The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-04
ndoline and t he Ba t


Oh Inc Blessing of Esau"
It, and couldn't be extracted because
Ihey are covered with kind OF glue
Tnlcn yil n haraens like cement, and-why,
| forty tlmss." IL
| This Is true.
still ! deprecate, Jane Badger or
the Glrl sho knew, or the McKibbeIs or
very simple" "
DO You think want to be bald?r
There you see, No argument Gwsn-
doiinc has gone into the house and LEFT
Polyphemus and myself to formulate pro
bat ideas alone Not that Polyphemt,s saee
eye to eye with me The word sbatT Is
not used in his vocabulary The old
i4shloned term filter mouse" expresses
ms raI,el emotions more accurately, the accent
Delns always on the mouse. Several OF
the tribe have come within an ace Cf =
violent end at his claws. The agility with
which he bounds into the air Wnrn tnev
are loW-%lnging after midgcs Is incredi-
bic '
A Morning Visitor.
But all this is digression and merely
meant 10 throw n sdelight upon my feel
j passed languidly into fun conscIo,--
NJ. les the ram pattcring upon the
rooi-waS the breeze whispering In me
venetian blnd-was the distant mutter OF
ram creeping through the stillness7
NO They weren't. Not any OF them
But something-and 1t was my instructive
sense OF humor rather than my ears
which told me what-was whIrrine soitiy
To and fro just below the level OF tho
ceiling 1t was a ceaccless monotonous.
purrine noise. which sung backward and
forward over my head like a shuttle
through = loom.
There was no room for doubt Uninten-
tionally we were extending hospitality to
a bat.
| chuckled shook. Suddenly the
whirr sank swiftly down. The draught
OF something which passed silkily swept
"Golumpb" gobbled Gwendolinc. Col
umnhi"
She moved resuessly. stnl in the thralI
Of sleep, though the drowsy chains were
strained to breaking
Again the passing Of softuess stirred
my whiskcrs
'Ee-ce-ec,"
Gwcndollne'a voice rose. and then sud-
tngutshcr. TIE bed clothes Hcavcd yio-
lcnty. 4 munled strangled appeal
reached me as if from living tomb.
Chase 1T away! Chase IL away
| stretched out a hand and found the
matches. ! lit the candle.
I look ID ut the pillow. No signs of
Gwendoline.s pink cheeks and golden
hair. Nothing, IN fact, Of the kind
Gwcndoline had become a lump. Il mere
eXcrescencc of bed clothing which merely
limited lt. but did not reveal. her Scclu-
sions. From her privacy she continued to
stimulate me TO action
XIII III knock IL down she gaspcd
Destroy it-gct rid OF il I'm sufrocot-
You allude to the bat?" / hazarded
omit her next remark II reelected on
my mental capacity, and was of n nature
hand. Suddenly there was a pause In
the-as yet-continuous sounds of flight
from above.
Brute Force.
looked up Yes. he was roosting
Hanging carelessly by his wings he
rocked from the curtain valance |
thought l caught a contemptuous glitter
from a pair OF bcedy black eyes.
/ found my slippers. ! took the shovel
from the fender | advanced, meaning to
strike. TO strike hard, and to strike but
once. / pictured In Imagination the shad-
ows OF doom which were closing around
that furry. beady-eyed, contemptuous
swinging body.
/ raised my weapon-I banged with
hidcous violence.
Upon the instant he dropped, and like
stone, Swooping straight at the candle In
my hand The blow, and the extinguish-
lrg of tho light were so simultaneous that
Ii seemed as If the fall OF the curtain
pole which dropped with stupendous clat-
tors. was the logical result of the dark
ness Half a dozen curtain rings slid
heavily upon my foot | addressed few
words impartially TO the night, TO the bat.
and TO any sympathetic soul who cared
to listen.
Gwendoline replied with monosyllablc
Hush" she reproved in vaultcd tones
Hush" | rctorted Hush yourself II
ten pounds OF brass fell upon your toe
I"
I'm sorry-Tm sorry" she temporized
But drive ii out-oh, drive II out"'
| swallowed my wrath rclit the candle,
and turned to SarSh for the enemy. |
smiled when | cspicd him over the man
tcl-piece hangs a picture OF the Dauntless
Maid OF Arc. The bat was allowing his
fine sense Of sarcasm TO have play by
attaching himself to the frame. Do bats