The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-09

YORK was gettin' to know about Shorty
McCabe. and how I'm a sure cure for
eyfiything that ails 'em. You see.
ny sooner take hold of one down-and-
outer, sweat the high win out OF him,
and nix him up like new with private
course of rougb-house exercises, than
>>he passes the word along TO another;
and so 1t goes.
This last was the limit. though. One
day I'm called to the phone by some
mealy mouth that wants to know If
this is the Physical Culture Studio.
Sure as ever" says 1.
WELL" says he. I'm secretary to
Mr.. Fletcher Dawes"
That's NICE says I. "How's
Fletch?"
MIR. Dawes" says he. will see the
professah at fawh o'clock this awfter
noon"
lis that a guess" says /, cor has he
been havin' his fortune told?"
who is this" says the gent at the
other end of the wire, real sharp and
sassy.
only me-" says I.
''Well. who are .you?" says he.
I'm the witness for the defense"
says /. I'm Professor McCabe. p. c.
d.. and lot more that ! don't use on
week days"
OH says he. simmerin down a bit.
This Is Professor McCabe himself is
IL? Well. Mr.. Fletcher Dawes requiahs
youah services. You are to repawt at
his apartments at fawh o'clock
this awfternoon-fawh o'clock, under
stSMd?"
kOh, yes" says l. That's as plain
asa dropped egg on a plate of hash.
But, say, Buddy; you tell Mr.. Dawes
that next time he wants me just TO pull
the string. If that don't work, he can
whistle. and when he gets tired of
whistlin', and L amt there, he'll know
I amt comm. Got them directions?
Well. think hard, and maybe you'll fig
ure 1t out later. Ia. ia, Mister Secre
tary." With that l hangs up the re-
ceiver and winks at Swiftly Joe.
swiftly" says l, they'll be usin' us
for rubber stamps if we don't look out"
Who was the guy?" says he.
Some pinhead up to Fletcher
)awes'," says l.
"Hully cheei" says Swiftly.
Funny. amt il. how most every onell
prick up their ears at that name? And
II don't mean so much money as John
DIS or Norgan's does, either. But what
dhem two and Hartman don't own is
Givded up among Fletcher Dawes and
a few others. Maybe it's because Dawes
is such a free spender that he's better
advertised. Anyway. when you say
dawes you Inlflk OF a Teu-1aleQ
gent with fistful of thousand-dollar
bills offerin' to buy the White House
for a stable.
But, say, he might have twice as
much. and | wouldn't hop any quicker.
I'm only Twin once. and it may be
long or short. but while it lasts / don't
intend to do the lackey act for any one.
Course. thinks the jolt l gave that
secretary chap closes the incident. But
though, / looks down from the front
window and sees heavy party in a
fur-lined overcoat bein' helped out of a
shiny benzin wagon by "A pie-faced
valet. and before I'd done guessin'
where they was headed for. they shows
up in the Office door.
MY name is Dawes, Fletcher
Dawes says the gent in the overcoat
II could have guessed that" says l.
You look somethin' like the pictures
they print of you In the Sunday pa
pers."
I'm sorry to hear it," says he.
But say, he's less of prize hog than
ykp'd think. come 10 get near-forty-
eiNt around the waist. / should say.
and about number sixteen collar. You
wouldn't pick him out by his face as
the kind OF man that you'd like to
have holdin a mortgage on the old
homestead. though. nor one you'd like
10 sit opposite To in a poker game
eyes about a quarter of an inch apart
lima-bean ears buttOned down close
and mouth like a crack i'm the pave
ment.
He goes right at tellin' what he wants
and when he wants il. sayin he's a lit
tie out of condition and thinks few
weeks of my trainin' was just what he
needed. Also he throws out that |
might come up TO the Brasstonia and
begin next day.
"Yes?" says l. 81 heard somethin'
Ike that over the phone"
'oSrom Corson. eh?" says he. He's
q c9ump. Never mind him. You'll be
up Tomorrow"
Say" says l. "whereid you get the
idea went out by the day.
why" says he. lit seems to me
heard something about"
Maybe they was personal friends of
mine" says I. That's different. Any
body else comes here to see me-"
"Ahi'' says he. suckin' in his breath
through his teeth and levelin' them
blued steel eyes of his at me. Il sup
pose you have your price,
No" says l: but I'll make one.
just special for you. tn be $40 min
ute"
Say. what's the use? We saves up
iii, we gets a little wad of twenties
about as thick as a roll of absorbent
cotton. and with what we got i'm the
bank and some that's lent out, we feel
as rich as platter gravy. Then we
bumps up against really truly pluto
and gets a squint at his dinner check,
and we feels like panhandlers workin' a
side street. Honest. with my little SIC
n minute gallery play ! thought / was
coin' to have him stunned.
That's satisfactory" says he. ITO
rnorrow at four.
That's all. I'm still standin' there
with my mouth open when he's being
tucked in among the tiger skins. And
I'm bought up by the hour. like a
bloomin he massage artist Feel2 /
feel like I'd fit loose in gas pipe.
But Swiftly, who's had his ear
stretched out and his eyes plugged all
the time, begins to do the walk around
ond look me over as If 1 was a new
way figEer in museum.
Ten plunks Il minute" says he.
"Hully cheer'
"Ah forget it, says I. Dye sup
pose ! want to be reminded that I've
broke into the bath rubber class?