The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-27
The Courtship of the Boss
BY ANNE O'HAGAN.

rection of Crowley's center, and the
mayor felt Z H. of wounded pride
such as he had not known in thirty
years-"as a decent furniture wagon
and man sober enough to unload this
on it, please send them to me-"
Il will, ma'am, with pleasure,
ma'am," answered the mayor, resent
full of Lady Hamilton's determined
pulls to be gone.
J Il will be much Obliged" an
nounced the lady in a tone that implied
no consciousness of overwhelming OBJ
| legation.
mot at all, a'am, not ALL" the
mayor managed to jerk out. as the
/ horse, safely turned, began to make
good her late owners claims in regard
to her speed.
To insure it that the calm woman
| of the gray eyes was properly served,
! Daniel sent to her aid a city dray driv-
en- by a man so sober as to be abso-
lutely taciturn. This being never men
toned TO her that the UNANIMOUSLY ia
nous mayor of Crowley had befriended
/ her.
| The mayor was no '1ady's man." Fiji
/ teen years before he had, as he put it,
/ buried his wife" Since then he had
/ been too busy to think much about
women. Indeed he had been so before
poor Mrs. Hennessey had made her
final pathetic appeal for thought. But
since then he had been the despair of
the ladies of Crowley's political circle
who were well aware of his eligibility
Today, however, there was a gentle
tumult beneath his striped shirt and
his checked waistcoat. The direct gaze
from a pair of fine, unexcited gray
eyes Kept intruding between him and
his official business. And at night he
went laggingly to the brick structure
of which he had always thought proud
ly as the finest house in Crowley be-
ing seized with an inexplicable distaste
for its solitary splendors.
He stood at the door of the parlor.
hoping by contemplation of it to re-
store the brilliancy of his conception
OF his home. The ormolu clock licked
loudly on the black marble mantel
Daniel scowled at it and at the tall
Chinese vases at either end, and even
at the silver loving-cup inscribed with
divers names and with high sounding
sentiments.
The lace curtains hung in spotless
evenness clear to the floor, and swept
the rose-strewn carpet a few inches.
The chairs, upholstered in plush of the
softest texture and the most glowing
I
wall. The marble table supported a
gorgeously-bOund Bible, an empty card
receiver of jade and silver, and a
plush photograph album. A long gilt
framed mirror doubled the room, chair
/ for chair and ornament for ornament
even the great, dead, upright piano
| over against the folding doors, where
| the red portieres We're pulled back by
heavy gold cord like the fringe on a
| generals epaulets.
An no one to play it," grumbled
/ the mayor.
By morning, however his honor was
better. At fifty, the successful poll
tiCian seldom perishes of love at first
sight. He made up his mind to visit
the farm house where some of his
horses were pasturing. to buy a libra
ry-the mayor did things on a grand
scale-and to start the campaign. Not
that there was much arduous CAM
paigning in Crowley. Its a walk
over for us, all right" said the mayor,
half annoyed at the fact.
He had smoked "a cigar and had
chat with the district attorney as part
of the days business, when a clerk
from the outer Office stood at his desk.
"A lady to see you" said the clerk
The district attorney looked his sur
~ A1N- ~ NiAd NAAC MA yOls
You mean me?" he asked.
yep" nodded the clerk.
Did We tell her 1 was busy?"
Says she'll watt
What t II can she want?" pom
dered the mayor aloud, for the female
lobbyist was the one political evil I'M
known in Crowley.
Have her in and see, Dam" coun-
seled the district attorney. 'Tn stay
and help you out"
IAN right. Send her in, BILL con-
cluded his honor. And in two more
minutes a plump. neat, forceful look
ing woman was ushered into the may
oral presence.
Daniel Whirled in his chair to see his
visitor; then he bounded to his feet.
How dye do, ma'am how dye do?"
ne cried jOyously. And as he advanced
he muttered to the district attorney:
It's all right, Carr. Get out" Which
Carr did with a smile made up of equal
parts of amaZement and comprehen-
sion.
The lady of the gray eyes looked her
establishment.
"Ohr' she said, 'it's you?"
1T is, ma'am," said Daniel BEAM
ing as he pushed forward a chair with
one hand and with the other sent his
cigar SluD lNIuS. through the open WIN
dow. AN delighted If 1 can be of any
service to you. The man 1 sent-the
dray-they were all right?''
"Oh, yes" she replied absently, as
she sat down. They were all right
You were very kind. I didn't under
stand. The man would take no pay.
thought he was crazy"
ooh, no, he's sensible enough. I told
him to take none. He's on the rolls,
you see"
"Ah, yes" said the lady absentIy
again. She looked vaguely through the
window and out onto the sunburnt turf
of the square.
Badly sodded," she indicated the
square with an inclination of her neat
ly coiffured head. The mayor flushed.
It's its first season." he said apol-
ogetically. And again there fell a lit
tie silence while the visitor stared
through the window. But she soon
recovered herself. She turned her cool,
pleasant eyes upon the great man and
smiled.
Pm a little upset" she said. Il
came here to find falkland il don't
seem very grateful to find fault with
anyone who was as kind as you were
yesterday. But I came to complain,
and I'm going to-"
She had firm little chin, and now
that the smile had died away there
was look about her wholesome mouth
that bespoke her no trifler The may
or, estimating the gray strands in her