The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-26

shiverin as if he had chill comm on.
and rollin' his eyes like cat in a fit.
He was so scared he didn't know the
day Of the month from the time of
night.
Cheer up. Rinkey." saws /, land act
sociable. Now tell the gentleman
what's ailin' your boss"
1t was like talkin' into a phone when
the lines out of business. Rinkey goes
on sendn' Morse wireless with his
teeth. and never unloosens a word.
Look here. Br'er Singh" says l..
you amt gettin' any third degree-yet.
Cut out the ague act and give Mr..
Pinckney the straight talk. He's got a
date here and wants to know why the
gate is up
More silence from Rinkey.
'Oh. WE'LL" says I. II expect it amt
etiquette to jump the outside guard !;
but if were goin' to get next to Sir
Hunter, il looks like we had to an
nounce ourselves. Here goesr'
i starts for the inside door: but /
hadn't got my knuckles on the panel
before Rinkey was givin' me the knee
tackle and splutterin' all kinds of Ian
guage.
Hey" says I. Got the cork out.
have you?"
ons us over into the far corner
The lord sahib," says he, rollin' his
eyes at the bed room door "the lord
sahib desire that none should come
near. He is in great anger"
Whats he grouchy about?" says !.
THE lord sahib." says he, will de-
stroy to death poor Ringhi Singh If he
reveals
Destroy to death is good" says I;
'but it don't sound convincin. think
were bein' strung"
Pinckney has the same idea, so ]
gets a good grip on Rinkey's neck
Come off" says I. LAS liar you're
too ambitious You tell us what's the
matter with your boss, or I'll do things
to you thatll make bein' destroyed to
death seem like fallin' on a feather
bed"
And it come. quick.
Yes. sahib." says he 1T is that
there has been lost beyond finding the
lord sahib's glorious eye"
''Sizzlin' sisters, Another pane gOner
says !. This must be my eye retrievin
day. for sure"
But Pinckney takes il mighty ser
iouS. He says that the dinner at the
club don't count for so much. but that
the other affair can't be sidetracked sc
through one throw down. when the fell
Ter skipped off to Europe just as the
tie-up was to be posted. and it wouldn't
! do TO give her a second scare of the
same kind.
Rinkey was mighty reluctant about
| gOin' into details. but we gets it out OF
/ him by degrees that the lord sahib has
habit. when he's locked up alone. oil
unscrewin' the fake lamp and putin
il away in a box full of cotton battin'.
| Always in great secret" says Rim.
| key: for the lord sahib would not dis
close. But l have seen. which was ar
etil-oh. very evil, Tonight it was done
as before; but when it was time for the
return, alas, the box was down side III
on the floor and the glorious eye was
not anywhere. Search. We look into
everything. under all things. Their
| comes great rage on the lord sahib
and L be sore from it in many places"
That accounts for your restin' or
your face, eh?" says I. well, Pinck-
ney, what now?"
why" says he. we've simply got Il
get a substitute eye. I'll wait here
while you go out and buy another"
Say, Pinckney." / says, eff you wa:
m, shoppin' for glass eyes. where'd yOr
hit first? Would you try a china stor,
or a gents furnishin' place.
| Don't they have them at drul
! stores?" says Pinckney.
Il never seen any glass eye counter:
in the ones l go to-" says 1. And then
right In the midst of our buttin' oul
heads. / comes to.
''Oh. splash" says I. "Pinckney. i
any one asks you. don't let on what /;
hickory head l am. Why, I've. got {
glass eye that Sir Hunter can have tn,
loan of over night, Just as well as not
Your says Pinckney. lookin' wild.