The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-28
BY ELLIS PARKER BUTLER.

way she hiked across the room and
back made me dizzy. She just took. time
TO give a squeak at what she saw out
Of one window and a squeak at the pie
ture I had the book open at. and them
a squeak out of the other window, and
by that time she was back at the first
one again, squeaking out of it at what
she saw there. 1 see the book WASH {.
getting fair show, so l got up and
walked alongside of her. and her and
me and the book made a round trip ev-
cry minute-her a-squeaking and ms
attacking and the book calm and dig
nified, like Il always Ia. She was say
ing, Yes, yes, yesr all GREATNESS. and
was pointing out the beauties of the
illustration features, and the movers
was both unloading furniture as fast
as they could, and all at once she yelp-
ed and threw up both hands. Another
van was backing up to the north
house.
what did she az" asked the land
lord.
she done her best" said Eaiph'
Hewitt. "She knew she was missing
three pieces of furniture and one pic
ture for every five that she might have
seen. but she done her best. She dOu-
bled up her speed and began to hurdle
over the stools instead of going around
them, and I dropped out. can run a
plain race ana sell books at the same
time. but l can't sell books and do a.
hurdle race too / amt nimble enough.
So 1 dropped out and gave her clean
field, but It looked as If she was never
going to last out. She was getting
short Of wind and temper and getting
grOggy in her gait, and when she broke
from trot into a gallop began to see
the end. And just then another load
of stuff backed I'D to the other house.
and she took one look at il and curled
right down on the middle OF the floor
and gyrated in circles. There was more
rings to that moving circus than any
one woman could do justice to. 1t was
a case of baffled female curiosity, and
it went in and produced fits
Wasn't you scared?' asked the
landlord.
For a moment I VASE said EIiph'l
Hewitt, land then 1 remembered thisl
book, in which is all the knowledge of
the world, condensed and classified.
and 1 turned to the index. which con-
tains ten thousand and one subjects.
alphabetically arranged. I ran my eyei
down the column until I came to Fits,
How to Relieve, How to Cure; see page
49, and / turned to page SS7 and done
as the book told me. In three minutes
Mrs. Tucker was sitting up and able
to look at maps of Europe, Asia,
Africa, North and South America and
Australia, and take an intelligent in
teresS in the photographed Dietion-
airy. I read her a few of the Dying
Sayings of the Worlds Great Men, to
sort OF remind her how near death she
had been and strengthened her up with
some of the Five Hundred EnnObling
Thoughts. Including the Prose and
Poetical Gems of All Ages. and work
ed her gradually back to the Com
plete Condensed and Codifed Index
next TO which is the subscription blank
She was pretty we'll tanned and toned
down by that time. Once in awhile
she would sort of throb when she heard
some heavy piece Of furniture drop on
the sidewalk to north or west, but I
kept her right at the book until I
heard the last wagon rattle away. and
then l let her sign the subscription
blank and took her dollar, the price Of
the book being"
az know" said the landlord hastily;
zone dollar down and one dollar a
month until paid"
Yes said EIiph Hewitt. She
took the seven-fifty style Of binding.
But it Just proves what 1 was saying.
that even if the rest Of the year. a
woman has a min that IS in the van
of progress on moving day it is in the
van of furniture.
Copyright, 1897, by ElHs Parker
Butler.