The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-10

The little man with the sandy gray
side whiskers walked up to the porch
with brisk little steps, and at that mo-
ment the dog. which had been visiting
across the street. came home hurriedly
and, without waiting to be introduced
chased the little man up the ladder into
the nearest apply tree. The dog danced
around the ladder. and then tried to
climb II. and, falling back, bit piece
out Of the ladder, just to show his good
intentions. He was a splendid watch
dog, ana he sat down and watched the
little man as he edged out onto a limb.
The door OF the house opened and the
elder Miss F1iggis-the one with the
side curls-came out, and behind her
crowded the younger Miss F'liggis and
all the ladies' of the Iowaville Sewing
circle
There" said the elder Miss Fliggis,
with Yexation. Tiger has got another
hook agent up that tree, That's the
third this week. and pa has gone to
Franklin and won't be back till after
dark. and bet that before he gifts home
20 call Tiger off that man will fall, like
the others did, and git chewed up
Ihere don't seem to be any peace in the
world any more, with so many book
agents around"
She shook the blue calico garment
she held in her hand at the man in the
tree. and he shifted himself, and tucked
the oilcloth parcel he carried more
nrmiy under his arm.
Don't you dare come down." she
warned him. THE dog will chew you
up If you do"
You needn't apologize. ma'am." said
the man. politely. us this the Sew
ing rfrr1no E1t.a ,or4oo .Af-<s
heather, amt they?''
Yes" said Miss Fliggis. shortly.
They is. and we are. and We don't
want no book neither. We've got enough
70 90 this afternoon without listening
70 no rtgmarole about books we don't
want to buy. I wish to goodness that
ncs had some sense. and he would
chase book agents out of the yard and
not tree them"
Now, please don't worry on my ac-
count, said the book agent. This
an the first time I've been chased into
q Tree. No ma'arn. And may say
+ We got so don't seem to mind IT
that"
Missionary" exclaimed Miss Fliggis.
Lands sakel Are you a missionary
thought you was only q book agent"
III speak frank to you." said the
.'Ian' smiling on the Sewing circle, land
~ my name is Eliph Hewitt. Yes,
.us am Book agent now, but once a
VISIONARY. All how many times them
sstsalnen chased me into trees. just like
s's dear dog has. I got. after while.
49, nked II. 1t was good exercise" he
,hApained. and there's no place like
t.e top OF a tree to sit and mediate
.. om 70 DO good. The first time was
~. after landed on Afric's sunny
- 'ole. II was pam tree. The pam
- - =. sift divine, food and raiment and
snslter ana wine.' Longfellow. See
Praase se4, Five Hundred Ennobling
A..oeusnts from the Worlds Greatest
a r,.ss. with vignetty portraits, in
az, Suing the prose and poetical gems OF
s. ed ases' sixty-two solid pages of them,
az. .n one thousand and one other SUBJ
ssess' al In one volume, in Jarby's En-
SSsssaOpe1ia OF knowledge and Compen-
Ell oI Literature. Science and Art Il
AZ IN dollars. neatly bound in cloth, one
no.s !, down ana enc dollar month till
we don't want no books" began the
, Ser Miss Fliggis. but EliDh' Hewitt |
n.e.ssrrupted her gently.
40 ne said cheerfully. land 1 don't |
AT 70 sell you shy. was in town