The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-17

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! the occasion hardly. as she found it,
and turned, politely smiling. Perhaps
| Mr.. Gallagher can" she said. with
! kind of sociable brightness. Il am try
ing to find cut what has happened at
/ Springfield 70 the playground bill, and
| why it happened"
! The fact that she was pretty wCni-
/ IN and looked unable made a certain
/ impression behind Johnny's gloom. but
/ the shell was immObile. He thought
she was newspaper reporter No. he
/ knew nothing; politics was always too
/ deep fer him. In half mCC haHicaI fol-
/ lowing Of the lawyers lead they drifted
up to the door Of the inner room Put
( why don't you so to Emmett Johnny
| suggested. He seems to know all about
it. Have somebody interview him.
/ Miss Page glanced down. = thought
Mr. Emmett would do all he could for
the BILL she said: IN fact We counted
| on mis- help We rather left it to him. "
oh you're one of 'em-One of the
/ Fairgrounds wOmen-er-ladies?
I'm Miss Page. Mr.. Emmett told ne
he would undertake to get the bill fa-
/ Vorably reported
! Johnny's interest suddenly reused
/ Dan lid. Ell? When? When Gid Dan
say that" he demanded in his harsh
voice.
/ Last saturday.
/ Gallagher looked hard At her. He was
sensible enough of her beauty and
style It was occurring to him that En-
/ met would have beer sensible enough
Ct them. too. Perhaps. after all he had
punished the younger man more than
he had meant. had hurt his pride more
than he had intended. But the thought
subtly evoked his Rclligerence, too
! What business he'd beauty and style
g =, not with TnlIffCSp
"WeH. I guess he thought he could
do it" he said stOlidly. I reckon he
wasn't calculating to play horse with
anybody but me-"
The form of the speech was battling;
but Miss Page jumped to a happy con-
cIusion. Then you and he are really
at OUts2" she said eagerly.
Without verbal reply Gallagher pulled
a crumpled telegram from his OvercOat
pocket and handed it over. She read:
Z shall speak on the electric bill IN
der privilege tomorrow forenoon.
shall throw all the light ] can on it.
EMMETT"
This was more battling than any
thing else. She looked her perpIeXity
lat Gallagher. Meantime. Mr. Winthrop
{ bIandIv read the telegram in her hand.
Why" said the lawyer. with his
large air of amiabilitv, "a man came to
see me about the electric bill day be-
| fore Yesterday and he told me"-the
= lawyer paused. smiling urbanely-
that Emmett sent him here"
Yes" said Miss Page Mr.. Emmet
b told me that he had sent a man TO see
about the electric bill"
2 He did?" cried Mr.. Winthrop. with
; animation. why. it's a clear cas-
He tried to make us buy out the Met
: rOpOiitan Electric company in which
I suppose. he's interested. and now he
} proposes 10 denOunce Mr. Gallagher
? who has never. I can vouch, tried any.
thing OF the kind F
The puzzle suddenly became dazzling
" clear to Miss Page. She turned Il
? Gallagher with kind of swift. fee
ing. startled helplessness. Does h
mean that2 Does he mean to de
nCunce?" she asked breathlessly.
7 read it that way he said. in hi:
harsh voice. She felt that he accused
i her.
well. if he does said Mr.. Win.
: thrOp looking at them both with ur.
. bane enjoyment, well explode a mine
under the young mans mine. Witt
what I know and what Miss Page
! knows, I guess Mr.: Gallagher won
: be the man that's blown highest"
! When Gallagher walked out. Miss
Page murmured a polite empty WORD
to the lawyer and followed.
: Mr. Gallagher! Mr.. Gallagher she
called. in the hall.
, Johnny turned around stoIidIy. and
she whiTled up TO him breathlessly
, What would you advise me to do
she painted.
About what?" the boss demanded il
his stOniest manner.
"About-Ar Emmett" Johnny still
aited. immOvable and with as little
sympathetic help as a post. Before
that rOcklike attitude the young wO-
man felt her courage evapOrating. -
, don't wish to do him an injury she
said evasively; AL care about is the
: Fairgrounds bill"
: Then I'd advise you to go home and
keep away from Winthrop, if you can
! said Johnny gloomily, as he turned
; away.
! When Gallagher stepped from the
train at Springfield next morning hi
saw Winthrop and Prescott making
their way to the street ahead of him.
p At the same time Mrs. Celia Randall
> president of the Prairie Avenue Socia
: Settlements league. chairwoman of tn,
. Committee on Political Action of tn,
United WOmen'S Societies. treasurer o
the Association for the Suppression o
: Objectionable Posters and director O
. the South Side Wagner club, emerged
- from the last Pullman car.
2 Here's Johnny Gallagher just aheat
- Of US" she said in an aside. You see
n YOU came down in excellent company
I Helen. I suppose there'H be nothing fl
to eat" she added.
- "Oh. / guess So" Miss Page an
/. swered with a vague attempt at cheer
n fulness-
Alighting from their cab at the hote
< as an omnibus was discharging its loaC
K they encountered Winthrop and Pres