The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-20
SOCIETY-DRAMATiC
The Troubles Of Tidson

why not? Say, you don't think me and
sadie's livin' on the cheap, do you?
Had an idea 1 was Iettin' her in for a
eour-room fat romance, Ell? Well,
eoouge il off. So long as I was travel
IN, single. the boardin' house was good
anoueh for me: but when / comes 10
nick out a place for Mrs Shorty Nc
t'abe 10 stow her trunks. the best Is
none toe good. We had only one talk
about that.
We'll" says Sadie, as we was COM
in back from our yachtin' trip, Il
suppose 1 ought to buy a house some
wlere?'
For why?'' says 7.
For us to live in, stupid" says she.
ooh. no. Sadie" says !. You don t
buy any house for NE TO live in-not
vet. 1 don't care how else you blow
in your surplus. but when it comes to
nrovidin' the latch keys, that's up 10
me. And I'm on the job
Sadie. she just laughs. and reaches
ont aud-wel. there want anyone
Iookin'. and she's got the right. She
says if that's the way / feel, why 1t
goes. and she want stuck on havin' a
house.
You could worry along with few
furnished rooms for awhile, could your
says l.
"In go wherever you say, Shorty"
says she.
"'Trainin' you is a cinch,' says |.
TN look up the ads
That's only a blum. though. I'd had
my eye on this new Hotel Ferzazzer
ever since they put on the green cop
per roof and when l hears how the
manager is an old regular of mine
don't lose any time after we've landed
IN calm him up on the phone.
Billy" says I, after he's through
foJlvin' me on the honeymoon business.
how about one of them two-in-the
family-and-no-d suites of yours?
Got the red tin flag up on any of emf"
.sWhy. certainly" says he. Il can
give you your choice of half a dozen"
That's nice" says I. But do they
come so steep III have to rob a bank
every time I pay the rent?'
Billy says they don't ''Of course
he goes on. If you wish q Central park
exposure
Il don't" says l. 1T might be
catcbin'. What looks good to me is
that southeast corner with the windows
l0Okin down Fifth avenue. Now give
me your bargain day figures for
bunch Of three and a bath.
And say. KNOWN that Atty G.. and a
lot more of the same kind was regular
dodgers there, / braced myself for q
Jolt At that. too. the figure he names
takes more'n half the breath out OF me.
"Gee,' says l, ''that'd buy a house
and lot on Staten island. Maybe !
can stand it, though. Wen come up
and look you over"
And when 1 helps Sadie out of the
cab at the carriage entrance. and she
finds it's the PerZazzer that I've picked
out she's tickled to death. Billy comes
out OF his satin finished mahogany Of
fee and does the guide act for us him
self. When were let out on the seventh
floor he leads us to our corner and eX-
plains the good points. like pointin' out
that the rooms is all done in Looey
Cans.
Il was just noticin' that" says I.
And some of them Dutchmen knew
what was what. didn't they? How does
it strike you Sadie?''
"Oh. it's perfectly bullv." says she
Well, say, it's all OF that Every
chair back has hand embroidered pic
tUre on it, the rugs was handsome
enough to frame. and there was more
knobs and electric buttons and switches
than you could learn how to use in a
month. There want a fancy stunt,
from strainin' the air to maxim your
own ice. that hadn't been worked in.
nut the little private ulilln lOOlns WIN
the round table and the candles, gets
me. There's no chasin' out for your
grub, If you don't want to. AL you
have to do is write out your bill OF
fare. drop il in Il tube. and inside OF
half an hour it's lugged in under the
silver covers by a butler who is there
TO do the food jugglin.
Home could never be like this. Sa-
die says I. Let's go send up the
trunks"
III bet Pinckney couldn't have done
IL quicker himself, for by dinner time
next day were all settled. even to NV
KNOWN which three hooks in the two
closets was mine. and just what corner
OF the third bureau drawer I could keep
my laundry in. Then we starts gettin'
acquainted with Tidson.
Course, I've seen plenty Of buffers be-
fore havin' Knocked around more or
less among folks that keeps 'em regular.
nut never thought to have the bossin'
or one myself So. when this chap i'm
ale dinSy black coat and red vest shows
up the first mOrnin' and begins handin'
"Jt the grape fruit and soft boiled eggs.
seiS bad case Of stage fright.
sadie catches me watchin' him with
my mouth open. and gives me a dig
WIN Ter slipper under the table
Eh?' says 1. "Ain't I doin' things
rsht2"
Don't look at him as though he was
curiosity" she whispers.
But he is, to me- says 7.
Then order him about a bit" says
Zee. says I. 7 amt got the nerve
and say. that was straight I'd as
soon think of givin' orders TO Marconi
aoout how TO call up Poldhu through
we air; for if anyone ever knew his
BUSINESS from the ground up. it was
gus party of the second part. He amt
OF the stiff-necked, sour-faeed kind
me I've seen. Hes timber all the
way from his head 10 his heels, and
very time he puts down d plats he
penus IN four places. That was some
sIrpflsin', considerin' that he's gettin
gong towards the age where the hinges
'ally fuSJs w. You could easy tell
re vas tryin' to keep within the age
i-.HS Tor the hair is nicely slic6ed over
avs paid spot, and the ear tab whiskers
- d lovely blue black. such as you get
uSln' restOreT regular.
out ne sure has the butlin' game
gWh to an art. He moves around
rNhout maxim any more noise than 9
e-led nurse. never seemin to be in
N"4 rush. but always on SEIZED He's