The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-09

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serving any papers on him. and to
make him talk Mr.. Perkins added
that a boy was waiting for me at the
Golden Buck with a photograph OF
Balloon, so that / could Identify him,
and rung of / hurried 10 the restau-
rant, found the boy. the photograph, a
young man from Browne g. Brummels
Office, but no Balloon. AS there weA
no other reporters In sight, and IL
I looked ike a beat / made deal with
the lawyers clerk 10 delay the per-
/ Torrance for a few minutes in case
Balloon appeared before l returned,
and chased around the corner TO see If
all was well with Miss Grace and her
uncle. But on the way began 10 put
I two and two together. and l was not
really in the least surprised when
( looked in at Franks and saw Miss
/ Grace in one OF the cubicies, to be able
I 10 identity her companion at once as
/ David Balloon. the missing witness.
"In about half an hour Balloon called
the waiter and paid him: and. judging
| they were about TO leave. ! slipped out
4 OF the door. The cabby was still invis-
! ible, and | stepped up 10. the cab to see
I If ne was inside He was not. ! turned
and looked into the restaurant, and
1 noticed that In coming out Balloon and
! Miss Grace had been joined by tall
/ ish man in silk hat.
ct appeared 10 me as If they were
/ trying to draw away from him, ana
were resenttng his interference, and il
occurred to me that they would be glad
to get away from him as quickly as
/ possible So, as another rapid look
around failed to reveal the presence OF
the cab driver, l jumped up into the
/ seat, gathered up the reins and whip
/ threw open the doors and said
"Cab. sir? Cab for the ladyT
"All three looked up with differing
expressions of surprise, and then, ap-
parently on motion of the stranger
! they stopped and conferred earnestly
/ together for a few moments. when
( Ralcom came forward, followed by the
others and said, all right He helped
Miss Grace in, and then, to my amaze
ment stood aside to let the interloper
follow
/ "As the man with the high hat
/ stepped in, Balloon tipped me a Wink,
and made quick motion with MS
wrist which understood. SO. as Bal
com stood on the step and looked over
/ the top TO give me the number OF the
house in Thirty-seventh street, closed
/ the door quickly and whipped up the
steed: while Balcom,' shouting TO the
man inside. Thank you for your tip!'
| iumped off and boarded a downtown
car. / drove rapidly across town 10
the boarding house. wondering greatly
who Miss Graces companion could DC
| and wishing that my sense or proprle-
ty did not prevent me from opening the
| little square trap in the roof and listen
| ing to their conversation
''The stranger helped her out polite
" enough, accompanied her TO the door
and waited until he had seen her saIe,
ly inside. Then he came up to me and
said abruptly. not to say rudely:
"'Get down.
What for?' I demanded
Get down, young Teller and settle
for the cab
.rSettle for the CABS? I laughed; !
rather think the boots on the Other
leg-youIl settle for the cab.
Gomez OFF. now: that bluff wont
work, seea This happens to be my
cab. There's my number. he added
throwing open his coat, and here's my
license. producing a paper from his IN
side breast pocket. You've had YOU
fun. and itn cost you $40, or I'll turf
you over to that cop for horse stealing
and call that lady and gent as wit
nesses. Now will you get down.
Il got down: and though it can't
hard not to have it out with him thel
and there. l put my chagrin IN N,
pocket and purely for the sake OF pro,
tecting Miss Grace. produced the re
uuired amount, which fortunately o.
perhaps unfortunately / happened Z
have concealed about my person.
watched him drive of, with mingled
emotions. and then ran up the steps
Miss Grace opened the door for me and
exclaimed:
"'Oh. how can I ever thank you fol
running such risks for me? Why, yoI
might have been arrested for what yol
did,
"'Oh, no. FASTENED TO reassure her
He was perfectly satisfied when / Of
fered TO pay for the cab.
land did you?
well, pretty nearly / laughed.
The villain!' she exclaimed, did h
have the effrontery? Why, he's not tn
cab driverl'
Not the cab driver?' I gasped.
No; but it's all right. Come in tn
parlor till explain. This man. for pur
poses of his own, having learned il
some underhand way that my rela
tive Mr.. David Baleom,' ! interrupt
ed. She gave a start, and then wen
on. Mr.. Balcom, who was to meet m
this evening. bribed my regular drive
10 let him take his place l expecte,
some trick. and felt sure of it when
learned from the waiter that he hat
followed us into the restaurant an,
taken a seat in the next alcove. How
ever being warned, my uncle and
sat together on the farther side of tn
table, and spoke in whispers; so | fan
cy he was not much wiser for hi
eavesdropping. He Joined US as w
started to come out with some com
monplace remark. but when ne saw yo
on the cab. and you spoke to us, h
made us stop, and told us that he rec
ogniZed you as a reporter of the Dali
Telephone. and that he was going I
see just how far you would go. an
then have you run in
"'I begged him not to do IL in sue
public place, and he asked us hoy
; much it would be worth to put off ar
resting you until you had taken m
home. Uncle David said S20, and CAV
Ii to him. Then he said he would hav
to go with US. David consented, an
then. with your help, cleverly gave hir
the slip. We had seen you in the res
. taurant and I had told Uncle Davi
why you were there. The cabby wa
.. furious at first. but there was nothin
for him to do but stay where he was
so he at once confessed that ne was
. Morning Photograph reporter and pu
up the whole game to get story abou
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