The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-22

ade-which disagrees with me some
thing fierce-an'-"
A good thing. too" muttered Mrs.
Frizz with a sinister air.
"dow's that2'' asked Mrs. Hendy
.Nothin'? Well, the lady she makes
me eat with them an she tells her boy
all about me. an my hair comm in Ike
it did, an me havin' the elegant job
as I'd told her before. He KEEP look
in al me pretty close. an begun To act
real firty-did you speak"
Il must say he was a nice fellow.
Mrs. Hendy proceeded consciously,
again taking up the white celluioid
comb and making a few delicate passes
through her flowing hair.
We'll, Miss Frizz, you may well say
I'm a guilty woman. An I'm that
ashamed. I didn't encourage i'm none,
be it far from me- But when that band
begun to play. an they was dancin',
give you my word, I couldn't a-kep' my
feet stiIl-no. not if they was a steam
boat tied to each of EN- / don't s'pose
we danced mOren eight times. an then
l begun to git kinda nervous thinkin
what me- decent married woman, was
dom. An then again, every few min
utes. it come over me how the lady
would be THROWN a fit if she knew.
Well, 1 had TO laugh. 1 got so giggly
an hystericy over it that the boy he
thinks it's on account O. me havin' the
grand time, an begins to git freshern
paint.
+" What do you wear them wells
HUH" snorted Mrs. F'rizz.
for he says. an l says, To keep
me peaches an cream complexion from
the freckles'-just like that, I had TO
laugh. Ever since 1 fell down them
steps out there-youd added to see me
it give me the rheumatism, an dane
in so much 1 begun to feel it in my
feet.
- guess I'll set down and rest
while ! says to him. You go an
git some other lady to spiel with you
now Mercy to goodness, Miss Frizz,
f he didn't up an say he didn't want
no other lady but me-bolder'n brass.
He talked real Swedey-I wisht
could initiate how he done it. twas that
| funny. An I begun to git scared. He
( was fer seem my face all the time. an
! I had to keep actin kinda kitteny SOS
to fool i'm. Fer, Miss F'rizZ. l leave it
/ to you if any woman wouldn't be tick
| led some to be thought twenty years
youngeT'n what she is-not but some
tries hard enough to fool folks into be-
| levin it"
Mrs. Frizz groaned dismally. "Of all
| the bold pieces" she sighed under her
breath. Twenty!-thirty,"
Finally l sends him to git me a
drink O. water an while he was gone
| | slipped away an hid in the crowd.
I Well, when he come back he was just
| like wild Indian runnin' round loose
| huntin' fer me. An if you'll believe it
/ he tracked me right down in no time.
! Thinks !, This is fiercei An then he
pulls out my card-his mother give it
! to him-an' begins TO jabber. Sarah,
I I, i01
| through that deck with shame-I could,
| indeed.
Gimme that card says I, off-hand,
/ i want to see f l give you the right
one When l got it back I could a-cried
with the relief. / fused around with
Eit-we was right by the rail-an' the
| first thing it dropped OverbOard-took
/ by the wind" Mrs. Hendy winked
! knowingly at Mrs. Frizz, who nodded
somberly. Il says. TO think it's the
only one l gotr He was madder'n a
push-caTt man when he see it go. How
l know where you live?' he says-just
like that. III write to you l answers
| to pacify i'm. With that he makes a
date to go to hear the band play in the
park next week. / says, Yes, YOn,
| but nothn' on earth wouldn't git me
! there"
Mrs Hendy drew a long, virtuous
! breath.
But the worst was when | wasn't
| lookin'-I nights well be frank-an-
an he tried to hug me, I hat found
luf on you he says. talkin' Swede.
] My kingdom come, l thought I'd die.
| If Gus'd a-Seen me You take me to
your ma, l hOllered-iust like them
young ladies in the novels. An just
! then along comes the old lady. herdin'
| children. I nearly up an kissed her, so
| glad was I to see 'er. She sends away
Yon-ain't that the jay name?-an'
pretty soon she says to me, You're the
girl ! been loOkin' fer fer YOn, l want
| you should marry inn
We'll, Miss FTizz. I can't begin To
tell you all what that silly old lady says
to me. l got SO giggly, as / say, think
in, My soul. If you only knew-an' me
old enough to be his mother, almost %
! Huh" snickered her hearer.
| An her a-talkin' sentimental right
( along. l wanted to git up an give a
piercin yell. Young an pretty was the
words she used-my powers"
Second childhood" offered Mrs.
Frizz stealthily.
Mrs Hendy paused for breath and
for another dash of tea in her cup.
! Twas excitin.' she continued COM
placently. well. bout eight O'Clock
we gifts back to New York-an' that's
| all
Mrs FriZZ put her tea cup down on
the table with a TesOlute bang. She rose
massively and fixed glittering eye on
her hostess. An then" she demanded
coldly, Il s'pose you told him how old
you really was-under them veils?"
| Mrs. Heudy blushed sensitively. At
| ter a hesitation of some Hateful mo-
ments she raised her eyes defensively,
mo. I didn't"
Mrs. Frizz was speechless with indig
nation. She edged toward the door,
! mo, l didn't, Miss Frizz," Mrs. Hen
dy proceeded firmly. AN what's more
they amt no woman on the face of this
earth-I say it bold-thatd a-told, an
you know it,
| Mrs. Frizz refused TO combat the
| statement Instead she asked males
tically: An wasn't they no more TO
| it?"
Mrs. Hendy laughed outright. HE
followed me for six blocks, comm home,
an then | give i'm the slip an run down
alley an round the block again."
The outraged Mrs. Frizz raised pro-
phetic ihand. Sarah Hendy." she af-
! firmed in Cassandra tones, you mark
! Ic hot Ill e.