The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-18

cruel or mean Or selfish he peppered
MN with his putty blower And if he
sun looked mean or selfish or cruel
then he shot beans at him, and if he
continued to look selfish or cruel or
mean he let him have a stone out of a.
sung, and that generally cured him.
For sling in the hands Of a small boy
Is a hammer and no mistake.
lie had gotten almost to Seymour
ana the road was streWn with cruel,
mean and selfish people whom he had
ooWled over temporarily when he came
TO long hill. At the top of the hin
stood what looked like an automobile,
and by its side were two men. one of
whom seemed to be the owner of the
vehlcle The other was trying to sell it
10 the other man who had a kind of
doWn-trodden, under-dog look about
him that made Melchisedek feel for
him.
Now, Mr.. Sanford" said the owner
of the automobile, II owe you money,
and I know it, but I have no money
10 pay you, while / have this automo-
bile. Now, 1 only owe you 800, and
this machine is easily worth a thou
sand, but you see it makes me nervous
to ride out in wagon that hasn't any
horses to stop it when it gets going
too fast, and so I'll let you have it for
the debt"
But" said Mr.. Sanford, ST never go
out riding because [ hate TO, and I need
the cash very badly. The automobile
will surely get out of order and 1 can't
afford to have it fixed. so I'll be worse
off than / was before"
Nonsense said the man with a
selfish CLEAN in his eye, that made
Melchisedek get out his putty blower,
you can ride in this down to Meriden
Seymour and sell it to any of the rich
people who live there for at least $780,
Why don't you do it, then?" asked
Mr.. Sanford, quite pertinently.
Because" said the man, II prom
ised my children that would go chest
nutting with them this afternoon. and
better a walk with them than all the
money in the world
Now, while this made the innocent
Mr.. Sanford feel that Mr.. Simpkins was
a nice man, il made Melchisedek think
that Mr.. Simpkins had no children at
all, and doubtful that the carriage was
an automobile. But as yet he could do.
nothing.
Give me a receipt for 500 and take
the automobile said Mr.. Simpkins.
Come, I will ride TO the foot Of this
hill Just to show you how to work it,
and them said he, locking at his
watch, Il must hurry off to my darl-
ings. my dear little boys, for the pets
are hungry for chestnuts."
Now, if Mr.. Sanford hadn't been a
goose he would have known that Mr..
Simpkins was up TO something, be-
cause men don't talk that way about
their children, unless they are mollies-
at least. not in public. But. Mr.. San
ford was a great innocent, so he wrote
a receipt for 500 and gave it. to the
man, and then they both stepped into
the carriage. Mr.. Simpkins pulled a
lever and the thing didr't go.
All this time Melchisedek had stood
out of the way and the man had not
noticed him at all. Now, Mr.. Simpkins
looked out and pretended to see stone
in front of one of the wheels. Aha
said he, Il see there's a stone in the
way. I'll push the automobile for
few feet. 1t sticks sometimes when 1
haven't used ii muc-i. Here, boy, see |
ing Melchisedek. lust help me push
this to the brow of the hill
Melchisedek pushed with a good viii