The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-18
MAGAZINE SECTION.

sav. there's no tellin', is there? Some
times the quietest runnin' bubbles
sIors ED with the biggest bang. Now,
~ Al Ferdy. He was as retirin' an
-,,5sst as new lodge member at his
Org neetin' Why, he's so anxious TO
5o5qe maxim a show of himself that
,,bc1 ne comes here for a private
curse / has to lock the studio door
an post swiftly Joe on the outside to
see that nobody butts in.
All the Dobsons is that way. They're
me kind Of folks that lives on Fifth
sve7ur. with the front shades always
pulled down. and they shy at gettin'
their names in the papers ike 1t was
helm served with a summons
Course they did have their dose of
free advcrtisin' once. when that TOotSy
Peroxide bobbed - and tried to break
old Peter Dobsons will: but that case
.bapDened so long ago. and there's been
so many like it since that hardly any
bodv but the Dobsons remembers IL.
Must have been a good deal of "A jolt
~ the time. though: for as far as I've
seen they're nice folks, and the real
thing I'm the fat wad line; specially
Ferdy He's that genteel and refined
he has to have pearl gray boXin' gloves
10 match his gym suit
Well ] want thinkin' any of him or
his set havin' just had a session with
q brewers son that I've took on dur
in' the dull season. when I looks out
into the front office and sees my little
old Bishop standin' there mOppin' his
face.
Hello, Bishop" 1 sings out. II
thought you was in Newport, herdin'
the flock"
so 1 was. shorty" says he. until
six hours ago. l came down to look for
a stray lamb"
Tried Wall street," says L
He is not that kind of a lamb" says
the Bishop. 1T is Ferdinand Dobson.
Have you seen him recently"
What Ferdy2" says 7. Not for
weeks. They're all up at their Lenox
place. amt they?'
No they want. And then the Bish-
ap puts me next TO q little news item
that hadn't got into the society column
yet. Ferdy, after geJtin' 10 be most
twenty-five has been hooked The
girls name was Alicia. and soon's I
heard il J placed her. haYin' seen her
few times at different swell ranches
where I've been knockin' around in the
background. As / remembers her she
has one Of these long. high toned faces.
and n share TO match-not what you'd
call neck twister. but somethin' real
classy and high browed. just the sort
you'd look for Ferdy to tag.
Seems they'd been dom the Iovey-
d0vey for more'n a year: but all on
the sly. meetiH' each other a afternoon
teas, and now and then havin a ten
minute hand holdin' match under a
palm somewhere They was so cute
about It that even their folks didn't
suspect II Was case Of honey and
honey boy; not thai any one would
nave raised kick, but because Ferdy
don't want any fuss made about it,
When Aicia's mother gets the facts
though, she writes a new program. She
don't stand for springin' any quiet we'd
dln'S on her set. She plans big party
where the engagement bulletin is to be
flashed on the screen regular and prop
er, SOS folks can be orderin' their
dresses and weddin' presents.
Ferdy bsiks some at the thought Of
helm dragged TO the center of the
stage. but he grits his teeth and tells
en- that for this once they can go as
fer as they like. He even agrees to
leave home for a week and mix it at
a big house party. just to get himself
broke i'm 10 mectin' strangers.
Up 10 within two days of the en-
gagement stunt he was behavin' lovely:
and the next thing they knows. lust
when he should be gettin' ready to
show up at Newport he can't be To-
Gated. II has all the looks of his leav-
IL his clothes on the bank and jump
In the night freight. Course. the Dob
sons amt Sayin' a word 10 AIicia's
folks vet. They gets their friends to-
sether 10 organize q stir hunt for Fer
oN, and the Bishop. bein one of the
inside circle; he's sent out as head
scout
And 7 am at my wits ends saws
he. NO one has seen him in New
por;. and / can't find him at any of
his clubs here.
How about the Fifth avenue mau-
Sol7Um2' saws l.
His man is there" says the Bishop;
nation
Does. oh?' says l. We'll. you take
from me that il any ones got a
1Ie ON Ferdy. it's that clam faced
NIpps OF his. He's been trained so fine
,h ne silence business that he hard
cares open his mouth when he eats
up there and put him through the
10 WHAT" says the Bishop
Give MIN the headquarters quiz
- Tell him YOU come straight
lon mother and sisters, and that Fer
Ul GOT 10 he found"
hardly feel equal to doing just
nat says the Bishop in his mild
Now if YOU could only
why, sure" says I. It'd do me
1000 70 take a whirl out of that Eng
-'lan. TIL make him give up
1t bird. though. that Kupps. I
-1' talked with him two minutes be-
IRE would have bet my pile he knew
an ABOUT where Ferdy was roostin' and
10. a' was up to. but when il come
81 uIaSs-0' out the details. you might
'' -N well have been tryin' TO pry
pawn stone with fountain pen.
Eerdy In town, or out Of town.
L Nhen would he be back? Kupps
loua say He wouldn't even tell
" IONS II was since he had seen Fer
sSI And say. you know how pig
--sH one NJ them hen Drained Cock
tight NY o0''1' e''''i
Look here, Hiccups" says I. You
hlpls, sir" says he. Thomas
N-LpS is my full nyme, sir"
wen Ieacups. then. il that suits
o'iier says I, you don't seem
~ gave got il into your head that the