The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-22
Chicago Inter-OccanD


Washington. d. C.-Not long ago "A
grizzled millionaire miner from the far
west dropped into town. He occupied
a superb suite in one of Washington 5
most luxurious hotels during his stay
here. Among his callers was a young
man from his own state. This young
man married. not long ago. young
right tidily on his $1,000 d year. earned
as a government clerk. The old miner
had not only known the young man
from boyhoOd, but he had ridden the
young mans wife on his knee all the
way to Banbury Cross when she was a
little girl in pigtails-
son said the Grizzled miner to the
young man from his home state. when
the latter was making his call al the
fine hotel suite you and Agg.e arc
keeping house here, aren't you?'
We'll, we're living in little fiat. If
that's keeping house the young man
replied
Well" said the wealthy old miner.
I sure do take il powerful hard you
aud Aggie don't invite me up to yOUS
place and give me something TO eat
sure do
The young man started to make some
reply. but the old man wasn't through.
I'm getting mighty tired of hotel
can't get any taste or good out of it
it all tastes alike. TT you and Aggie
only knew how I've been sort o hank
ering FOR a good. big film ssvory lay
out Of shoulder and greens Iii bet a
box of matches that you'd take pity on
me and asked me to your place to have
some. Ever have shoulder and greens?
Nothing on earth like shoulder and
greens, after all. is there?"
-
raised.
We'll" he said. "Aggie and have
talked time and again about asking
you to take dinner with US since you
came on here this time. But you know
what these dinky little three rooms and
bath flats are-or do you2 And Ag-
sic and I had sort of an idea that
maybe-well. TO be frank, that, after
all the splendifeTOUsness that you're
used to, why. it might make you feel
sort of uncomfOTt- Oh. ours is just a
plain little dump. you know. and we
thought maybe 1t wOuld-er-'
Look adhere. boy interrupted the
old miner. will you and Aggie give me
some shoulder and green's tomorrow
evening, say at 6 o'clock"
You know very well that we'll be
delighted TO have you replied the
young man.
All ElEuIs Sdiu ttit DtQ tldil- " tltt
me down the address. I'll be there
And. Joe" he added as the young
man prepared to take his leave, you'd
better warn Aggie about the low-down,
ornery, simmering habits of greens. 1t
takes lot Of greens to make proper
mess of 'em. A pretty whopping bas-
ket of greens-well, I've seen a bushei
o. greens, almost, boil down to most
nothing" and then the two laughed
and the young man went away.
On the following evening the bluff,
ruddy, fine-Iooking old mining man ar
rived at the little fat on the minute.
1t was a neat and tastefully furnished
fat. but small, of course.
sure you've got plenty of greens? ?"
the old gentleman inquired. with mock
anxiety. when he was greeted by the
pretty young matron whom he had
known as a child. i've been worrying
a good deal over that today"
ION, stacks and stacks of greens"
she replied. adding but if there
shouldn't be enough 7 could exc out by
boiling down the rubber plant you
know" and so the little dinner began
merrily enough.
The shoulder was a sweet piece of
mast-fed meat from Virginia. and after
the old miner had tucked his napkin
under his chin in the Old-fashiOned way
and gone at it he came pretty close to
looking like a thoroughly satisfied ell
derby man.
Dye children know" he said as he