The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-26

eentiy as she had spoken. "At least. ]
Jon know What it is"
"eL' tell me, and maybe I can helr
~ sumo she insisted, although If
iHlShI nave occurred to her that IL ber
husband did not know he couId scarca
ly tell her. 0ouiu scarce
a violent effort. 'h0" Win
res, what there is of it2 wbv
didn't you bring the other things %
mats what's the matter .Tana.
Ihere isn't any other things: there ISM
or anything. The whole town
Is asleep or dead, and the air in the
oIeels Is as clammy as the breath of a
snost : don't know what it is. but
something has happened and tiTe
alone a tell what it is. The ianitor
hSh mere, nor the elevator bow. and
Ihere are no newsboys on the Streets
nor cars, and no stores open. nor Nag
oES runnlng or policemen. nor peopIe
moving about; there isn't a soul in the
market and it seems more like a haunt
ed house than anything else
surrounded by a combination of such
strange circumstances, Mr.. Tankerman
hau quite forgotten his recent ac-
cuhulatlon of wealth. but Mrs. Tank
erHldhS mind was yet active on the
We'll" she said resignedIv. 20,
come what will come. John We are nroN
Vlded for, and now let us eat our break
1asts n go u together to learn what
al the trouble is about"
II was a task for Mrs. Tankerman
10 get down stairs after breakfast. for
II must be confessed that she was no
longer sylDh-like, but she succeeded
after much effort, meeting tenants on
Two OF the floors who were as ANNOYED
as she was by the %janitor, but they
speedily retired to their apartments.
anu OF course Mrs. Tankerman said
10 sig 10 them about the good luck
mat mad befallen her, and which she
mad at that very in an uucom-
IortaDIe belt around her waist, where
InleVes could not break in and steal.
Inc only person to whom she intended
20 mention that precious money was
her cousin. who was a clerk in the
pdhk Where she sometimes caShed a
check. She had thought 40 20
there first and get rid of the money.
but when she reached the street her
heart almost failed her. for there Were
no ears N sight, and the distance to
the pank was at least a mile. Her hus-
Ddnd suggested that she might be able
TO hire a cab. and with a laugh that
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faux pas or other she hurried him
TO the corner to a cab stand, only to
hnd that it was vacant. This was
strange at that hour, but no one was
near who could explain their absence.
and they started to walk to the bank
wondering as they went along what
could be the matter with everything.
Occasionally they met people. but they
We're strangers who appeared TO be in
a hurr- TO get somewhere, and now
and then an oath might be heard as
urgent man wanted to know why
there were no cabs, or some thirsty one
failed to find a saloon open. The air
was stagnant in its stiffness, and Mr..
and Mrs. Tankerman began to feel
n a something equivalent to an earth
quake had occurred or was on the eve
doing so. They hoped to find an ex-
PLANTATION at the bank. but when they
reached that institution it was closed. 1
or rather it was partly so. as the presi-
dent was there and ne had opened it as
far as he was able. He was in a tenn
and could give the inquirers no sat
lsfactlon. There We're two or three
people asking numerous questions, and
a dozen or more standing around mys-
teriously. cycling each other with sus-
picion and apparently each waiting for
the other to get away so he&ould have
d private consultation with the presi-
dent or cashier or some one in author
ity.
IN tell o what III do said Mrs.
Tankerman to her husband, some
thing is wrong just as sure as little
apples, and we'll go round to cousin
Jimmie's and see what it is. Maybe
he's sick; the goodness knows every
thing seems to be sick or wrong. or
something. this morning, and I'm going
to ind out what it is"
1t was just around the corner on the
second block beyond, and when the
rang the bell it was answered
by cousin Jimmie himself.
Our servant seems to have disap-
this morning." he explained.
and as my wife isn't very well I'm
doing the homework myself. But
right in; Kate isn't so sick that
can't see you even if it is rather
early for a call"
He laughed and was extremely
for a man in like circumstances
out said nothing about his being at