The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-26

Strolled sadly along bowling stonily
To his acquaintance, until he reached
the particular one of his half dozen
clubs which he had selected as the
goal after serious considcra ton.
y HVeried servant emerged from the
dusk Of the corridor and helped him
out Of his overcoat. Then he walked
into the cafe, and said Good morn
ing" sepulchrally. to the few fellow
members, who responded with equally
sepulchral voices He sank into a
deep armchair and gazed in dignity
at newspaper for a few moments.
Then he gaZed cut OF the windows.
and, seeing nothing there a that hour
of the day except common humanity
very busy. he turned with a heavy
sigh and said to the company gener-
ally;
year,"
After minute or so. during which
the others pondered the remark. one
more energetic than the rest replied:
Just the very thing 1 was going to
say when you came in
''Yes?' replied Mr.. Smith with Geep
gra LITIGATION, what will you have?"
At o'clock he arose from his
luncheon and strolled slowly back to
his apartments, where his valet was
waiting to dress him in the frock coat
that is demanded of the man who
would walk the avenue in the after
1t took almost an hour for Mr.. Smith
to get dressed, but il was time well
spent, for during its passage he learn
ed from his useful valet that Mrs.
-s Pomeranian had fallen i'll
suddenly. and that it was feared that
II was distemper; that Miss -'s
engagement to Count -- had been
broken. and that the haberdasher had
a new style in embroidered silk hosiery
to show him.
A Roaring Life.
My soul. you don't tell me. james,
said Mr. Smith, and walked abroad
again. fresh and pretty as picture
to show himself for a while on the
avenue. dive deep into the thrilling de-
lights of speaking earnestly about the
weather with spaniel-dog-accO mpanied
ladies and say: All how do dO2" TO
handsome men like himself.
After while Mr. Smith strolled
into a side street, where. amid a soft
thrill of mummured conversation and
rustliug dresses, tall beauties were
pouring tea and saying, 80 glad" as
they touched finger tips while they
looked over ones shoulder toward the
next arrival.
Then a hanson took UP Mr. Smith
for the next stop of his roaring life a $
a millionaire. He was whirled through
the park. where he INDUCED in the
frantic dissipation of bowling to more
ladies with more dogs perched in puffy
insolence beside them.
Then it was home and bath; ana
from the bath. after an hour or so
spent lounging upon a divan in a
sixty dollar bathrObe with a high
BALI as company, the fevered cared
Of the idle millionaire took Mr.. Smith
into the full black and white glory of
evening dress.
The Millionaire Dinner.
Draped in Inverness and correctly
to solemn dinner where a pretty girl
opposite tried vainiy to rally his
gloomy spirits. Gloomily he ate his
way through the dinner. Now and
then he consented to crack a few
gloomy Jokes which were received
the party went to problem play that
most of them didn't enjoy. but TO
which they went as a matter of duty,
because it was we'll known that the
play would be the leading subject of
during the coming week.
At the supper party afterward Nh
Smith and his friends came nearer to
having real fun than had been his lot
during any other part of the day. The
ladies were clever and handsome. the
supper was good. and Mr.. Smith be-
came almost gay
At 100 O'Clock in the morning he
dropped into a club for nightcap, and
? o'clock found him in bed, having COM
pleted his hard days work with per-
feet success.
Sometimes he varied his days rou-
tine by spinning through the suburbs
in his auto car: now and then he rode
to hounds a bit: once or twice during
the season he made up a coaching par
ty; occasionally he even gave little en-
tertainmentS i'm his apartments. But
cd fOD
much thought, and he evaded il as A.,
much as possible.
Now and then he INDUCED in the |
wilder pleasures of life-the kind that !
may be enjoyed by quite common per A,
sons who are willing to take their /
chances of a headache next morning.
But he really could not enjoy those /
things as much as the general world; /
Tor his millions didn't help him bit /
m getting drunk any differently from /
others or enjoying it more, and they 4
lid serve to get his name into the /
papers on an occasion that made him |
shudder ever after
Thus this quiet Smith passed three |
Years as perfectly successful idler: 4
hen one day he was warned that his I
nan of affairs was a scamp.
Poor. Smith had inherited the money
" his Smith ancestors. but not their
thickness at figures After few days
spent downtown during which time !
he noise and dirt got on his nerves to
IN appalling extent. he was so mud
lied that he couldn't tell as much
bout his affairs as he had known |
When he started. Experts and law
-ers We're called in. and they relieved
linn Of the greater part OF his worry
~ taking away the-sOurce Of it
He Has Fun at Last.
Smith is out of society now. He
Ioes not promenade the avenue any /
more. for his capital was so small
yhen his rescuers got through with |
{ that he has TO do a little work TO
make il go around de is in partner
hip in a small way with a broker
ow ntOwn. and though he doesn't do /
much. he feels the grave Importance
Z his position and is at the office |