The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-29

nm or one Side where / can whisper
confidential
Maybe it amt struck you yet" says
l. that Zylphina's likely To haze
changed some in her ideas nc - -.
a money boy looks like. Now WiIbur,s
al flght IN his way; but amt he q 1T
1e rugged TO spring on a lady manicure
mat hasn't seen him for some time p,
HIid When Plnckney comes to take q
cIoSe view, he agrees that Mr.. Cohb ,s
d ',ihe Iuzzy- But we can spruce him
~, says Plnckney. There are four
hours TO do it in
four weeks would be better" saws
l. its coHsidera BILE of a con+,a,, :.
nat don't bother Pincknev any HA,s
sot nothing else on hand for the to-
.po' ana he can't plan any better snort
IMAM lmprOvin' WfIbur's looks 90 81,
pima hrst impression'U be a good one.
ne begins by maxim Wilbur peel tha
e., n''li'I an' brown costume. drapin' him
~ d couple OF bath robes, while swiftly
lakes the suit out TO one of thesa
pants acknowledgements rIacas
When 1t comes back with creasas in a..
leSs, ne hustles Wilbur into a cab sn5
starts Tor barber shop
say, ] don't suppose Cobb.u e,-a-
KNOW II; but if he'd been buntin. To-
expert help along that line no co,,ld,,,.
nave tumbied into better hands than
ne uId When Pinckney gets interested In
MS case When they floats in ooaiv,
along about 6 O'Clock I bar5I,- I f-5e'l.i
Nllbur for the same party. He's wear9
/ III long black ulster that covers -,
most OF the plaid nightmare. h.,
shook the wooily lid for a fan hIo.I-
ueroy' mes had his face scraned and
powered. and his neck ringIetS
trimmed up; and he even sports nair
stick. hedoed
Gosh" says I. Looks like vo,.d
run MIN through a finishing macbire
with a net" MN
do now" AMY ne II
As Tor Wilbur. he only looks good ma
tured and happy Course. Pincknev
wants TO go along with him. to see that
al Turns out right; and he counts
me IN too, so off we starts. I was a
ittle curious TO get a glimnse of ~
pima myself, and watch how st,,nnad
SHe u De For we has il all framed IN
now she'll act Havin' seen that tin1
type' can't get it out of my head that
she sun wearin' her hair loose ana
iookln' like Miss in the first act.
nope she be on time" SAYS I. az
We turns the corner
There was more or 1ees fou-- -,
and comm from the ladies' entrs,,a.
put no girl like the one we was IooI,in.
LOT so we fetches up in a bunch on
poslte the door and prepares To wait
we hadnt stood there a minute before
mere comes squeal from behind. and
some one saws: anu
why Wilbur Cobb. Is that vo,i9,'
And what do YOU guess shows mn,
There at the curb is a bic. omen to,, -;
car-one of the Opulent. shiny kind
Win a Slick lookin' shutter in from,
anu standin' up in the tonneau. a tarr
nttle lady wearin' Broadway clothes
that was right up to the minute hair
zone INTO breakfast rolls behind. ami
long pink veil streamin' down h.
back. Only by the pug nose and the
Zylphina. And it was.
There want any gettin' awav from,
the TACT that she was a little Jared az
seem Wilbur lookin' so cute: but that
was nothln' to the jolt she handed us
Mr.. Cobb, he just opens his mouth and
gaZes at her like she was some SORT Of
an exhibit. And Pinckney. who'd been
eXpectln something in a dOllar-thirtv-
nine shirtwaist and a sagged skirt 4.
down and out. It didn't take me roora'r
minute TO see that If ZyIphina has
got TO the stage where she wears pony
jackets and rides in expensive bubbles
our little pie counter romance is headed
for the ash can.
-Stung in both eyes," says I under
my breath. and falls back
well. Well" says Zylphina. holdin'
out three fingers. When did YOU hit
Broadway. Wilbur"
1t was all up to Cobb then. He drifts
up to the tonneau and gathers in the
fingers daZed like. as if ne was walkin'
in his sleep; but he gets out somethin'
about bein' mighty glad TO see her
again.
Zylphina sizes him up kind OF curl
Gus. and smiles. You must let me in
troduce you TO my friend" says she.
Roland. this is Mr.. Cobb. from Kan
sas"
Mr.. Shutter grins too. as he swaps
grins with Wilbur. 1t was a great joke
Hes awfully nice to me. Roland is
says Zylphina, with a giggle. And
amt this a swell car, though? Roland
takes me to my boardin' house in II
most every night But how are the
corn and hogs doin', Wilbur"
Say, there was a topic Wilbur was
up on. He throws her a grateful grin
and proceeds to unlimber his conversa-
ton works. He tells Zylphina how
many acres he put in to corn last
spring how much II shucked to the
acre. and how many head Of hogs he
has just sent TO the ham and lard lab
nat DEdilu Oh INK SOuDUS
kind of foolish there under the arc
lights: but Zylphina pTicks up her ears.
Ten carloads of hogs! says she. Us
that a kid. OF are you just havin'
dream2'
Il cal'late it'll be twenty next fall"
SAYS he. fishin for somethin' in his
pocket Here's the packing house re-
ceipts for ten anyway
Lets see says she, and by the way
she skins her eve over them documents
you could tell that Zylphina'd seen the
like before Also she was sOmethin' Of
a ready reckOner.
''Oh. Wilbur says she. maxim a
dvin' leap and landin' with her arms
around his neck. I'm yours. Wilbur,
I'm yours.
And Wilbur he gathers her in.
Roland" says I. steppin' up to the
shutter you can crank UP. HOxie's
won out in the tenth"
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