The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-27

All Lincoln street knew that Captain
GrieT had been in the furniture bust
ness once. directly after the war Lam
beth a GTieT had owned a glittering
store on the main street Unhappily
Lambeth proved a rogue, and the cap
tain's prospects were cut down by a
black frost. He would not take advan-
taEe of the bankrupt law which was in
force III the '70S. he would not take
cleTkship. he set mis- soft hat a little
more iauntiiy on the side Of his head.
walked q little more caTefUlly-the cap
tain had an artificial Ieg-to the re-
Corder'S Office. mOTtEaEed his house.
r raid his creditors most that was due
them, and started his little shop. His
wife. being a wise young woman. did
not send away her girl but went into
the shop and kept her husbands books.
was clerk collector and general man
aEeT. AT these things the neighbors
knew because the captain liked to tell
Of them: and how he had paid off every
dollar that he owed,
And I've never owed z dollar over
night since" he frequently would add.
ChUckIinC- He had a jolly chUckIe.
3 and was man who laughed a good
deal and had q reputation i'm a small
way - a story teller at all the G. A r
Campfres.
When the matter Of paving Lincoln
street til 10 tll.. h~ idLitt DELflER me
city council the captain was stirred to
the soul. He could be heard making
speeches at the ton of his voice all
I along the Sidewalk. He carried around
the petition against paving, which
every property owner on the street
signed.
Nevertheless there was 2 brick barri-
Cade The brick came in the morning:
at noon a small army of wOrkiuEmen
mostIy in the decline of hfe), headed
by a vigorous young German-Amer-
lean who knew how TO swear, began to
dig up the macadRm of the roadway
and slash the roots of the young naples /
on the boulevard. Lincoln street is far
enough M town for men to stay all
day away from home. Not until nearly /
s did any householder. save The cap
tain. appear on the scene of devasta- +
zion. From until $50 they came BY
$50 the dinners of the new colonial /
mansions and the sUDpeTs Of the brown :
houses with the modest els and the ri 7.
azzas had been finished and most OF /.
the dwcli-rS Of that quarter of Lincoln .
street were out on the sidewalk, ex- /
changing Indignation
The street gang had gone. but Patsy
O'Brien. whose teams were hauling dirt
from the northwest corner. where a eel .
lar was digging. explained the political /
situation The captain. to whom tie
neishborhOod looked for enlightenment +
in general. on matters Of local weight
was not visible. It was understood that
Re consulted a lawyer. Patsy. therefore
~ old q. A. r man and longtime /
C'oHv Of the captain. took care Of the
affair in his place. He was a thin.
WHY ITisanan. who shaved every
morning scrupulOusly-e under his
chin. whose fair skin had been burned
P fire warm tint by the sun: who had
shrewd brilliant little eyes and could
still bite his pipe stem with his own
sound. white teeth. To mark the dis
finCtiOn that he was a contractor and
not iabOrer. he always wore q suit
OF black cloth and a white shirt, but
he showed that he was not proud by
dispensing with the needless pOmp of a
coat and q cravat.
Patsy could see al least eight I'm his
audience. and his elOquence had all the
faucets turned on.
'Aw. tbs fright he exclaimed
scornfuny- "the strate is a fright. in
firely. Thev passed II. last night, AT the
eouncil-and. sure. they amt Iosin' no
Vine The captain was there and he
could hardly. contain himself. I behave
he wanted 10 git at Alderman Blaze
wid his own hands But what's the
good The captains a fighter. but he's
ljcked this tonne. Sure says I. if ]
ycus was 70 kill the dom thafe'-beg-
ging the ladies pardon for repairing the I
UOrrd-'suTe, says L ii wudu't stop
tie paving going on. there's the rist Of :
The gang "
1T is question of-boodIe. isn't it, /
E voSuSish man ia q black alpaca coat
and white tie struck in. using GER
tain hesitation over the word. He did
not live on the street. He vas the new