The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-06

well. / stood fast and he cursed
me out and left me and 1 began to feel
that, after all, maybe I was fool. 1
had not let my wife know where 1
was, but now 1 wrote to her and she
came right down and comforted me.
A brave little woman she is, too. And
what was more, she said that a nice
young lawyer had just moved into our
house and had the flat below and she
would go and get him.
so next morning q had been in
there a week. the young lawyer came.
liked him from the start. When
told him my first lawyers name he
just leaned back and laughed.
" old Todd? he says, why, he's the
worst robber in the profesh. If he
had gotten that assignment he would
have let you lie here forever and been
in Paris by this time. You're a lucky
man., says he.
We'll, 1 thought so, too, and laughed
with him.
But he continued, you're in an
embarrassing position. You can't get
out without money and you can't col
lect your claim. You'll have to assign
it to some one. You can't assign il
TO your wife. That wouldn't be valid.
Haven't you got some friend?'
I'm afraid not said I.
That's unfortunate he remarked,
looking out where the windows ought
to be. Very unfortunate. 1 might
lend you a couple of hundred myself,
he added. L will, too!
THE blood jumped right up in my
throat!
"'God bless your said 1, you're a
true friendr
He laid his hand on my shoulder
You're in hard luck, old man, but
you're going to win out. I'll stand by
you. Here's a five. I'll go out and get
the rest right off,
Then all Ola sudden / began to feel
like king. ! could see myself in a
new suit having a bottle up at the
Haymarket. 1 realized that 1 was a
twenty thousand dollar millionaire.
And just to show my chest I said:
why, you're an honest man and
true friend. You take my claim and
go and collect 1t this afternoon says /.
No. he hesitated; it's too much
responsibility. II trust you for the
money and you can pay me after
ward
But with that, ass that l was, ]
fell to begging him to take the claim
and saying he must take it, just to
show he believed l trusted him. and SO
after a while he reluctantly yielded
and filed out a paper and l signed ii
and got in the warden as a Witness
and he rose to go.
Well, till this afternoon says he.
Eau revoir,' I laughed; get your
self a bottle of wine for me- says
And off he goes.
LAS / passed back to the cells who
| should / see beside the dor but my
old lawyer.
II shook my fist in his face.
You old robber,' l says; wen see
If I can't get along without your
HE sneered in my face.
so, you - fool says he; you poor
poor, -, - fool
Then ne was gone. 50 I went bacI
| figured on where I should take my lit
tie Jessie for dinner. I waited and
waited. Six o'clock and no word. Their
1 began to get nervous.
| You poor, poor -, - fOOli
1.-The words rang around in my cell
Then something sort of gave inside
/ knew I'd been robbed, and 1 yelled
and shook the bars of the door and
tried to get out. / cried for Jessie
The keepers came and told me to keeI
still, but | was plumb crazy and KEEP
on yelling until everything got blacl
and l tainted"
And your lawyer never came back p
He never came backp' Rigg!
shouted.
'He never came backl I've beer
robbed I'm a poor-fool, just as TODD
said / was" And Riggs burst int