The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-29
S0CIETY--DRAMATIC


dv sign on anything you read in the
rapers about matrimony's bein' a lost
arr. and collectin' afflnities bein' the
latest fad; for the plain, straight, old.
l,ye-honor-a nd-cherish business is still
in the ring. have Pinckney's word
for it, and Pinckney ought to know.
on. yes, he's an authority now. Sure,
il was Miss Gerry, the twin tanner. And
saw what do you suppose they did with
the gift pair of terrors, Jack and Jill,
while they was maxim the weddin'
tour? Took 'em along. Honest, they
travels for ten weeks with two kids.
dve trunks and a couple Of maids
You don't look like no honeymoon
couple" says 1, when l meets 'em in
Jersey City. I'D take you for an ex-
plorin' party
I'VE are" says Pinckney, GRIMM
We've been exploring the western part
Of the United States. We nave discov-
cred Colorado Springs, the Yosemite,
ana a lot more very interesting places.
Oh over again.
You'll be maxim a new map. 1 ex-
pect,' says I.
1t would be new to most New York
ers" says he.
And I've been tryin' ever since to fig
ure out whether or not that's a knock.
Now and then l has a suspicion that
Pinckney's acquired some new bug
since he's been out through the alfalfa
belt: but maybe his idea of the west s
bein' such great place only comes
from the fact that Gerty was produced
there. Perhaps it's all he says too; but
notice he seems mighty glad 10 get
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thought so if you'd seen the way he
trails me around over town the first day
after he lands. We was on the go from
noon until l a. m. and his cab bill must
have split a twenty up fine.
What tickles me, though, is that he's
the same old Pinckney, only more so.
Bein' married don't seem TO weigh no
heavier on his mind than joinin' an
other club So. instead of me Iosin
track Of him altogether, he shows up
here at the studio oftener than before
And that's how it was he happens to
be on hand when this oVergroWn party
from the ham orchard blows in.
Just at the minute. though, Pinckney
WAS back in the dresSin' room. climbin'
into his frOck coat after our little half
hour session on the mat; so Swiftly Joe
and me was the reception committee
AS the Jor opens 1 looks up to see
plaid cloth-a little the homeliest stuff
I ever see used for clothes-a red and
green necktie, a face the color of ripe
tomato and one OF these buckskin tint
ed felt hats on top of that Measurin'
from the peak of the Stetson to the
heels Of his No. II Cinderellas. he must
have been some under ninety inches.
but not much And he has all the grace
OF a water tower Whoever tried to
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desperate and cut il out with their eyes
shut: for II fit him only in spots, and
them not very near together. But what
can you do with a pair of knock knees
and shoulders that slope like a hip
roof?
Not expectin' any freaks that day,
and bein' too stunned to make any
crack on our own hook. me and Swiftly
does the silent gawp, and waits to see
# it can talk. For a minute he looks
IKE he can't. He just stands there with
Us mouth half open, GRIMM kind of
sheepish and good natUred. as if we
could tell what he wanted just by his
looks. Fin'lly | breaks the spell.
Hello. Sport" says I. IF you see
any dust on top Of that chandelier.
don't mention it,
He don't make any reply to that. just
grins little wider; so I gives him a
new deal
You'll find Huber's museum down on
Fourteenth street" says l. "Or have
You got a BOwery engagement %
This seems to twist him up still more;
but # pulls the cork. Excuse me,
friends" says he; but I'm tryin' to
round up an eatin' house that used to
be hereabouts"
"Eatin' house," says I. eff you
mean the fried egg parlor that was on
the ground floor, that went out of bus
mess months ago But there's lots
more just as good around on Sixth ave-
nue.. and some that carry stock enough
TO fill you up part way. I guess
I want lOOkin' TO grub up yet" says
he. Il was huntin' for-for some one
that worked there"
And say. you wouldn't have thought
any one with a natural sunset color like
that could lay on a blush. But he does,
and it's Ike THROWN the red calcium
on a brick wall.
oh, tush. tushl" says I you don't
mean TO tell me a man OF your size is
FtlIn' some Lizzie Maud?"
He cants his head on one side. pulls
out blue silk handkerchief. and be-
y 70 wind IL around his fore finger.
IKE q bashful kid that's been caught
passtn' a note in school.
Her-her names Zylphina," says he
Zylphina Beck
Gee says I. Sounds like a new
S'nd Of music box. No relation, ]
hope7'
Not vet" says he. swingin' his
shoulders. but we've snapped rings.
"Df an the cut-ups," says I. And
just what part Of the plOWed fields dc
you and Zylphina hail from"
ny. I'm from Hoxie." says he. as
r'ough that told the whole story.
DO ten," says L is that a flag sta
I"H or a four corners? Somewhere in
ONO, amt it,
sheridan county. Kansas" says he
Well, well,' says 7. Now ! can ac-
count for your size. Have to grow tail
9ul there. don't you. SOS not to get
loSl IN the wheat patch ,"
say Tor josh consumer. he was the
17.eSt ever All he does is stand there
ana grin, like ne was the weak end OF
variety team But il seems shame
20 crowd a wiIlin' performer; so 1 was
ytSl tellin' him he'd better go out anC
uuht up a city directory in some drug
'ofe. when Pinckney comes UP. look
IN Interested.
mere says L Here's q man now
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