The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-04

The train must be in from Kimberley"
Two of the station traps drew up al
the entrance. The little hotel had TO
be entered through the bar but, as few
ladies stopped in the little town on the
veldt, that WAS no great Inconvenience.
One of these few had arrived now. The
little crowd drew back to let her pass
in, and when she was once inside, and
had inclined her head slightly and a
little nervously toward the men, in
GLIDING them all III one eourtly bow, all
hats came off. She was not young, a
woman between, so and 40, and if ever
she had so been, she was not now beau
tifuI Her brown hair was busted with
gray, her face was pale and thin, her
eyes were deepset and sOrIOWful. She
was Ompanied by a boy OF 10. nat
tily dressed, and d middle-aged man,
on whom the stamp of Chancery lane
was indelibly branded-an unmistak-
able lawyers clerk. The hostess was q
little Hurried. Guests Of her own sex
were rare, but nareT yet ladies so evi-
/ IDENTIFY Of a high breed as this. The
clerk asked at once for a parlor. He
was not sure, he said. whether the
party would remain or not, but at pres
ent the lady weuld like a private room
and a word with the landlord or his
wife. The bar was turned over to the
Q
( host and his wife led the way into the
only parlor in the house, that in which
stood the piano. round which had been
gathered of nights the reckless troop
/ eTs on leave from the barracks before
they had volunteered for the unfortun-
ate "Jameson's raid"
They closed the door. and the lady,
seating herself, looked to the lawyers
representative, who spoke at once.
he with q 1ffftn ron oh
like his masters in court. 'The-ah-
facts of this case are these. Ali am
/ instructed to state that my client has
I been credibly informed that you-ah-
as the proprietors, lessees or managers
of this inn, hosiery or hotel, have re-
cently-ah-given shelter am in all
probability have had transactions with.
a gentleman whom my client is very
/ anxious to meet. l should say-ah-
that il is posSibIe-ah-that in the use
! of the word gentleman I may uncon-
I SCiOusly be nisrepresenting" -
/ The LADY flushed, and the speaker cor
/ rected himself hUrriedly.
leading-ah-I beg your pardon,
( my MISUNDERSTANDING you. From infOr
maticn received at Cape Town and ct
( Kimberley, we are Of opinion that the
1 gentleman may, by reason of misfOr-
/ tune and Of having assumed to some
natural extent the-ah-picturesqu
/ but somewhat uncouth dress and-ah-
1rsannerisns of notwithstanding
lbUt-ah-unconvent pioneers, have
/ recently presented the appearance Of
/ being-a1-not q gentleman"
! whats the mans name ?" the land
/ lord asked, briefly.
/ The arrivals looked at each other. and
/ again the lady flushed.
I'VE don't know" said the lawyers
/ clerk, slowly. '9That is, his name-ah-
may have-in fact. he may have been
/ travelling fncognito."
( The landlord laughed as at a good
joke.
Hes not the only one" said he.
/ Many and many a man out here was
/ known at home by a different name.
! What's he like? Travellers come and
go. and we have all kinds"
The clerk shook his head obviously
My client has not seen him for nine
! years. He must have changed
Suddenly the lady leaned back in her
chair, with her handkerchief to her
/ eyes, and tTembled violently, suppress
ling sObs. At once the landlords wife
! grabbed the clerk and her husband and
pushed them cut of the room, and in
/ less than a minute was alone with the
! lady and the frightened boy, busily en-
1 gagged with smelling salts and cOrdfaIS
y
whispered. soothing th, other, when
the traveller had regained command Of
herself. why couldn't that windbag
say so at once2 You're looking for
your husband and this is his bOy-a
pretty boy-isn't it that?"
''Yes-thank you. I'm little tired
that's all"
THE rascalt'' the woman cried indig-
nantly THE rascal To desert''-
"No-nO-nol" the stranger cried al
most as Indignantly. Not that Never
never that! 1t was quite the other
way"
The hostess looked puzzled.
quite the other way" the lady re-
peated now in the presence Of one of
her own sex, apparently glad to give
vent to the feelings which she had had
to suppress during all the long journey
from England. TT was I who deserted
him. on, il you can help me 10 find him.
you viii, will you not2 You look good
| and kind"
4 will! I will! Tell me all about It."