The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-26

uO you: says /, comm y MI smooth
play.
IF the professeur would be so
obiige." says he.
"Oh, sure says I. That's my steady
Job. A marriage license, eh?''
l had a niHeteenth-story view of the
scheme he'd built up. He means to go
back heeled with the permit from me.
with the little matter of the two million
ready all cinched. and the weddin' pa
pers in his inside pocket. Then he
does the whirlwind rush at Sadie, and
as he dopes il out to himself, figurin'
on what crusher he is, he don't see
now he can lose. And | suppose no
thinks he can buy a marriage license
most anywhere, same's you can a mon
ey order.
With that has a stroke of thought.
They don't hit me very often, but when
they do. they come hard. 1 had to go
over to the water cooler and grin into
the tumbler. Then 1 walks up to the
Baron and taps him on the chest.
"Patchouli," says l, you come with
me. I'll get you a Romeo outfit that'H
astontsh the natives"
It took me about two hours, chasin'
him down to the bureau of licenses, and
huntin' up me old side partner. Jimmy
Fitzpatrick. that's the main guy there.
But I didn't grudge the time. Jimmy
Jimmy is. and when he'd got next.
he threw in a lot Of flOurishes just
where they was needed most. He never
cracked a smile, either, when the Baron
tipped him a dime.F
l didn't let loose of PatchouU
until I'd seen him stow away that
sealed envelope. and had put him
aboard the right train at the Grand
Central. Then / went back to the studio
Cn daA 10
me for a raise
That was on Monday. Long about
Thursday l thought I might get word
from Pinckney, or some of EN-; but
there was nOthin doin'.
Somebody's put Curly Locks wise"
thinks I, ''Or else he's sneaked away
to jump off the dock"
l didn't have any one on that af-
ternOon; so I was just workin' off A
little steam on a punchin' bag, doing
the long roll and a few other stunts
l was getting nicely warmed up, and
hittin' the balloon at the rate of about
hundred and fifty raps a minute.
when hears somebody break past
Swiftly and roar out:
Where he ISIS? Let me to him"
1t was the Baron, his mustache brist-
lin out like A bottle cleaner, and blood
in his eye. "Ha-r-r-ri" says he in real
heavy-villain style. You make me Il
joke, your"
"G'wan,'' says 1 over my shoulder.
You was born joke. Sit down and
cool off; for it's your next" and with
that l goes at the bag again.
Say, it amt much of d trick to fight
the bag, y'knOw. Most any Y. NJ. c.
A. kid can get a knack of catchin il
on his elbows and collarbone. maxim
IL drum out 2 tune like the finish Of
\ An
1 was dom, only chuckin' a few extra
pounds into it maybe. Bat If you don't
know how easy it IS, it looks like a
cuTtain-raiser for manslaughter Ard
L reckon the Baron hadn't any idea Ia
strip as bunchy as 1 do.
Course, there's no tellin' Just what
Went OH in his mind While he stood
there. Swiftly says his mouth come
open gradual like a bridge draw that's
being swung for q tug; and his eyes
began to bug out. and the noble Aus
TRAN assault-and-b battery blood faded
out OF his face Same'S the red does in
one of BelascO's sunsets. And pretty
soon, when / thought my little grand
stand play'd had a chance 10 sink in
l throws good stiff one into the bag
ducks from under, and turns around to
sing out Next TO the Baron.
But he want in sight. Pinckney was
there, though, and Sadie behind him,
both lOOkin' wild
Hello" says l. Where's Patchou-
Ii? He was anxious to see me a min
ute ago."
He seemed anxious not to. when he
passed US on the stairs just now" saws
Pinckney.
Did he leave any word?' says 1.
He just said Bah" and jumped into
cab says Pinckney.
10 In
Sadie.
What. him?" says I. Not that I
know about. But I've got this to tell
you, Mrs. Dipworthy; if you put any
nigh value on your new steady, you'd
better chase him off this reservation"
why, Shorty McCabe!' SAYS she.
takin' me by the shoulders and turnin'
them blue eyes of hers straight at me.
My new steady? That-that wOoIIv-
haired freak?"
Say. you could have slipped me into
the penny slot of gum machine. Oh.
fudgel Piffie! Splash! It's a wonder
when 1 walk I don't make a noise like
a SPONGE take some things in so
easy. Is it curious my head never
aches?
Pinckney sees how bad I was feelin'.
and he cuts in TO tell me how things
had worked out And say, do you know
WlldI llldl faIcHOull naQ dOneI
After left him he goes back tickIed
to death, and waits for an Openin'. Then
one night when they was havfn' q big
hunt ball, or some kind of swell links.
he tolls Sadie into the palm-rOom. drops
TO the mat on his knees. and fires off
that twin-star-iuff speech, beggin' her
to fly with him and be his'n. AS a
capper he digs up that envelope. to
show her there needn't be any hitch in
the program
What's that?" says Sadie, making a
sudden grab and gettin the goods. With
that she let's go a string of giggles
and streaks it out into the ballroom
1T is the document of our marriage"
says the Baron, maxim a bold bluff
oh, is it," says she. Openin' the,
thing up, and reading it off. why,
Baron, this doesn't give you leave to
marry any one" says Sadie this is
z peddlers LICENSE and here's the badge.
too. If you wear this you can stand
on the corner and sell shOe-iaCes and
colIarbuttons. I'd advise you to go DO
IT."
1t was while the crowd was howliu'
and pinnin' the takers tag on him that
he began TO froth at the mouth and tell
how ne was comm down to make