The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-04

| otbsr a1sWer III the Affirmative. No
oI.sr ,.s word can describe the expression
Win miIh winch he leered from this present
nren l,ent or feminine valor at the huddied ey-
! 'rescence upon the bed
| nnped up to battle
Agaln MS Oyama-like tactics prevailed
1Ssa,nst brute force. For as I aimed nv
oarn opon inc mouth, and winging on uncon-
Sernedly to other points OF vantage, Tho
pIo.Gre cIos suffered TO the extent OF a broken
slesss a dnted frame and for loan a
| oaick eye. Splitting remnants OF necun
hy aLy unpleasant nun from my iips |
"heeIed TO mediate further stratagem.
Round Three.
and then-I gulped down great gusts of
%, 90 usneer-I swelled with rending spasms
OF amusement I was wrathfuI andWex
cePs IN one foot. which burnt like fire
oUio, But my sense of hurnor swamped
az S oIher emotions. He was sullenly clasp
rhs tne IRON rail OF the bedstead n short
io0I ABOVE Gwendoline's shrouded head
we stared at each other. the bat and
! h,os hSeaoss the white bed. and the dshcvelled
,grinre1 e1othes' . An objectionable impulse
/ continued to stand stnI
Inc nne Gounterpane rippled in sign of my
| wiIe $ impatience.
What are you dolng7" she demanded
| rs he gomez"
I've I'VE are restIng-both of u.s." said ]
-, Resting Resting. What in the
Would You like to advise upon the
Sn,usu3n?' Sn,nn on | Interrupted. He's been too
Huch Tor me twice already"
rpr a moment the counterpane was
Stli,ed In hesitant outlines to be furrowcd
at fIo,,ai, ,ast BY great resolve. Slowly, cau-
turneo tmorously, and met the disdainful
eye OF the bat not six inches away
81 II tne round, clear note which pealed
from GWendolines lips had been emitted
by Mclba or a Patti sound critics would
nave valued 1t at price I'm guineas' Even
the bat rocked upon his eyrie. lost his
sr,P, ana whirled out into flight again 1
sprang to meet him.
Inc clash Of our encounter rang into
inc hiGht as lamp glass scattered to tho
noor What did care for that. He was
IN retreat-his line Of flight had borne
him directly to the open window-he had
vanished Into the night. Hastily I set the
candle upon the sill, and raised my hand
Whoof-Pooff-Ugh' Straight out Of the
darkness he had come, thudding home
Ike prize fighter upon my chest. I
stepped back In a sitting posture.
II Gwcndolne's bonnet box had not
broken my fall. But there, fortunately 1t
did What Is smashed bonnet box in
comparison with n possibly broken limb?
Nothlng-nothing, I said
The Darkest Hour.
| rose from the debris breathing hard.
and for my shovel substituted towel
GrimlY rcsolutely, l began to chase him
from coign to coign I napped-he
tapped. Ornaments flew from the chin
The dressing table was upset. Down in
the clubhouse the dogs. convinced of
burglarous entry. barked resentfully Into
the night Sun tho contest endured. at
hrst, on my part in calm resolution, then
wrnthfully. and AT last In mere slam-dam
hysterical mania to Kill my foe II | had.
like Sampson, TO pull the house about his
head
Though five solid minutes l pIrouetted
across the room, taking the bed In my
stride. and for as long he nuttered com
No. hon siFtEr
sate strokes with all the ability
of unnuttered habit. From beneath
the bedclothcs Gwendoline's voice
followed my career sterterously.
whether expostulation. in entreaty or
in encouragement I had neither
the time nor the inclination to inquire. I
The spirit OF assassination possessed me
Finally ] trod upon the teeth of
Gwendolnc's comb
I sat down I nursed my foot-the same
foot which had been already mutilated by
the curtain rings-and / explained exactly
how l felt In the matter Gwendollnc
made no remark Of a sympathetic nature.
Quite the contrary, indeed The bat also
enjoyed a rest.
Inglorious Victory,
And then a great-a Machiayellon-no-
tion entered my head / rose placed the
| looking glass upon the window sill and
tho lighted candle exactly in front OF IT.
I tottered up TO mine adversary, where
he had slung himself from another picture
chain, and made Il fent at him.
What a triumph for intellect In fun
flight he charged tho light and the dane
Ing reflection. t'Iudering against the
mirror He fell Sc Seless at its foot.
And thus came victory. | gathered up
the limp body-I cast II out into the night
I closed tho window Weary, but flushed
with full success. / turned TO seek the
balms Of sleep well earned.
Yet he had his Parthian revenge In
the morning Polyphemus found him
broke fast upon him. and subsequently
suffered agonies.
These we restrained soon as we were
ware of them. but they had already en-
dured through several strenuous minutes
In the very middle, too. OF Gwendollne's
best tulip bed
Take It oil round, pictures. lamp glasses
dressing table and bedding plants. |
think his destruction cost me anything
between two and three pounds sterling
That ! should consider cheap If Gwendo-
line had been convinced that his body
was not covered with n kind Of glue
which hardens into cement On the con
trary She claims that was what brought
Polyphemus-and the tulip bed-to the
verge OF annihilation!
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