The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-27
A BANKING ACCOUNT.


nA ND not bad viii neither said
"A one of the poor relatives emphat-
ically.
He did the right thing in the end,
agreed a poorer relative.
Seems pity he wasn't spared to see
just ono more october said ono of the
poorest relatives. by rights he ought to
be here now to sec how grateful we are
end what fuss we've made of him tins
day. But l s'pose." resigncdly, that was
almost too much to expect.
He's gone said some one, giving
more cheerful tone 10 the conversation.
hes gone the way we've all got 10 60.
And its 10 be hoped we shall All be as
we'll prepared" The others gave sym
pathetic chord. Moreover encouraged
by this decorous applause, we can look
upon hi mas a shining
BAH. interjected relative IN tho cor
rer. The others, astonished begged his
pardon, and by way OF explanation he re-
peated the conteiIptuous word. They
waited respectfully. for he was not only
o bachelor, but comparatively speaking,
a prosperous man; slightly nettled at the
present moment by the circumstance that
the only legacy ebequedthed to him con-
sisted of christening mug bearing the
date of 1s47
so far" he said, speaking in a trucu-
lent tone which limited that unless he
were listened 10 attentively he would
stop. so far from our friend being an
example my contention is that ne ought
They corghed deferentially.
Il am not about to make statements
which can't prove: if necessary I'm pre-
pared to swear to what / say on any book
that you like to bring before me. knew
him closely; / knew him we'll He was one
of those extraordinary people who think
they are always right and a harder man
TO persuade that be was a fool / seldom
To zrofr
half express il: you want . word like pig
headed or adamant TO give you a vague
idea of his manner lie used TO be COM
I pared with the Admiralty Pier at Dover
until the night of the great gale. and then
we had to find some other name for him
I've argued with that man until I've had
to give up and go and buy voice lozen-
/ ges.
mo one could say Of him at the start
| that he was born with a silver spoon in
his mouth. Later on he was able TO buy
( a whole set, but in the early years BRIT
ANNA metal was the best he could do
His father took an interest in politics and
used 10 be in the chair every Saturday
evening at 4 public house discussion IN
/ Islington, but he did no other sort OF
/ work. and when Lord Derby was beaten
I over a reform bill in 1883 the old chap took
/ il so much TO heart-and his heart WASH {
! in very good couditiOn-that he INDUCED
( in "a fit of apoDlexy This was the first
I stroke of luck that happened TO our
I friend because the decrease I'm domestic
: expenses enabled his mother 70 keep him
| on at school till he was close on IA. In
my own case L began work when l was
| twelve and half and I've often told
/ him that it was this extra eighteen
months that enabled him TO get on in
/ the world so much better than / did Not
/ that I'm complaining mind you
He looked with severity at each face.
! They tried to assume an expression of
amiability with a pleasing blend of in
/ terest; one Of the poorest relatives from
/ excess OF anxiety overdid Il. and he
gazed at this one steadily until the ex-
| travagance was amended