The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-14

! Fer his part. it was his habit to re-
/ ceive her reprOachss sometimes with
/ querulOus retOFt but mostly with mild
! depreciation, and to make his escape,
/ when IT was possible, IN the direction
/ of the nearest liquid refreshment he
was aware OF.
So that now he was one Of the first
of the men, furtive and ill-clad to sneak
/ across toward the bar Of the Crown
! Not because he, or they, had money TO
/ spend there, but. if truth must be con-
fessed, because they had fallen low,
/ and very lOW-so low that not a man of
! them but was glad to take a drink at
/ the invitation of any free-handed bar
/ lounger who might offer it.
/ A dTOVer was ii the bar. and a butch
era butcher who had declined the
/ honor Of Leatherby's custom as offered
/ by Tidy Norton. Norton and Hndy
pushed open the door, and stared about
the bar with a poor pretense Of looking
i for some Of the CtheTs-whOm they had
( left at the show They stared as long
/ as possible, and were making a reluct-
ant show Of withdrawal, when the
bUtcher with a wink and a grin at the
! drOver, sang out: Come alOng-come
/ along in There amt no charge for
/ comm in"
/ They pushed the door wider mum
/ bling something about looking for a
( friend" bat with expectant eyes
All, your friends been called out IN
! expected to his gran mothers funeral.
/ 'Aave a drink"
I They let the door swing to and came
Isheepishly in. The drinks were ordered
+ and brought, and then the butcher, pull
! ing out a handful of silver, said alb
! stractedly, with another wink at the
/ droVer, Let's see; we toss odd man
out for these. don't We2"
! The drover grinned, and Teddy Nor
/ ton made a CHASTITY show of feeling
about his pockets for money. But Hen
{ dy only flushed and paled and frowned
at the floor. he had his feelings yet.
/ The silence endured FOR three seconds.
and then The butcher flung the money
on the counter with a hOarse laugh.
/ All right" he said. my show" And
presently they were all talkative to-
/ gether, for, after all, there were the
( drinks, and the poor players had learn
ed not to be too thinskinned.
Sam Davis and Billy Mack found
/ their way across soon, and the droveI
was good for another F0und OF drinks
on their entrance.
/ Trade in your line don't seem fust-
rate said the butcher. happy in many
/ Christmas orders. Amt overcrOwded
are YEP"
The huskers looked one at another
and shook their heads; there could be
no cOncealment. "ReaStly business,
/ Devis answered, Orrid."
Not a very payin' game, eh?'' said
! the drover.
.Wen." Teddy Norton replied. I'D be
pretty well off if / had all that's OWN
me, anyhow"
"Ah, but then suppose You had to pay
/ all you owe2" rejOined the butcher, and
| guffawed joyOusly at his own wit
'Owing?" cried Hendy, with excite
ment. why. the money in salaries ]
! haven't had I'D start a bank"
''Yes-nO doubt" said the butcher
and laughed again. What L amt goi
'ud sink a ship"
Lets see" saiG Davis, you was in
/ Trevor Fitz-HOward's crowd, WASH
you. when it left EN- stranded al
/ Leeds2'
7 was that my boy, an Teddy Nor
/ ton here. an my miSsis-before l mar
ried. That was the second time he put
me in the cart. too" Hendy went to me
with bitter reminiscemce. He dropped
a company at Bristol once, after three
/ weeks. an I was in that. And that sec
ond time at Leeds he Collared a bag o
mine to put the plumber in, with a new
pair O. boots in It"
L bet you'd like TO have EN- now.
! observed the butcher with glance al
the actors diiaDidated shoes.
Il didn't know Fitz-Howard." ven
/ tured Davis but we known some
! pretty near as hot There was Digby
I that called himself Stuart an Wade
grave, an 49,
/ SO the talk went and each DOo1
PLAYER fell to a computation of what
1 he had lost in shortages by reason OF
+ bad business. and by the r0bberies
/ of raseaIly managers: 50 that if debts
/ were but assets. here would sit Z, com
pany Of afliuent persons, spOnglng fol
/ drinks in the Crown. Scarce a town in
/ the kingdom but one or other had beer
+ stranded in II, they counted it a sue
/ cessful engagement that brought, frs
/ 20 last, half the stipulated salary; and
though II was held too bad when a
manager bOlted with the money bags
the thing was 50 common as scarce tC
seem worse than piece of rather SHARP
Z practice.
Last poor old Leatherby himself, q
sad figure Of stout man worried thin
Joined the group aud drew another
/ round OF drinks. II was hard. very
hard. 20 maintain the dignity proper ta
a proprietor and manager conscious the
while that he, even he. had fallen tt
''pross" for a drink among strangers
though in truth he did his best