The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-11
VERY PATIENT.
This Fellow Had Job Beaten About
a Mile.


lPerkin Warbeck in New York Times)
He was the patientest Teller 1 ever
see" said the man from Job Hill
Jim Baker didn't have such thing
as anger about him. No matter what
happened. Jim was for explaining IL,
and to him a thing explained was
thing excused.
Il never see no such Il teller as Jim
vas-never. Why, when his wife ran
away from him he cook 1T jest as quiet
didL blame her at all and said no
doubt she was acting according to her
hest lights. l. ne had "a been in her
piace-that was Jim's way of putting
cverything-very likely he'd IA dOne
the same as she did A man never
judged a woman fair, anyway, Jim
sid. because a man wasn't a woman
Nnd didn't know anything about W0-
man nature
II asked Jim if he didn't think his
wife might have left some Of the fur
niture and at least q part of the
money he had hid in an Old trunk in
stead of gobbling up the whole thing
while he was away and leaving him
nothing
Well. now. look a here was Jim's
words. YOU can't blame a woman So
much faint her nature to do things
by halves She either does il or she
don't do it. No half way about It,
She never things of dividing things,
as you might say. ] suppose she
wanted 20 take something along, as
sort o. reminder o. the old place. you
know. and she jest naturally took the
whole business.
Yes. but how about that bow
legged svindler she went off WITH
You aiu't Eoin To- stand for that. are
yOu2 I asked Jim
too fast He may be bow-legged To-
YOU and me. but then you and me
amt runuin' away with him. Look at
him from her standpoint. To her he
uo doubt looks straighter'n a arrow
and O * in every particular. It's the
standpoint that you must look at be-
fore Won judge folks
Now. chat was jim Baker all over.
Why. one time ne was going TO barn
raising and "a dance. and his wife put
his best pants out ON the line TO give
them a airiu. blending 60 brush and
press them afterWard. But she for
got that part. and when Jim was
dressing he. called for the pautS-ai
the drcSs-up pants he had-and there
The GOAT had chewed one leg off and
WAS Just beginning on Ihe other one.
but Jim Baker didn't go ont and Kill
The goat. T4e didn't abuse his wife Xix"
q hired man. He didn't have ~ or
spasm or anything like that. Tie
said it was the goats nature. He
would have done the same thing If d."
EJd been a goat. Anybody would.
Then he stayed at home and read the
l'ible an evening.
"Jm had q COW once. the Ornriesr.
stubbornest. ding-dangdest COW I ever
see. I'D have Drained that beast in
side OF a d8v But Jim didn't. He
rfGcd her one time he made a nice
flower bed and 60 was "a beauty. soon
as he went away that COW got i'm the
yard and stood right iu that dover
bed and stamped and switched flies @ "
afternoon. When Jim came home h1
found her there but he didn't knock
hor liver out with a fence rail. he
Gidn't pour Kerosene over her and
light "a match. ne didn't tie her on the
railroad and let the Cannon Bali
strike her He jest went no TO her
easy like and led her away, mumbling
Co himself. The fine dirt felt soft TO
her feet Ia n done the same if I'd
'I never see Jim Baker show the
slightest sign Of Impotence with any
living thing but once" said the mar
from Job Hill as ne lighted his cigar
and began 90 get his bundles together
"Once I'll admit he was mad-mad FOR
him Jim had "a boil on his neck Ont
~ the carbuncle kind. YOU know, and
it was n whopper. Oh it was a beaut
7 never see no such boil as that was
never. one day Jim was settin' out OF
the steps with his head I'm his hands
End that boil was pulling on hin
pretty strong A big white rooster
with whiskers on his feet was fOOlin
around Jim and suddenly his eye li
on that big popping boil He'd ~
sooner seen it than he determined &
take n try al It, and out went his nee
and ne picked that boil right i'm tn
crater. Jim jumped about sixteen fee
into the air. and as he came down h
saw that rooster Logging it across tn
ward. and then he knew what had don
II. AT first ] thought Jim was soinl
after the fowl. but he caught himsel
and went back and sat down.
THE only reason 7 think Jim was
little fustered that time is because
heard him say. IT suppose I'd a don
the same Of I'd "a been rooster
Then he suddenly aared up and added
NO III be dummed If 7 would
was the kind ~ brisk way he said /
that made me think that for once Jir
had lost his temper a little mite.