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

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You must be lonesome in such a
queer crowd. I've tackled three of the
men. and I'll be hanged if I can tun'
TO en- 1 should think they'd want to
| rave a good time"
Having thus delivered himself he
! cOOlly sat down beside the lady and
asked her if she had ever been i'm the
| United States. and if so what she
! thought of the people. Before she
could reply or administer a snub
! tie rest of the ring arrived in a
body They were astonished at the
| situation. Some smiled and some
| glared, but il was the Hon. James
| Biackman who retreated a few PAGES
| and beckoned for the colonel to ap-
! proach. The two had not met before
Sir" began the honorable as the
Dakota man drew near, lis there any
Particular reason why you desire to
make the acquaintance of any one of
our party?"
We'll, no desperate reason replied
! the colonel. L thought some of you
might be glad of a. poker game. or
would IKE to swap yarns to pass away
the time, and believe I'd enjoy talk
with the widow over there, but l amt
desperate about it,
Then. sir. viii sou be kind enough
70 leave us to ourselves continued the
honorable.
You mean I'm to fight shy of your
crowd?"
II mean, sir--I mean that when we
desire your company We'll give you due
notice, Is that olain?''
Colonel, that's as plain as the horns
on steer 1 take it that you mean to
Snub me2"
You are man of perception. sir.''
That closed the interview. Colonel
/ Joslyn had tried to break up the ring"
and had failed He went off and sat
L IL. IL
somewhat hurt and Inundated, but
/ this feeling did not last long. They
were a churlish lot while he. on the
contrary, was a good fellow They
could not help being churlish any more
! than he could help being good-natured,
and he soon decided to forgive them.
By and By the Monarch reached
Alexandria. The ring drew a long
breath and hoped ii had seen the last
OF Colonel Joslyn. He had been talked
over on several occasions, and though
/ il was agreed that he was harmless, he
could not be forgiven for his familiar
ity. When an American who has risen
from the dust of cattle trails attempts
to cross the gulf separating him from
British autOcracy his audacity must be
resented. The ring" had planned to
so up the Nile by steamer. Berths were
secured and the steamer was ringing
| her bell for ''all aboard when Colonel
Joslyn walked UP the gangplank- He
had also decided to go up the Nile.
For Gawd's sakei" gasped Sir
George as he recognized the man.
"Parbleui but re Americai r1,''
growled the marquis.
Bonner and blitzeni but he vas
| here-' muttered the attache as he
tusged at his mustache and gave il a
fiercer appearance.
Hello. you folk shouted the col
oneI as he reached the deck. 4 heard
hat No ,rir- .,If
| boiler as a stream. and I'm going up
to settle the matter. HOWE you all
/ heen since 1 saw you last?"
Eight people stared into space. Eight
| heads were held stiffly. If there was
Il man named Colonel Joslyn of Da-
\ ots, L. s. A, it was naught to them.
! He might be Hving-he might never
| have lived. 1t was a cold. cold sHub.
| but it did not worry the colonel for
five minutes. He had never snubbed
man or woman in his life He had even.
| been careful not to humiliate his dog
or his bronco. However. other people
were different, and if snubbing was
! their way he would not quarrel about
IL 1t was n small steamer, with but
| few passengers, and for the next four
! days the colonel was snubbed almost
| hourly. Whenever a landing was made
the exclusives walked about by them
selves. and the colonel never tried to
( force himself in On the steamer ne
was a leveler of caste: on land he had
limit Nothing of much consequence
| Happened until they had been afloat
several days. Then a breaking down
! happened to the machinery. and the
/ boat was tied to the bank at q mud
walled village.
There was but little to see near at
| hand, but a mile away was a pile OF
cid ruins. The ring" started out first,
| the Colonel Joslyn was the only one
who followed The remainder of the
passengers did not think it would pay
to tramp over the sands under the hot
sun The man from Dakota did not
think much of the ruins after he
re ached them. He gathered a few SOU
venirs. and was about to return to the
steamer when he heard a cry for help.
The people of the ring were half a
mile away when he last saw them. The
colonel LOSE no time in answering it.
lie suddenly made his appearance be-
hind a great mass of debris to find the
party of eight lined up. i'm good order.
An ugly-looking native with a pistol
was holding the victims steady. while
Lis pal was passing the hat for con-
tributions. In this case they were ex-
Pected to give literally if not cheerful
~. Money, watches and rings were
icing dropped into the hat as it
PASSED.
Hello! A hold-up. Ell, - exclaimed
the colonel as he came TO a halt We'll.
that's next to poker, and III take "a
band."