The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-06
By S EVE LII 70 RID
Copyrighted by Sunday Magazines Incorporated

NAH al HOuI. VIII Alt hHOlt push
gassin' and laughin' and carryin' on
sociable all around us. now and then
THROWN us a look as if we was curiOs
in a case, it want quite so funny. 1
was gettin to feel like a plain clothes
man guardin the Weddin presents. II
would have been some better if could
have talked matters over with Miss
Hubbard and found out what we was
on the siding for; but all she does Is
get GUNNER by the minute. Course,
knew Sadie want one 10 put up job
on US like that, and that she must have
something or other on hand that has
to be attended TO.
Just where this Mrs. Bailey comes in
can't figure out You know the kind
of a top nOtcher Mrs Britton Bailey is2
She's il. or nothing, and when she can't
have her swing there's apt to be all
sorts of a rUmpus. Maybe you've heard
of her run-in with Mrs. Astor over that
prince? Well. just as l was lOO1in
around and wonderin' what was keepin'
Sadie, who should show up but the two
of 'em, one on either side of a long
geared, lantern-jawed freak that looked
about as much awake as il he'd been
walkin' in his sleep. He has on a pair
of shell-rimmed eye glasses-rims about
half an inch thick, and big, round panes
that gives him the look of a sick
owl.
But this Mrs. Britton Bailey was wide
enough awake She was pumpin' hot
air at the freak like she was a blast
/ furnace, while Sadie don't seem TO be
dom much but drag down his elbow.
notice the other folks starin' at 'em.
and all of a sudden L guesses who
/ he is.
Say" says I. nudgin' Peggy, els the
! lengthy party this Sir BERTHE I've heard
/ so much about?"
I She says he is. and as the three of
EN- was circlin' our way I stands ready
to be relieved of guard duty. But
/ hanged if they don't sail past within
three feet of US, without so much as
/ look
We'll. wouldn't that mott the bird on
! Nellie's hat" says l. Are we perma-
nent decorations here. or what?'
! If Peggy had any views on the sub
I ject they must have been too strong
/ for publication. All she does is get a
new hold on her lip and watch 'em float
along I was gettin' little sore my
self. for it seems my first frame-up OF
the situation was nearer the mark than
the last. 1t looked like Sir BERTHE was
right bower and joker, and 1 was a
trey in the discard.
And then Sadie does a quick turn
with her head, THROWN US the KNOWN
/ wink. A minute more and the pro-
cession has swung back our way, and
the next thing we know they're lined
up before Us. Sadie seems to have dis
covered Peggy all at once.
why. there You are, aren't you
says she. Sir Bertie's been looking
everywhere Oh-Mrs Britton Bailey
Miss Hubbard. Now. Sir BERTHE, ! sup
pose we mustn't plan a thing for you
until you and Peggy have settled about
that house party. Well, get together
and be good"
Say, I'd known Sadie long enough TO
have an inside view of her little plan OF
campaign without havin' anyone eX-
plain the map. First she does some fine
feint and foOtwOTk. until she gets the
Bailey person with her guard wide
open, and then she lands with both
mitts- And il was plain this Miss
Peggy proposition was a new one 10
Mrs. BrittOn Bailey. She's some Jared,
but bein' an old hand at the game. she
RECEIVERS quick.
I'm sure Miss Hubbard is not going
to claim Sir BERTHE for next week?'
says, she.
Has Peggy been gettin' her mad up
for an hour for nothing? Well, hardly
"Only from Saturday on says she
You'll promise to be there by Satur-
day. won't you. Sir Bertie?"
"Oh, Charmed says he, blinkin'
through the round panes. Pom honor.
I'll run out for Saturday, Miss Peggy"
I thinks it's somewhere in the Or
langes, or maybe out to White Plains.
that he's scheduled for. Mrs Bailey
must have had the same thought.
And where is it that Miss Hubbard
lives. Sir Bertie?'' she cooes.
''Why-aw-er-" Say, BERTHE was up
/ against it. He looks as blank as if
she'd asked him what time the sun was
due to rise in the mornin' But Peggy
s-fo
my home is in Spokane, Washing
ton" says she. lOokin her square be-
tween the eyes
what Spokane? Well. of all the
imDudencer
= Say, ] never see anyone get I'D
turkey red color quite so quick as Mrs.
Britton Bailey does then For sec
| ond or so she looks all kinds OF cut
lery at the state OF Washington girl.
, and then she turns one OF the same
kind on Sadie. "Humph.' says she.
Spokane. Sir BERTHE. ! wish you JOY
of your trip TO the backwOOds. You
had better have your trunks packed
= tonight" With that she does the heel
. pivot losses her head. and marches off.
: My word. says Sir BERTHE, catchin'
his breath.
z He's no gutter, though, and when
he finds he's billed for five days rail-
road trip he never SO much as squeals-
[ guess he was some interested. all
! right; for when we leaves, him and
Peggy was maxim I'D for lost time;
and by the way he was beamin' on her
you'd thought he suspected she was
good to look at.
. As for ne and Sadie. we hunts out
: quiet corner and has reunion all on
our own hook. She tells me how the
> Hubbards own half the state out there,
and what real nice girl Peggy is. and
how Sir BERTHE come all the way across
Just to walk the deck with her. Also
: she shows how the Bailey party. who's
always IoOkin' for a new exhibit, come
! near sDoilin' il all
But I do hope" says Sadie. that
, she viii let them alone now
> You sure fixed that" says l. You've
got her climbin' the pole
She grins and lets it go ar that.
I wantin' to know all about everybody
and what's happened TO EN- since she's
been gone. But still / has something
/ ind "a won't lpf me