The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-24
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a belIboy az The AsId, which in
bellboss language means Auditorium,
has solved a sort Of raiId mystery by
ccnfessing his uaEucipa tiufl in a little
adventure thar haDpened -during the
national campaign last faH- one night
SENATOR Douiver was billed to speak
for the ReDl3hlicaE candidate for presi-
dent and $500 -peopie had crowded into
the big theatre 60 listers to him The
reception committee waited on him in
his apartments sn t,le 44udftorium Au-
mex and offered - escort HIM 20 the
Platform. bug re asked them 10 go
ahead and said-he would follow in a
few moments.
The few inomeuts Heightened into
minutes, however and The minutes into
twenty before TIE senator made his APP
pearance- looking hot f1ustered and
veTy tired. The long continued ap-
Ila1tse and the introductory speeches
gave hifu plenty Of time to recover
himself, and when he rose to begin
his address he appeared as calm and
elf-DOssessed l.ls usual.
The members of the reception conn
mittee wondeFeG In a pla cid kind. Of
way what had happened-tO. cause the
imagined that che speaker of the
evening was within few-feet of them
i. for the most of hat time doing an act
that the vaudc he managers would
nave featured as the funniest of the
This here's the whole ching said
the belib0y The other day 9frOm a to
lizard: The big guy meaning the dis
ttnguished statestnan) sent down call
just after the reception county went
away over 70 the theatrp.,A He says to
me tia he Wottld get an crushed up
I ia the push round the doors. and asked
me 90 put him onter-ap easy way troo
90 The stage They eeas = Dollar I'm il
" nr.4T z - a. 7.
started down the tunnel across b the
Aud, and slipped him in the Wagon
5aaey back of the stage door
Wen, when Ne got that far says
T. him chat if he didn't want TO -erost
the open stage to set To the right side
we would have to 80 underneath by
che machlnerN an come EF} that way
lie says z done want 70 go over the
QpeR stage. not on yer life. sonny 4
begun 10 walk down the stairs, with
him ahead, and we got about half way
ever when he SAYS, Great Caesars
goat. Wots this III was "a tub of red
paint sIttin' on gile concrete floor. an
his nibs had run sight into il, both his
The senator sWOTe Considerably san'
said Tot Of nice things to me, but ne
yin lly gQt move ON an told me not
20 stand laughin there ike an IDIOT
but to go ana unstrap his VaIises and
bring down a pain Of pants. shoes and
socks
When gets abacksWith the goods.
there was his wilisSers stahdin5 BIZ the
light Of "A little electric globe Waitin'
fer me. We. could hear lthe mob up
above stampin an yVhistIin AM the
DIG. organ DOundir' ont to fin in ~she
wait. The senator come a ughtnfn'
change turn that pigbI fer his life He
whipped 7Off llis sSv4i IiertaiI an sat on
the concrete while T handed him the
Things as ne wanted them just as
ne got che first boot on there was a
extra large roar from up above. Then
the senator SAYS sOmethin Under his
breath about Il befn CROUCH to make
Rome howl and The receptions guys
tninkiu' him q blankety- aIank fool He
struggled with the other boot about
four MINUTES 8Tb' then be remembered
he hau+a pretty sizeable foot and had
to take both his shoes OFF while he
pulled on his pants While he WAS
dein' this turn he said some more
strong things.
right Then he says 20 me; Pick up
an That stuff II take IL to. my room.
see me in th-s mQruin' an ~ u give yer
anpther dollitr but It. YEP ever talk
~ bout this affair to anyone IN break
Yer neck. showed him the way up
the other side 90 the stage, an as soon
IS heard, By the yaRp. that he had
got into The ring I bundled up the
clothes 90 as nons of t'ee paint Grips
would GIT on me and made tracks fer
his rooms.
sYeIl. he was the maf4 squeeze that
night an the papers said next mOrnfn
tpat he cut the mustard ia great
shape guess his head was. So
swelled by it that he forget that other
dollar he promised me. Anyway
never got Il. am 50 che staIiyis out. -
John r. Rathonl-