Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-07-22
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land, San Francisco anu oCHer polnIS,
with the bevy of young ladies who
.won" in the contest" that paper
conducted for free trip to the Lewis
&, Clark exposition, is said to be in
trouble in San Francisco. Not that
Percy has done anything wrong, be-
cause Percy is a good young man, a
faithful and tireleSs worker and one
altogether to be commended
Percy was sent along with the girls
os a sort of he-chaperon, to look after
their welfare; to see that they lacked
nothing; to provide for their little
wants, and for that purpose was en-
trusted, when leaving, with the enor-
nous sum of thirty whole dollars, or
whereabouts. Percy and the crowd of
beauties got away all right, and be-
tween here and Portland all went mer-
nv as a marriage bell. The train ran
smoothly and the ever-changing vistas
of scenery delighted the party. AT
Portland they were well received and
they "did" or "done" the exposition
like the good little angels they are,
Percy included. But after viewing the
delights of the exposition to their
hearts content, they ran up against
a snag. 1t will be remembered that
part of the trip was to be a sail down
the river, across the bar, and then
out on the ocean wave until land
faded away and then down the coast
to San Francisco The transportation
showed up all right, but included in
it was not the berths nor the meals.
1t appears that the steamship COM
pany, in providing transportation, eX-
poets every person to purchase his or
her own meals, and to pay for the
privilege of berth. 1t is mean
enough too, to enforce an iron-clad
rule that no person may sleep on
deck, down in the engine room or en-
a sofa in the cabin. When Percy dis
covered this he thought of his thirty
dollars, somewhat reduced by reason
of purchases of fruit, ETC., along the
line of route and in Portland, and de.
cided he was up against it real good
and hard. He tried to influence the
obdurate steamship company to
change it's rule for this occasion, but
the mean officials declined. Then
Percy wired for instruction to Jelliott
Kelly, president and manager. The
telegram was sent collect. This of
itself was enough to anger Jelliott,
who was very wroth and his counter
ance was not fair to look upon Es-
pecially so when the message further
stated that four of the original thirty
dollars had been spent, and that six
more were in danger.
D the fellow" eX,
claimed Jelliott what does he
mean by this ex-trav-a-gant use of
wealth." And then he went to din
ner.
Poor Percy, wondering why his
messages were not answered, secured
transportation via the Shasta route
and took the girls to San Francisco,
where they put up at the hotel that
the Telegram has been advertising so
long for the especial purpose of pay
ing their board while in the city. At
the expense of $2.72 he again wired
collect message to Jelliott. He in
termed him that the thirty had van
ished into thin air. The street car
rides for the girls, and other inciden-
tails, had made the roll LOOK like a
cipher with the rim erased and that
if he, Percy, was to do the right thing,
some additional sinews of war should
be sent.
Jelliott roared like the celebrated