The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-14

great difficulty maxim himself under
stood, an that will sure be a real COM
fort TO him.
Yes. says I, it will, no doubt OF
it. He'll emily IL, an. so will they,
that is If they're at all interested in
geneorgy, Ornithorgy, an family
trees an sech-like, which 1 don't
reckin they are.
Never mind if they amt saws
Bill, kind of puzzled. l cd see. by all
them big words I had fired at him.
They'll like TO hear tell about them
birds he lost, an how he is decended
down firm kings an emp'rors; an has
gran docks, an cZars, an gran
alarmers gin'rally right in his family
Why, it'll be as good as a circus for
EN-. An when they gifts to Italy.
goes on Bill, CROWN quite enthusiast
tic as you might say over tn idee,
he'll have tn time of his life rumi-
natin' 'roun' them old palaces of the
dogs
Dogs" I gasps, Palaces of the
dogs"
'Doggies. then. I s'pose you might
call it, says he. if you're so blamed
pertiklar, though it amt speit that
way. It's spelt dogs, only with an
''e'"'
Bill Gladox.' says I. for an I'M
educated man you are tn most ignOr-
ant l ever see. Do you mean TO tell
me you amt never heard of tn lodges
Of Venice, that has been mayors of tn
town for tn last hundred years or
more?'
"'No. I amt says he. AN no one
else neither. Their amt any sech
folks there. Dodge amt an Eyetalan
name nohow. 1t b'longs in Connecti-
cut. Not but what theirs a few meb-
be in New York an Rhode Island. but
not in Italy, not by a derned sight
7 was jest startn' in to tell him
what l thinks of his schoolin'. when
somebody calls, 'Aw, quit yer kiddin'
quit yer kiddin'.' 7 gives a Jump. an
so does Bill, an then we both of us
bust out laffin'. Blamed if il warn't
one o them birds of paradise, that had
thawed out a mite. an was jest tryin'
his voice to find if it worked all right
Enumeration" says Bill Wen
have to gag tn bunch of EN- if they're
goin' to squawk like that
Not down in tn hold they won't,
says l, where it's good an dark
They'll be as quiet as mice
An then I proceeds to explain tn
game to Merryvingia, lettin' on as how
me an Bill was angels in disguise ap-
p'inted special to deliver i'm outern
tn hands of his enemies, an to say
how providenshul it was for i'm he
had found US.
All you have TO do I says TO him.
is jest to lay low for a while till we
cOntrives TO stumble on a vehicle of
escape for ye, which we won't be long
a-doin' of; an then aracoles!-y
do the great disappearin' act I'm th'
last chapter with red fire burnin' on
tn deck, an them bird fanciers We re
so sOt ag'inst hull down in tn offiin',
with tn wind outern their sails an
every seam leakin'.'
Hope you handed il 10 i'm strong
says Bill when I had finished, an Mer-
ryvingia sot gapin at me, an that
you didn't say nothin' about tn sad
partin' in stor' for EN-
'Trus' me for that. I says. I never
lets out word. It'll be as complete a
s'prise party for i'm as ever was
We'll" he went on, lit took a lot
more palaverin' afOre I conVinces his
r'yal nibs of tn wisdom of our plans;
but he agrees finally. an me an Bill
pilots him down in tn hold, an slows
him away amidst a lot of empty lie
barrels. In course we takes tn par
rots along, too, an then l warns him
most partiklar not to stir outern there
on peril of his life.
Me an my companero are takin'
desprit chances on your account ]
says; for tn gendaTmes is very likely
on yer trail this minute, an if they
finds as how we're adm an abettin'
your escape thisa way, itll be muy pc
ligroso for US, comprende?'
'Merryvingia lets on as how he does,
an goes on TO proclaim how grateful
he is for what he calls our unswerv-
in loyalty TO tn crown in time of
danger. For this act of devotion.
says he, I make you twin rulers OF
Mesopotamia, an gives you each ten
thousand ducats. Is il enough?'
Quite a-plenty.' says l solemnly,
an remember. yer ryal highness, no
monkey shines or wanderin' up on