The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-13


up long ago. Not that 1 ever made any
special study of Swiftly; but KNOWN
him for as long as 1 have. and havin'
him helpin' me in the studio. 1 got the
notion that I was wise to most of his
curves. I've got both hands in the air
now. though.
Coin back over the last few months.
too, I can see where might have got
a line on him before. But, oh no!
Nothin' could Jar me out of believin'
he wouldn't ever run against the form
sheet I'd made out. The first glimmer
l gets was when l finds Joe in the
front office one day, planted before the
Dig lookin' glass, havin' a catch as
catch can with his hair.
Hully chee!" says he, dippin' one
OF my military brushes in the wash ba-
sin. That's fierce, amt 1t, Shorty?"
IF it's your nerve in helpin' yourself
TO my bureau knickknacks." says 1, Il
agree with YOU
"Ah. can the croakl" says he. az
amt eatin' the bristles off, am -"
"Oh, I'm not fussin'," says I, "but
what you need 20 use on that thatch is
a currycomb and lawn rake"
All, say" says he, II don't see as
It's so much worse than others / know
of. It's all right when l can get it to
lay down in the back. Hows that.
now?"
Great" says l. Couldn't be better
II you'd used fish glue!"
Maybe you never noticed how
Swifty's top piece is finished off? He
has a mud-colored growth that's as soft
as shoe brush. 1t behaves well
enough when it's dry; but after he's
got IL good and wet it breaks up into
ridges that overlap, same as shingles
on roof.
But then. you wouldn't be lookin' for
any camers hair finish on a nut like
Swifty's-not with that face. Course
he amt to blame for the undershot
jaw, nor the way his ears lop, nor the
width of his smile. We don't all have
gifts like that, thanks be- And il
want on purpose Swiftly had his nose
bent in. That come from not duckin'
quick enough when Cans swung with
his right.
So long as he kept in his class,
though. and want called on to under
study Kyrle Bellew, Swiftly met all the
specifications. II 1 was wantin' par
Tor ornament, / might shy some at
Swifty's style of beauty; but showir'
bilious brokers how to handle the medI-
cine ball is job that don't call for an
exchange of photographs. He may
have an outline that looks like a man
OF a stone quarry. and perhaps ms
ways are a little on the fritz, but
Swifty's got good points that I couldn't
ind punched again if / was to hunt
through crowd. So, whfn / finds him
worryin over the set of his back hair
/ gets interested
What's the couture for. anyway"
says l. Coin to see the girl eh?'
Course. that was a josh. You can't
look at Swiftly and try TO think of him
dom the Romeo act without GRIMM.
Abr, chee!" says he.
Now. I've sprung that same jolly on
him good many times: but l never
see him work up a color over il be-
fore Still, the idea of him gettin' kit
tenish was too much of strain on the
mind for me to follow up.
II was the same about his breakin'
into song. He'd never done that
either. until one mOrnin' 1 hears a
noise comm from the back room that
sounds like some one BLOWN on a
bottle. / steps over to the door easy
and hanged If l didn't make out that
IL was Swiftly takin' crack at some
thing that might be. ''Oh. how love
my Lulu"
You must" says I, 'if il makes
you feel as bad as all that. Does Lulu
know it?'
Abr, cheei" says he.
Ever hear Swiftly shoot that over
his shoulder without turnin' his head?
Talk about your schools of expressioni
None of 'em could teach anyone to
put as much into two words as Swiftly
= does into them. They're a whole vo-
cabulary, the way he uses 'em.
Was you tryin' to sing?" says I, cor
just givin' an imitation of a steamboat
siren on foggy night?"
But all could get out of Swiftly was
another ABR, chee!" He was too
happy and satisfied to join in any de-
bate. and inside of ten minutes he's at
1t again; so L let's him spiel away.
We'll" thinks !. I'm glad my Joy
don't have any such effect on me as
that. s'pose 1 can stand ii. If he can"
II want more'n two nights later thai
gets another shock. / was feelin
little nervous, TO begin with, for Ia
billed myself 10 do a stunt 1 don't often
tackle. 1t was nothin' less than pilot
in fun delegation to some art studio
doin's. Sounds like Percy Job. don't
It? But IT was somethin' put up to me
in a way couldn't dodge.
Maybe you remember me tellin' you
awhile back about Cornelia Ann Belt
er? She was the Minnekeegan girl that
had a room on the top floor over the
p.,ysical culture studio, and was maxi
in a stab at the sculpture game-the
one that we got out TO Rockywold as a
ringer in the snow carvin contest. Got
her placed now?
Well. you know how that little trick
of maxim a snow angel brought her in
orders from Mrs. Purdy Pell, and Sadie,
and the rest? And she didn't do a
thing but make good, either. / hadn't |
seen her since she quit the building;
but I'd heard how she was doin' fine |
and here the other day I gets a card |
sayin' she'd be pleased to have my |
company on a Wednesday night at half |
after 8. givin' an address on Fifth-ave |
'Corny must be carvin' the canta-
loupe." thinks /. and then forgets all |
about It Until Sadie holds me up and |
wants to know il I'm goin.
Nix" says l. Them art Studio |
stunts Is over my head"
''Oh, pshaw," says Sadie. How long /
since you have been afraid of Miss
Better? Didn't you and I help her TO
get her start? She'll feel real badly If |
you don't come"
She'll get over that" says I.
"But Mrs. Pell and I will have to go
all alone If you don't come with us"
says She MIR. Pell is out of town. and
Pinckney is too busy with those twins
and that western girl of his. You've
got to come. Shorty"
..Thaf settles IL " saws T. "Why didn't |