The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-24
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beiiboy at Ihe Aua, which in
bellboy language means Auditorium,
has solved a sort Of Hild mystery by
confessinS his participation ia q little
adventure thar hdDuened -during the
senator DolliVer yras billed to speak
for the IeeptablieBns candidate for presi-
dent and 5.9lUsBeor3e had crowded into
the big theape - listen to him The
his apartn1ents IN tile -Audftorium AM
mex and offered 10 escort him no the
platform, but ne asked them 70 go.
ahead and said be Would follow in
few moments
The fcsvr inomants heightened into
minutes. however. ard the minutes into
tWenty before tbo senator made his APP
pearance, looking hot. clustered and
pia1ise ana the introductory speeches
gave bifI plenty of time to receivers
himself, and when he rose TO begin
his address lac appeared as calm and
elf-possessed rs usual
The members -of the reception conn
uiittee wondereG-in a placid kind OF
way what had happened to cause the
twenty minutes delay; none Of them
imagined that the speaker of the
evening was within @ feWefeet of them
that the vaudctine managers would
nave featured as the funniest of the
year.
"rhis here's The whole thing. said
the beHb0y The 0ther DAY 9from A to
lizard: The big guy tn1eaning the dis
Jinguisi1eti statesman sent down call
just after the reception comfy went
away over 70 tire theatre.A RE says to
lns that he would get all crushed up
Ia the push round the doors. and asked
me % put him onter an easy way troo
10 The stage. They E3Hs a DOLLAR la it
far me. so led the procession and we
started down the tunnel across b the
AEd and + slipped BIN i'm the Wagon
alley back of -Re stage doors
Wen, when We got that far says
% hlm that if he didn't want to erost
the open stage 10 set 70 the right side
we would have to go Hhderneath by
lie says. i don'+ want 10 go over the
opeB stage, not ON yer life. sonny. &
begun to walk down the stairs, with
him ahead and we got about haH way
goat wots this Ut was a tub Of red
paint sittin on the concrete floor an
his niDS mad run right iu~o it, both his
legSspatent learners an black dress
pants,
THE senator sw0re fCferahly AN
said q lot of nice things to me. but he
.Hn'lly gC. move Oh an told me not
70 stand ughiH there like an idiot
but to 50 and Unstrap his VaIises and
bring down a pain Of pants, SHOES and
socks
When 7 gets bacl. with the goods,
there was his svIliszers sta hdia' by the
light Of a little electric globe waitin'
Ter me We could hear the mob up
above stampin aH's whistIiu am the
big organ poundin out to fiji in ~tfle
wait. The senator cone lightnfn'
change turn that night fer his life. He
whipped OF his s3va1lertaiI an, sat on
the concrete while J handed him the
things as he wanted them, just as
he got the first boot on there was a
extra large roar from up above Then
the senator SAYS sOmethiuf Under. his
brea IN about IL bein enough to make
Rome howl and toe receptions. guys
thinkin him a bl8nkety- blank fool. He
struggled With che other boot about
four minutes and then he remembered
he hadFa pretty sizeable foot and had
70 take both his shoes or while he
pulled on his pants. While he was
doin this turn he said some more
AT last he got everything on All
right Then he says TO me. Pick up
an that stufs III take it to my room.
see me IN the mOTBin anAIU give yer
anpther dollar, ont If yer ever talk
about this affair to afiyone IN break
yer neck showed him the way up
as ] heard by the yaWsp. that he had
60 into the ring bundled up the
-eloChes SPAS none Of the paint Grips
would git On me and made tracks fer
his rooms
Wei. he was The main squeeze that /
night an the papers ssid next mOrnin
1tpat he cut the mustard in great
shape. 4 guess his head was So
swelled by it that he forgot that other
dollar he promised me. Anyway I
never got i. am so the stolgv1s out g.
Johu r.. RathonE