The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-14

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and trimmed his man.
THAT wasn't the worst of it,
though" said Sadie. After 1 had got
him up to my rooms, he pulled out the
money again to count it over. and out
came a three-inch marquise ring-an
opal set with diamOnds-that 1 knew
the minute 1 put my eyes on it. There
were her initials on the inside, too.
Oh, no one but Mrs. Purdy Pelli"
Tut. tut" says 1. You can easy
/ square il with her"
| But that's just what l can't do"
says Sadie ''She loves me about as
much as a tramp likes work. She tells
folks that 1 make fools of her boys.
Her boys, mind you! She claims every
stray man under %. and when l came
here she had three of them on the
| string. Goodness knows, 1 didn't want
/ them! They are only imitation men,
anyway. And it was her ring that
! Buddy had in his pocket"
| Maybe he hadn't lifted it," says 1.
Sadie swallowed a bit hard at that,
/ but she raps out the straight goods
Yes, he did" says she. He must
/ have sneaked it out of her room as
| he went down stairs. Think of it!
! Stealing! He's done a lot of foolish
/ things before; but 1 didn't think he
/ would turn out 4 crook. The Lord
/ knows where he gets that kind Of
/ blood frOm-nOt from the Sullivans or
| the Scannells, either. But / can't have
/ him put away. There's mother. And
/ he won't mind a thing 1 say. Now
| what shall I do, ShOrty?"
Where's Buddy nOw?" says I.
! Locked in my clothes closet, with
/ his hands tied and a gag in his
/ him that way, big as he is; and /
wasn't going 10 take any more
| chances. But it's likely that Mrs. Pell
| has missed her ring by this time and
/ is raising a howl about it. What's to
| be done?"
Say there was a proposition for
| you! And me just a plain, everyday
mitt juggler that don't take thinkin
| exercises regular. Guess you've pushed
| the wrong button this time. Sadie, d"
! says l. But I'll stay in your corner
| till the lights go out. Is anyone else
| on?"
Not a soul" says Sadie.
That's some help" says l. First
Wen have a little talk with Buddy"
! Il couldn't see what good that would
/ do, but il was up to me TO make some
| kind of a move.
/ When they'd landed us under the
! porte-cochere-yes you'd cali it stop
! pin at the horse block-I sails in like
Ia come alone, and hunt up
| Pinckney.
what's all this about me bein-
needed up here?" says I. Coin to
make me Queen of the Mayo"
by Jove, Shorty" says he. that
q clever idea. Wen do it,"
Yes, you will - not" says l.
! You'll cut il out. I amt no wine
| so if there's any funny stunts ex-
| pected, you tell 'em I've put on n
sub. Oh, sure; I'll stay to dinner. but
/ as for leadin' any cotilllns, chang
/ the card"
! He give his word they wouldn't
/ spring anything like that on me, and
( then he called up a waiter that looked
/ ike q New York senator in knee pants.
and had him show me up to my quar-
! ters SO 1 could get me gas light
/ clothes on before they unlocked the
dinin room doors. After I'd made a
/ quick shift l slid over into the next
wing. followin directions, and found
| Sadie.
Mrs. PelTs on the warpath al
! ready" says she. She's having it out
with her maid now. Come in"
/ She'd dug Buddy out of the wardrobe
and had him propped up in corner.
Better unstOpper him and take off
! the bandages," says 1.
And say, he had a lot of language
/ corked up inside of him! 1t wasn't
very sisterly. either, and most of it
/ would have sounded better at a race
/ track; but 1 shut the transOm and mo-
/ toned Sadie to let him spiel away
/ never Chippin' in a word, only stand
/ ing one side and loolNin' him. over
AS far as the outside went, he was
a credit TO the family-One of these
! slim, clean-cut youngsters, with a lot
I Of ri ID hot foLr
and a PAIR of blue yes that had nine
! kinds of deviltry in 'em. 1 could fig
ure out how mother might be able not
| to see anything but good in Buddy.
/ Hanged if 1 could get very sore on
/ him myself, and KNOWN how he'd
| been cuttin' up. at that!
Well" says l. when he'd got out of
breath some, feel any better, do
| you?"
"Hah!" says he. givm' me a sduint
/ sideways. Some cheap skate of
private detective, Ell! You can't scare
me that way, sis. Chase him out"
| Buddy" says l. give up the
rings.
How'd you know there was more
than One?"
Give up" says I, holdin' out me
/ hand.
He did it. like a little man. There
! WAS Two DeSlQeS the uldGQulS6. one an
| emerald as big as a lima bean. and
/ the other a solitaire spark that could
/ have been shower up for three or four
/ hundred. You see, a woman like Mrs
/ Purdy Pell generally has a collection
/ of those things lynn around on he
| dTessin' table, and 1 knew if Buddy'd
| got any he'd make a haul.
I'm ashamed of you, Buddy" says
/.
| You needn't be" says he. Il guess
you'd do the same if you had a sister
/ that wanted to Sc you starve in the
| streets. oh. you needn't screw up
| your eyesbrows, Sadie. It's so. And
| if you don't cough up a thousand and
let me go, I'll sWipe anything in sight.
l can stand being pinched if you can
| afford TO have me-"
Sadie threw up her hands at that,
and began walkin' up and down the
/ room. DO you hear that?" says she.
! That's the kind of a brother I've
got"
It's something awful" says I.
| Just hearin' him talk makes me feel
/ l.