The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-24

! and Sazed at him in whitening silence.
/ He was not feazed.
Talk about Oriental luxury" he
said. Little did ] think twenty years
/ ago, when I was measurin' unbleached
muslin and DRAWN New Orleans syrup
! in a country store, that one day I'd
recline on spotted divan and have a
! private vassal to keep the flies off of
me. To say nothing Of bein waited on
/ by SignOr Mosquito"
1 tried TO hold down the safety valve
Of my wrath.
We have just held a meeting and
by unanimous vote we have decided
that you are an irresponsible flush.
night blooming swozzie and a vitriied'
spingo" I said
Thanks" he replied. I'll do as
much for you some time
Are you aware of the fact that the
boat departs in twenty minutes?'
asked No. ,.
THE boat viii not leave its mooring
until Peasley of Iowa is safely aboard"
/ ne replied. Why is it that you fell
lows begin TO throw duck fits every
time we have to catch a boat or train?
Kindly send my luggage aboard and as
soon as SignOr Mosquito has concluded
his computations I viii join you"
Words failed us. We hurried to the
boat feeling reasonably certain that
he would follow US TO AssOnan by rail
When it came time to cast off. Mr.
Peasley had not appeared. and our ir-
ritatiOn was gradually sOftening unto
deep joy The warning whistle blew
twice and then Mr.. Peasley came down
the bank, carrying a Nubian spear
eight feet long over his shoulder. BY
the time he had arrived on the upper
deck the gangplank was drawn and
we were swinging in the current.
He bestowed on US a cool smile of tri-
umph and then removed his hat His
head had been given a sheIlac finish
and smeIled like the front of a drug
store.
'-SignOr Mosquito is well named"
said Mr.. Peasley- When he got
through With me he stung me for If
teen piasters.
For several hours ne. refused TO speak /
TO him or sit near MIN on deck. but
finally We needed him to ill out four 1
handed game Of dOminOes and he was
taken back on probation. While we
were engaged IN a vefy stubborn ses- (
sion Of double mines" we noticed that
most Of our fellow passengers. and es- !
pecially those of English persuasion. (
were making our little group the tar
get for Mortified glanCes. Some Of them .
actually glared at US. We began TO .
wonder If domiHOes was regarded as .
an immoral practice i'm Egypt.
These people keep on looking at US .
as If we were a happy band of bur I
glars said Mr.. Peasley. we think /
We are travelling incog. but our repu- +
tatiOn has preceded u.s.
Then we heard one old lady ask an
other if there would be any evening ser /
vices in the dining saloon, and Mr. 4
Peasley, VINO was reaching into the
bone yard suddenly paused with his
hand UP and exclaimed: "Sanctifed /
catfish. Bows, it's Sunday"
It was We had been sitting there
among those nice people throughout the /.
calm Sabbath afternoon playing d
wicked game of ''draughts" After two
weeks among the Mohammedans and
other heather, with every day a work
ing day and the English Sunday a dead /
letter. we had lost all trace of dates.
Mr.. Peasley said that if any one had
asked him the day of the week he
would have guessed Wednesday
This unfortunate incident helped 10
deepen and sOlidify the dark suspicion
with which we. as Americans. We're re-
garded by the contingent from Great
Britain. If our conduct had been ex-
emplary we could not have cleared
away this suspicion, but after the dom
inc debauch we were set down as hope
less. The middle class English guard
their social status very carefully and
you can't blame them It is a tender
and uncertain growth that requires
looking after all the time If they did
not water il and prUne il and set it
out in the sunshine every day it would
soon wither back TO its original stalk
Did you ever come across bunch
Of melancholy pilgrims from the SUD-
urban villas and the dull gray prOvin-
cial towns of dear old EngIand2 Did
you ever observe the frightened man
ner in which they hold alOof from Ger
mans, Americans. BedOuins, Turks and
other foreigners? They fear if they
drift into friendly relationship with
people they meet while travelling, later
on some Of these chance acquaintance
may look them up at BiTmIE CHAM or