The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-17

Z UefGe- I
was blUshin' some when ] went on. and
maybe that's what called out such a
hand. just took one squirt at the mob
and felt chill down my spine. Saw.
l IL one thing 10 step up before a gang
/ OF sports in "a hall and another TO
prance out in ring clothes on a plat
/ form IN front of two or three hundred
real ladies and gents wearin their
evenin' toys.
/ Ihere l was. though. and the crowd
| doln the hurrah act for all it was
| worth. When / gets the bag goin' |
! reels better, ahd whatever crouch
has against PincEney for not lettin' me
wear my gym suit I puts into short
arm punches on the pigskin The stunt
! seemed to take. / could tell that by the
/ Ouzz that came over the foOtights No
matter what you're dOin', whether It's
/ maxim campaign speeches or stoppfn'
a conner in six rounds, it's always
heip TO know that you've got the crowd
with you.
BY the time I'd got well warmed M.
ana was THROWN in all the hOurishes
. that's been inVented-dOubIe ducks.
side-step and swing. shoulder work. and
. so on felt real clipper. ! makes a
I grandstaEd finish and then has the
nerve 10 face the audience and do a
matinee bend. AS / old that / gets nv
lamps fixed on some one in the front
row.
Say, If you've ever done much ON the
platform you know how sometimes
/ you'll get a squint at pair Of ewes
down front and can't get yourself away
/ from 'em after that Well. that was
/ the way with me then. There was
/ rows and rows of faces that all looked
-alike; but this one phiz seemed 70
stand right out. and to save me all
] n -rs raa-
! rest.
/ 1t belonged to Miriam She had her
chin tucked down. and her head canted
10 one side, and her mouth puckered
/ into the mushiest kind Of a grin yolt
ever saw. Her eyes were rolled uD real
/ kittenish. too. Oh, il was a combina-
| ton 10 make man strike his grand
/ mother, that look she was sendin' uu
| To me. ! wanted TO dodge it and pick
/ up another, but there was no more get
/ tin away from il than as if l was bein'
/ followed by searchlight. Worst Of il
/ was, / could feel myself GRIMM back
/ at her Just as mushy. / was gettin'
sillier every breath. and might have
got as far as BLOWN kisses at her if
hadn't pulled myself together and be
| gun To 1uggle the Indian clubs. for the
| second half of my act
All the ginger had faded out Of me.
| though, and / cut the rest of il mighty
short. As 1 comes off Sadie grab s me
and begins to tell me what a hit I'd
made. and how hiCkled she was. but 1
| shakes her off pretty quick.
/ What's your great rush, Shortly"
/ says she.
I've got a date 10 MI down the
/ road" says /, and ! makes a quick
break for the dressin room. Honest,
/ l was gettin' ratified for fear if Miriam
] - n
mesmerize me so I'd never wake UP.
skins into my sack suit. leaves word To
/ have my bag expressed to town. and
/ was just about TO make a sudden exit
/ when / bumps into some one at the
/ front door.
oh. MIR McCabe. How did you
/ know where to find me?" says she
! Say. I'll give you one guess Sure IL
was Miriam again. She was got up ex-
/ pensive, all real lace and first-water
/ sparks, and just as handsome as q
towel rack. But the minute she turns on
| that gushy look I'm nailed to the spot.
same as the rabbits they feed TO the
| boa constructors up at the ZOO
You didn't think you could lose me
so easy. did you?" says I.
What a persistent fellow you are,"
/ says she. But after you behaved so
/ heroically last night l suppose 1 must
.
/ be so frightened?"
"Oh, we'll" says I. the best of us is
apt TO go of our nut sometimes"
How sweet of you to put il that
way" says she, and then she uncOrks
I q siggle. You did carry me nicely,
| too
That was a sample. 7 wouldn't go on
and give you the whole book of the
opera for money. It's something I'm
Z D.
kind of sush for near half an hour,
and when the show broke up and the
crowd began 10 swarm towards the
buffet lunch, We was sittin' out on the
porch i'm the moonlight. still at il.
Pinckney says we was hOldin' hands
and gain at each other like couple
Of spoons in the park. Maybe We was;
l couldn't swear different.
/ All / know is that after awhile I
/ looks up and sees Sadie standin' there
! pipin' us off, with her nose in the air
and the heat-lightnm kind of glimmer-
in in them blue eyes Of hers. The spell
was broke quicker'n when the curtain
goes down and the ushers open the lob
by doors. Course. Sadie's nOthin'
moren an old friend OF mine, and I'm
no more 10 her; but you see il hadn't
been so long ago that I'd been tellin'
her what a sweat I was in TO get away.
/ oilF lltN 1T @cllu a ADtdr DllAe just 6llLhH
/ her chin up and laughs. and then goes
on.
Next minute there shows up in front
I of us a fat old lady with three chins
and a waist like a clothes hamper.
Miriam" says she. and there was
wire nails and broken glass in the way
/ she said miriam, l think it was
high time you retired"
Bully for you, old girl" ! sings out.
And. say. I'll give YOU dollar If
you'll lock her in until can get away"
Perhaps that was a lOWdOwn thing
TO say. but / couldn't help lettin' it
come. I didn't wait for any more re-
marks from either of EN-, but / grabs
my hat and makes a dash across lots.
I | never stopped runnn' until / fetched
/ the station, and it wasn't until after
the train pulled out that / breahed real
I easy
Bein' safe here in the studio, with
Swiftly on guard, I might grin at the
whole thing if il wasn't for that laugh
I of Sadie's. That cut in deep. Two or
/ three days later / hears from Pinck-
ney.
shorty" says he. you're wonder.