The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-22
"Hain't you workin'? ?"

Hain't you wOrkin'?"
1t was Mrs. F'rizz who thus made
gasping inquiry. She had climbed,
with frightful exertion, four flights and
on her Spartan way up the fifth had
CHANGED to behold Mrs. Hendy through
her open door
Come in" called Mrs. Hendy, agree
ably.
Mrs. Frizz staggered fieshily in and
sank upon chair with much the same
impressive impact that a large, fat
raindrop strikes the waiting pavement.
Mrs. Hendy gazed at her with obvious
compassion-so obvious. indeed, that
Mrs. Frizz visibly fretted under il. be-
ing intensely sensitive to external i'm
pressions. The slight umbrage she took
prompted her, once she had gained
some control Of her heaving bosom, to
remark with ill-concealed qualification:
Il s'pOse you've lost your JOB TO the
Hair Store, then, if you amt work
in'?"
Mrs. Hendy regarded her with placid
Importance, undisturbed by the animus
of her neighbor's attitude.
Them stairs is awful on them that's
took on flesh she responded affably.
Il tell Gus ii must be just fierce fer
you goin' up an down IS much s you
have to-" She smiled with great cor
diahty at her visitor, who did not re-
turn this genial regard. Her reply was
curt In the extreme.
Il can git around, I guess-an' I'm
thinner n I was by a lot. Look at
that" She thrust her thumb into the
recesses of her apparel and indicated
thereby an infinitesimal slack of her
~aistband. AN il was that tight
when 1 got it," she concluded triumph
antly.
Amt that the limit" commented
Mrs. Hendy with appreciation. You
have fell off a lotY'
Somewhat Modified by this. and eX-
periencing relief from the noisy palpi-
tations of her heart. Mrs. Frizz re-
turned TO her earlier inquiry with a
milder eye ''Why amt you workin'
Has the Hair place busted?"
Mrs. Hendy preened herself in non
chalant pride. my lands, no! I'm hav-
in my vacation!"
''Your what?" breathed Mrs. Frizz
automatically. fearful for the moment
that her weight was beginning to af-
feet her hearing.
my vacation. Wouldn't it Jar your
and Mrs. Hendy gigged affectedly.
My heavens above. amt you the
stylish thingr" Mrs. F'rizZ was. for {
brief instant, betrayed into admiration
of her neighbor. She recovered herself
Immediately Them as has EN-" sh,
went on, gloomily, generally gifts more
than they bargain for. The man my
Chris works for had one an got hi
by a snake-on the leg" she finished
circumstantially. II hope yours wan
the same"
Mrs. Hendy refused to be depressed
"Murder." she remarked pleasantly
Wasn't that fierce! Old man SlawsOI
to the saloon sees 'em, they say, but
never heard OF 'em bitin': Three day
vacation do l have-yesterday, tOdd!
an tomorrow. Jimmie an mes goin' III
TO the Zoo tomorrow. Yesterday I tool
i'm the Patrick O'Hara Outin' an
Amusement associations picnic up tn,
sound. 1 tell you straight, Miss Frizz
! shan't never regret usin' that specii,
to bring my hair in. Seems s if WheI
my hair come in again everything com,
along with"
Il sh'd think you was gittin' too ole
fer such monkey business as them pic
MICS enviOusly broke in her Fascinated
friend. You must be we'll toward fifty
An them fiimsy bOats-when folks il
gittip' on, what I say is, better stay OF
shore. You don't never hear of thu