The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-26

Say. for gettin' all the JOY that's
: comm to you, there's nothin' like be-
ing a mixer. The man who travels in
one class all the time misses a lot. And
] sure was mixin' it when 1 closes with
Snick Buffers and Sir Hunter Twiggle
ell In the same day.
Snick had first place on the card. He
drifts into the studio early in the fore
noon. and when I sees the green patch
over the left eye 1 knows what's COM
In He's shy of a lamp on that side,
you know-uses the kind you buy at the
store, when he's got 1t: and when he
amt got IT, he wants money.
I s'pose If / was wise I'd scratched
Snick off my list long ago; but know
in him is one of the luxuries I've kept
up. You know. how 1t is when them old
time friends you've kind of outgrown
but hate to chuck in the discards, even
when they work their touch as regular
as rent bills.
But Snick and me played on the same
block when we was kids. and there
was a time when l looked for Snick to
be boostin' me. stead of me boostin
him. He's one of the near-smarts that
you're always expectin' to make rec
ord, but that never does. Bright look
in boy, neat dresser, and all that, but
never stickin' TO one thing long enough
to make good. You've seen 'em.
Hello, Snickr says l, as he levels
the single barrel on me. 81 see you've
. pulled down the shade again. What's
happened to that memorial window of
yours this time?"
Same old thing" says he. TITS in
az Simpsons for five, ana a bookie's
got the five
And now you want TO negotiate a
second mortgage, eh?" says I.
That was the case. He tells me his
newest job is handlin' the josh horn on
the front end of one of these RUDE wag
ons, and Just because the folks from
Keokuk and Painted Post said that
lookin' at the patch took their minds
off SEEM the skyscrapers, the boss told
him he'd have to chuck it or get the
run.
He wouldn't come across with a five
I'm advance. either" says Snick. "How's
that for the granite hearth"
It's like other tales Of woe I've
heard you tell says 1. land generally
they could be traced to your backin'
three kings, or gettin' an inside tip on
some beanery skate"
That's right" says he, but never
again. I've quit the sportin' life for
good. Just the same, if don't show up
on the wagon for the 'leven o'clock
trip I'll be turned loose. If you don't
believe it. Shorty, I'll"
"Ah. don't go calm any notary pub
lies" says l. Here's the V to take up
that ticket. But say, Snick; how many
times do l have to buy that eye before
j get an equity in it?'
It's yours now. honest It is" says
he. IF you say SO. I'll write out bill
of sale"
NO" says I. your word goes. Do
you pass it?'
He said he did.
Thanks" saws I. 81 always have
thought that was n fine eye, and I'm
proud to own it. SO long. Snick."
There's one good thing about Snick
Buffers: After he's made his touch he
knows enough to fade; don't hans
round and rub II in. or give you a
chance TO wish you hadn't been so easy
It's touch and go with him. and be-
fore I'd got out the last of my remarks
he was on his way.
1t want more'n half josh, though
that I was givin' him about that phony
! pane of his. 1t was a work of art. one
! of the right blue kind. AS a general
thing you can see il. they're so set and
starry. But Snick got his when he was
young and. bein' a cute kid, he had
learned how to use ii so well that most
folks never knew the difference. He
could do about everything but see
with II.
First off he'd trained 1t to keep pace
with the other. movin' 'em together
like they was natural: but whenever
he wanted to he could make the glass
one stand still and let the other roam
around He always did that on Friday
afternoons when he got up TO speak