down their mirth at their an
tics Every conceivable method of
hurting ball did those two try while
the alley filed up with hilarious spec
tatOrs. The little man emerged from
his long coat and the tall one stripped
to his shirt sleeves, and the way the
two kept the balls going in that alley
convulsed the crowd and nearly drove
the pin boys into Mysteries They
played until they had expended all
their available cash, and then they re-
luctantly gathered up their discarded
garments and left the alley.
Those kids thinks they're mighty
smart" remarked the tall man, as the
two climbed the stairs, "settin' there
and GRIMM at US when our backs was
turned, but eff any one of 'em II come
down to South Jurden I'll give 'em some
pointers on pitchin' horseshoes thatIl
make their heads SWIM"