The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-13
BY S EWELL FO r D
Copyrighted BY the Associated Sunday Magazines Incorporated


then, for the first thing 1 knows I've
reached out and pulled her up close.
She don't kick, but just snuggles her
head down on my shoulder, with them
blue eyes turned up so / could look
way down into EN- AT that 1 draws a
deep breath.
sadie. says I. husky like, you're
the best everl"
She only smiles, kind OF sober, but
kind of contented, too. Have you just
found it out, Shortly" says she.
Hardly" says l. It's one OF the
things 1 learned young that I've never
had any call to revise-only I've never
mentioned it,
I've noticed that" says she.
"Gettin' my nerve up, amt t. says
"If 1 had more there's somethin' I'd
add to that"
"Ye-e-es?" says she.
Something about wishin' that this
clinch could last right on says I.
It's too bad you've lost your nerve
so sudden" says she.
''wh-a-at," says 1. catchin' my
breath viii you, Sadie. will your
"Sillyl" says she. "Of course
Wilt
BLESS the saints" says l. "when?"
Amy time, Shorty" says she. You've
been long enough about it, goodness
knows"
Well, say! You talk about your
whirlwind finishes! 1 guess the crowd
that was punched there in the cabin.
sayin' good night. must have thought
I'd gone clean off my pivot, the way I
comes down the stairs.
where's the Bishop" says 1.
Right here. my boy" says he.
Whats the matter?"
Matter" says /. why, it's the
greatest thing ever happened. and no.
body to it. Folks says, IF the Bish-
op is willin', and hasn't forgot his lines.
there's goin' to be a weddin' take place
right here in the main tent inside of
fifteen minutes. Whoop-e-e-e!' 1 yells-
''Sadie's said she would"
That's the way We did it, too; and
| for a short notice affair it was done in
style, even TO a Meddlesome weddin'
march that some one feeds into the pi-
| anola and sets goin' Pinckney digs up
| a ring, and the Bishop gives US the
incest little offhand talk you ever lis
| tens to. / bushes, and Sadie bushes,
and Mrs. Twombley-C Crane hugs both of
us when it's all over. Then l has the
steward lug up lot of cold bottles and
breaks a five years drouth with
whole glass of wealthy water
| Right in the middle of the toasts the
sailin' master shows up on the stairs
and says. We're just making the
Roads, sir"
Forget it, Bassett." says L ST want
you to drink to the health of Mrs.
| Shorty McCabe."
And when he hears what's been goin'
on he's the most surprised sailorman 1
ever saw. After that we all has to go
upon deck and take look at the string
! of warships But there want much
to see, for they're all as black and
quiet as a side street in Brooklyn after
10 o'clock.
/"Say. it's a shame all them chaps
amt in on this" says 1. "Bassett. can't
you make a little noise, just to let 'em
know we're happy?"
| Bassett thought he could and he does.
In two shakes we had all the lights
aboard turned on, the little brass can
| non barkin, and skyrockets whizzin' up
as fast as they could be touched off.
| Did we wake up them pets of Teddy's?
Well, a fewI First we hears lot of
| dinner gOngs go off, ding-a-Eng, ding.
ding Then coIOred lanterns was sent
up, whistles blew, bugles bugled and in
side of three minutes by the watch there
was guns bang bangin' away like it was
Fourth of July
well. Welt" says Pinckney. st never
| thought to see the United States navy
turn out in the middle of the night to
| salute a private yacht"
Abou then the guns get through. and
there's a dozen searchlights turned on
us. A strong lunged gent on the near
est warship is yellin' things at US
| through a megaphone.
He wants to know, sir" says Bas-
sett, IF we've got the secretary Of
the navy on board"
Tell him not guilty says /, and Bas-
sett did.
That don't satisfy Mr.. Officer, though.
Then why in thunder" says he. do
| you make such fuss coming into the
harbor at this time of night?v
Because I've just been gettin' mar
ried," says l in my Bosco voice.
"And who the blazes are you?" says
he.
Cant you guess?" says I. I'm
Shorty McCabe.'
"Oh," says he. and you could hear
the ha-ha's come across the water from
all along the line. There was a wait
Alloy, Shorty McCabei" says he.
1.-The Commander presents his compIi-
ments and says he hopes you liked
| your wedding salute; and If you don't
mind, the gun crews wish to give three
| cheers for Mrs. McCabe. -
So Sadie and l stands up by the rail-
| with more limelight on US than we ever
had before or since. and about sixteen
| hundred tackles gives us their college
| cry.
There want anything slow about that
| as a send-off for a wedding tour, was
there? But then. as says to Sadie,