The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-31
TOLD BY THE G0SSIPS.

An incident leaked out yesterday that
is unique In character. The scene was at
q Main street r0Oming house, and g. miner
and a. sheepnan the participants. The
miner had been stopping at the house Tor
several days and the sne6pman only
reached the city Saturday night Being
tired the latter asked for a room and
was shown to room containing two beds.
On8 Of which fs occupied. The miner,
during his stay ii the house. had occupied
e bed in the same room, of which fact the
stockman had not been informed by the
night clerk Along about a. n he
eWO1e with d start and experienced that
feeling which sometimes tells OF the pres
eIfce or another IN the room. lie listened
attentively and thought he detected
sound OF breathing at the other end.
BY slow and careful movements he sue
cesded IN drawing his gun from under the
pillow and gaining an upright position IN
bed.
The hours went on. He heard the clock
/ in the city and county building chime and
caught the rumble of the first street car
in the street. Shortly after the 1irst ray OF
the approaching day penetrated the room.
In the shadow he saw the form OF a man
sitting up in the other bed
sWhat are Won doing here?r he asked.
And I'd like TO know what you are
doing here?" came the reply.
IF you had moved a hair I'd have
emptied my gun into that corner.
Same here" came the response.
The miner had gone to bed without a
| light later in the evening than the sheep
the room. Each with q revolver claSped
in his hand had glared through the dark
ness for over three hours, determined TO
shoot at the slightest movement.
This story comes from Mercur: Among
the miners at the Golden Gate mine is a
certain man who bankers for a pugillstic
career and has been making things lively
for the rest of the hands. He has just
been aching for a fight for the past two
I or three months, but owing to his size and
bldffing prOpenSities has lorded over Uls
entire shift.
Last week he was down town. and hap
pening in a saloon noticed a slender look
ing young man sitting at a table reading a
newspaper With a wink to the rest OF
the crowd he stepped up 10 the stranger
and coOlly informed him that he was go
ing to give him a thrashing. The slight
stranger eyed him for 2 moment and
wanted to know what he had done TO de-
ooh. nothin," said the bully: I'm just
going to lick you on general principles
With that he slapped the young man
That settled it. The slight stranger
! sprang TO his feet and before the bully
| could realize what had happened mad
| him doubled upon the floor, and when the
| off the miner had two Of the worst dis
| figured optics seen in the camp in many a
/ day.
left The place
An hour later the subdued bully met the
/ stranger on the street.
| Say, young man., who are your he
/ asked. Are you Robert Fitzsimmons?"
! No sir was the reply.
You're Kid Mccoy in disguise"
| mo, sir I'm not"
you must be Tommy Ryan"
mo, sir; m 10 prize tlghter.
''Who are you, then?"
| Just book agent
A new coon reached the city yesterday
/ morning and last night he was walking
/ down Main street arm IN arm with the
! pTettiest yallow girl in the city. Now,
! this is all right as far as it goes, but the
/ yellow girl happens to be married to a
! barber who works in the city. The nus
/ band CHANGED to meet the pair in front
/ of AuerbachS', where the wife had paused
/ to look into the window
! After sizing up the new coon for while.
/ he stepped up to his wife.
/ 'Eugenia," he said, 'yO jeS tell dat
/ culled individual to lef go yer arm
! 'Yo jeS tell the gemman 70 SET, she
answered. Hes a puffect stranger to
( me-"
Two old sports whose years have taught
! them better, went out Saturday night on
| the pickup. At the sanitarium they ran
! across two ladies with whom they de-
: termined to start up a Irritation Tha
J ladies repealed their advances but the two
persisted and the ladies determined at
/ last to teach them lesson if they were
not too old to learn. Upon the old beaux
insisting to see them home the ladies
partly acquieSed, and the four started for
the home of the ladies' Upon arriving.
one LADY threw open the door and the
men followed in.
/ Husband, she said to a man who sat
+ by the fire reading, these two men in
I sisted upon seeing US home. They are
{ strangers. We never met either of them
/ before. They came because they would,
j and were unlimited by us"
The husband sprang to his feet, but be
fore the lady had ceased speaking the two
/ sports were rushing for the door.