The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-11
DEFEATED
by NInRRIs WADE

A Philadelphia reporter had occasion 70
en-. at q sIum tencmcnt-houSc tho other day
iu search Of some one Dee wanted 10 infer
view BappuE on the door at the bead n
p couple Of fights OF stairs. uuswept within
th. memory Of any one now living the door
was opened by large, red faced woman.
with her muscular red arms bare 10 the
shoulder and with dough ciinging TO her
short fat fingers.
Beg pardon Tor inteuupuug you,
madam. said the reporter, "hut do YOU
know the other occuDants OF this buildingF'
''We,L I should say that Z did, seeln that
I have lived here as long aE'iu as any one ex-
ceptin Mrs. NcCarty who died last Mon
day an was buried of a wednesday. pore
thing, Why 20 was only 10 days sgO that
she set no that table there hsyiE' q cup o.
tea with me. as well am comfortable in her
health rs Won please, an where IS she now
Gawd knows. Aiu't it awfulf'
DO yon know"
There's a new family IN The tenement a.
ready. an 7 amt called yet, an I ain't ex-
pectiu 60 find EN- the equal OF Nancy Nc
Carly although I amt one 10 set in judg-
ment on nobody. I Ike 10 be friendly. even
with folks I ain't no wish 10 be intimut
with, an 7 make it a rule to call on evry-
body that moves I'm. although, between you
an me an the IamppOst. there's families
fin his tenement / don't call my equal by a
GerIed sight. but ] wouldn't want 1t said as
comm from me. for you know
"Can you tell me if"
Now YOU take that family on the fourth
floor hack. whose name I won't mention, not
wantiu' TO make trouble but when certain
broken GOsed white pitcher goes out o. their
tenement four OF even six times i'm day 1t
don't 80 Tor milk. an say, am j always
have said, an I always viii say, that no lady
will"
''WlIl you please tell me if
"Not that 7 object Co q little ale or beer
now an then. That amt It, Now, there's
Mrs. Lauuicau. iu the third floor front tone
mcut. 10 the right She uses little ale, but
sine don't go for 70 with broken uosed
pitcher but has Dc sent in O respectable way
from the grocery an has her friends I'M %
share it with her. an mrbbe some mic"
cheese an crackers with &c., in a ladyhed
way. but them trash ON the fourth floor back,
whose name 7 won't mention. not hcin' one
to make talk about amy one. they brings IN
their beer I'm broken uoSed pitcher, an they
don't ask nobody TO share it with them,
nor
81 wanted TO ask
There's another family in this tenement
no one would put ON Grape for if they left,
an it wouldn't s'prise no ono III they left
between two days There's all kinds of ru-
m0rs g0iU' about -em. an mebbe some of tt
is q pack OF lies. for ] have lived I'm this
world long enough to know that Won can't
b'Ie"ye an you hear not even 10 you read It
I'm the papers. bat I do know that-uOw. voU
won't mention This as comm from me, Ws-
yoU9-uot that ir amt true. for ir come tu
me just as straight rs q string from some
ore ] amt ever kctched iu lie in 10 years.
an it's the Twin truth, but DO Gin't alius best
10 bIat even the truth, f8r'--
Does q man named
"I only mention this tO them 7 know can
trust, an who won't let &c go any further.
There's plenty of others to spread it broad
cast But when q certain party sees a GER
tain party. together with another certain
party, whispering Go another certain party
who Is known not TO be amy better than they
ought to DE, an when certain party rs
known 20 Doe comm am goiu at AN hours OF
the day am night. it makes room for plenty
or talk. an there's things 7 could tell. if 7
would that J aiu't ever told lo no liylu'
mortal ozcrptin' three or four o. my most
iutimut lady friends that 7 kHowed Z could
trust but if voulI give me your word %
honor that you won iet 10 go any further T
don't mind tcliu' yOu some things that viii
make You open your eyes an that-weII. II
he amt a gent to- march on right while a
lady was taikiu' to- HIM,
For the reporter had fed