The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-27
HOME-SPUN YARNS.

The 3-year-old had come home from the
dog and pony show bearing in his arms
q gorgeous red balloon. 1t was joy
forever to the lad and he forthwith took
IL out on the lawn in front of the house to
exhibit it to the less favored offspring of
the neighbOrs. Half the youngsters on the
block were enjoying the new toy when an
unregenerated pup came along. IniS pup
had a BOWery cock to his ears that BODIED
some kind Of devilment. He was care
free, playful sort of an animal who was
tough just because he couldn't help it.
The pup eyed the crowd of children for
a while in a lOcular sort of style, Then,
when the balloon, which was filed with
air, not gas, fell to the ground, he made
q playful lunge at it. For a minute he
had great sport paving 1t around. Then
it occurred to him that the DlaythlnS
might be good to eat. The next minute
he stuck his tooth into the rubber. There
was an explosion that sounded like
giant frecracker in action
There was wall from the 3-year-old and
a most astOnished pup. The animal
jumped about three feet right straight
up in the air when the balloon exploded
Then he tried to find it. He was sure
the habby piece of rubber on the ground
under his feet couldn't be the handsome
red globe he had just been playing with.
No, the balloon had been hidden in some
mysterious way. Forthwith the pup
tried to dig UP a square yard OF lawn.
Then he ran AROUND the corner Of the
house to see if pefchance it had gone that
way Finally in despair he sat on his
haunches and whined inquiringly at the
children around him, but he didn't hnd
the balloon and s3Ouptless went home
convinced that he had been made the VIC
tim of a piece Of dog magic
They were having a party at the second
house from the corner and the red
handed pirate of the southern sea hadn
-r--a.a To- f~V.r.r mn
in his family circle as plain tommy
Johnson, was sore. He lives in the row
around in the alley off the main street,
and isn't considered good form except
when a game of foot and half or a
cruise after treasure~laden galleons Is
being planned
street and kicked thoughtfully at a
weakly daudelion that was struggling up
between the stones. He was meditatlng
revenge. The whole world seemed ar
Tayed against Johnny that bright May
afternoon. Even an afternoon IN scnOoI
would have been a sOlaee to his troubled
spirit He saw the kids on the other
side called into the house for refresh
ments and his lot grew more burdensoIne.
In days to come Johnny may STOW
wealth He may see family and friends
turn against him. but he will never spend
a bitterer half hour than ne did on the
curb that afternoon chewing the cuu OF
low An idea had occurred to him ana
he proceeded straightway TO put II into
Around the board the favored children
were gorging themselves with ice cream
and cake. The woman who was honor
ing her children with the Joyous event
was in the act OF cutting fresh slices from
= large mound of angels food" when
Something hurled through the opening
window and crashed stckenlnglY against
the side of a vase of flowers on the center
of the table
ingly. except that the second missile spat-
tered over the clean white dress OF d
small girl Then up rose on the festal at
mosphere the screams of children ana the
shrieks Of women. The party was broken
into small pieces. The fell purpose OF the
pirate had been ACCOMPLISHED.
Johnny had denuded mis- mothers star
seftfng hen Of her sole visible means of
support. but the whaling he got for the
me- oTy9ance was Offset. in his judg-
ment, by the fun it Melted. Ana the
strangest thing about the whole analr IS
that nobody. except Johnny 5 mother and
the hen and Johnny and one other, knows
who broke up the party. The others only
have their suspicious and as long as sus-
niei0ns don't take the form of leather
straps. Johnny doesn't care for them.
Jack Reeves, the well known chief clerk
of the freight department, 0. s. L., like
n great many other residents on the west
drive. owns dog which is deeply at
tached 20 his master. He Is pretty
little lyer-eOlored water spaniel with 4
marked propensity to follow Reeves even
unto death.
Every morning when the chief clerk
starts out 10 work on his trusty bike the
neighbOrs line no on their respective
porches to see the circus
Get home" yels the owner of the
tyke as the atmosphere becomes sur
CHARGED with rocks and other foreign
a. n
in anger. beats a retreat behind the coal
shed and reeves pedals M TO the office,
to be Invariably greeted at the top or the
stairs upon arrival by the dog, who COM
placentlv ways his tail like the con
ducf0r Of an orchestra beating tune with
Recently Reeves decided to give the dog
away. and with that idea in view took
him IN to P0catelo in order to present
him to a bosom friend IN there. Soon
after stepping off the cars, however,
Reeves missed his trusty dog. SO the gilt
was declared postponed sine die.
In due course he returned to his home
in salt Lake where, upon his arrival, he
espied the spaniel on the domestic porch
Wagging his tail as OF yOre with a you
can t-leave-me-Johnny twinkle IN MS
subsequently it was learned that the
dog returned TO Salt Lake on the same
train that he came up on, and the con-
Guctor, recognizing the animal permitted
him to deadhead back home.
Jack Reeves and his dog still hold down
the chief clerks Office together,
Everybody knows DR. Gilbert i. Pfoutz
and the stories he tells in regard TO the
early days of his youth when he used TO
so tiger shooting on the back OF an ele-
plant in far-off tropical India. The story
OF his voyage through the Suez canal
when the deck OF the steamer was COW
cred with flying fish to the extent that
the officer of the watch could not keep
his feet owing TO the fact that millions
OF the finny tribe were Hopping around
is well known to the average Salt Laker.
The 0caiist has a new story 10 add to
his repertoire, however which he told on
a train coming down from Ogden recently
DR. Pioutz IS prepared TO back MS latest