The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-06
GUESSIN' ABOUT SADIE

Maybe my reasons as good as
yours" says l.
Nonsense says he. Tell me this,
though: you were asked. weren't you:"
"Hoow foolish says I. Sure
And you knew it was for Sadie?'
he goes on.
"She mentioned that, too says I. II
guess 1 amt bein' much missed,
though"
We'll" says he. you have guessed
wrong, and by acting the chump you've
stirred uD all kinds of row. Sadie
thinks you were left out. and insists
that if you had been invited you would
be there; and Mrs. Purdy rell wants
to know if her word is doubted, and
Hold on" says I. Lets get this
straight Has Sadie sent out call
for me?''
I'm the messenger" says Pinckney
Then you win," says 1. Hey, gar
soon, Paddish-on.-the check--the bill
of dana ges,-and shake it up, OF your
dollar tipll look like lead quarter!
Come on, Pincl<neyr'
l had sawed off the food list just be-
fore the woOdcock. and l nnds Pinok-
ney has quit at the roast: but neither
of us was kickin' on that account. 1t
was havin the hanson damned in
cross town block that gets Us wrauhy.
1t puts our schedule on the fritz: so
when we fin'lly does show up at Mrs.
Purdy PelPs it's all over but the coffee,
and that's bein' passed around in the
front rooms, where the men can hit up
the panetelas and cork TIPS.
Now, all the way UP I'd been gettin'
chesty over the way things has turned
out. and when Pinckney leaves me
while he goes to make his report,
braces myself to stand the shock of
havin' someone fall on my neck right
there in public. 1t looked like some
thing of the kind was due, didn't it? I
was in demand, want /? Hadn't Sadie
raised a row because she thought I'd
been handed a blue ticket? Well, well!
l backs up into a corner, under IL date
palm CROWN out of a thousand-doilar
Jap vase. and tries TO look unsus-
pectin'.
And sure enough, inside of couple
of minutes, here comes Sadie herself.
pikin' straight at me, with her finger
held up and her lips pouted out like she
was goin' to say, Naughty, naughty"
Gee! but she was lookin' like win
ner, too Shes wearin one of them
tomato bisque tinted Paquin dreams.
such as the custom house sleuths look
| for in trunk bottoms, and she'd had the
| latest architectural done to that cop
per hair; and you could see by her
arms she'd taken on ten or twelve
pounds,-just enough to balance right
\ while she's been gone,-but she's the
old Sadie, just the same.
Nov! aren't you ashamed of yourself,
| Shorty McCabe?' says she reacnin'
out both hands and gettin' a grip on
mine.
I'm worse'n that. Sadie" says L as
we strikes the London bridge-is-faIliE'-
down pose.
We'll" says she. what's the an
swer?"
You'll never get it from me-" says
1; for now I've had look at you. it
don't seem any more sensible than a
bad dream. Gee, but you're all right,
Sadie"
'Blamey?' says she. tearin' off one
of them laughs of hers and giVin' me
the finger squeeze. until it seems ell
the chandeliers has been turned on al
once.
Well. We was right in the midst OF a
twO-sided game Of jolly, when out from
the other side of the palm steps a big.
good-figured, rich-tinted girl, with
red rose in her black hair. She's all
got up in white silk, quiet and modest
appearin'. one of the kind that looks
good enough to eat She want lookin'
happy though. 1t was easy to guess
she want bitin' her upper lip because
she thought it tasted good, and she has
her chin down like she was bein' sent
home from school.
Why, Peggy Hubbard says Sadie,
grabbin' her. Where have you been
hiding ever since dinner"
Right there says Peggy, pointin
to a seat behind the vase. Just where
1 was left-stranded."
''What?" says Sadie. You don't
mean that he
Perhaps he forgot" ,ggy.
He went off with a Mrs. Brrto.. Bal
ley. and
"Oh-herr says Sadie, the curve
straightenin' out of her mouth, and red
spots f1ushin' up under her eyes Then
she takes a quick look around the
room. Peggy. l want you to know
Mr.. McCabe. Wait here until I
But II want TO go home" says
Peggy.