The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-17
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~ for exercise, 90 your No II am
lu;gn the comp'ny's any worse than
eIsi. It only means that i m shy
uslat' four hundred dollars worth of
spo -ts and the night bank don't
SUM SUI mill II .. m. Yes, I was out a
~ iata for me: but before You hand
ny snv gags about sportin' life, let
o-' -st in nv testimony that this ex-
Aa5i5icn want that kind. III let you
Il a name after you've heard the
details. - A. C.-s. .o,,,u,
Nabout the nephew of his that was
lain over from England.
'...Tr-,I1IandI" SAYS l. 'HOw's that? ]
..,-lgbt YOU was ScOtch-Irish from
rvansvile H.
Tben he explains how this Lambert
revnes was only a nephew by mar
80 he being the son of a sister of
NJ Gordou's first wife. Shed married
- Fnclishman: chap that came over
here for a soap house and ended his
L-irbt career by Eettin' into a railroad
s.ei5eut that smashed him up so bad
,bo doctors couldn't put him together
ain That leaves Mrs. Baynes with
a nine-vear-Oid boy and what dana ges
she could collect from the railroad.
vou To look at that face of Pyramid
,,or5on's. you'd guess that a hard luck
,sls of this kind would dent his soul
sbout as hard as stabbiD' an alligator
In the back with a piece of custafc
Mo I'm on good terms with him my
seY. but I wouldn't want the job of in
Ju-in' him to shed for the benefit of
The widows and orphans at large. Yet
sse what he does for some one he
knows. Just because the late Baynes
had planned on moving back among
his folks and having the boy educated
there. Pyramid jumps in and carries
ont the program at his own expense.
Seems he'd been payin' all the bills for
Years. having Lambert stuffed as full
Of knowledge as a sausage skin is full
OF meat And when Pyramid gets word
that the Job is finished ne sends pas
sage money and invites Lambert to
take a run over, so they can talk about
what he'll do with it all He's expected
that afternoon, too.
Mr.. Gordon don't blow much; but
it's easy to see he's a good deal set up
over the way Lambert's turned out.
Not having been any nearer college
himself than the ninth grade of the
grammar, he feels that he's kind of
got there by proxy. He tells how many
years young Baynes has been at Cam
bridge the prizes he's won and the
different initials he has a right to wear
after his name.
He wrote me last summer" SAYS
Pyramid, that he was first wrangler,
too"
That so?" says I. They have queer
names for some of their college ath-
letics. don't they? Kind os an expert
on the mat, is hep
why, no." says Mr.. Gordon. HE
mentioned something about quadratics.
and so on"
"Oh!" says l. Some kind of water
polo. It's good he's well muscled as
well as 5rainy. You'll be shown him
the town, I guess?"
Pyramid grins and says he's planniu'
some on dOin' that. And. say. 1 could
see the blue print plans of how a GER
tain college strong boy was about to
have the time of his life; for when it
comes to buyfn' pleasure Mr.. Gordon is
certainly an easy spender. He always
wants the best in the house, but his
method Of pickin' It out is to order the
most expensive things on the bin OF
fare. Take an uncle with them habits.
one that owns a 60-horsepower car. and
hires a suite by the year at the St
Reggie, and who wouldn't be a prodi-
gal nephew
That means you'll be crawlin' in
here about next Monday" says I. with
your tongue lookin' like the back of a
Teddy bear But I expect there's no
use tryin' to head you off. Only re-
member you can't stand so much OF
these college sports"
Well, / puts in a busy afternoon
with some of my regIars, and we was
Just THROWN of the belt at the studio
Tor the day, when I has a phone call
rom Pyramid. He wants to know if
can't come over to the hotel right
away and take Lambert out for the
evenin'"
What He amt put you out of
business as soon as this?" SAYS 1.
All l could make out was snort
ana a growl and then Pyramid saws if
want to pick up a hundred. to come
along without askin' any fool dues-
IONS Say. if it had been anybody but
ar. Gordon fired that at me, there d
nave been some language that would
nave melted the wire; but / always
makes allowances for Pyramid. Be
SIDES ] was beginning to wonder what
uau gone wrong so quick. So I sends
"vla 10 Sadie that I'm billed to sit I'D
@'ln sick friend, and off 1 pixies for
the Reggie.
/ hnds Pyramid in his dressing room.
Ntth one foot all bandaged up and rest
.l on a pillow, while he's propped Up in
an easy chair, putin away on a so
.N PuTitanO like he was worlSin' a
t.@st furnace. his face that purple color
PC gels on when he's good and riled
Zee. says T. You don't look like
y glad hand reception committee.
ivd look more like one of the parties
~ On assault and battery case. Whats
".ong with the off hind fOot?"
SpTained ankle" growls Pyramid.
heen trylu' TO do some fancy joy
Nsps says I.
No. he snaps. Kicked a baggage
Wei, well.'' says l. And he had a
20 spot on him? How thOughtless,
oll where's Lambert. the Greco Ro-
h Ia. -W1raHsler and Cambridge high
In there" says Mr.. Gordon. Take
.ook az him"
IS a queer way of introducin' long
-. nephew; but this was no time tO
an argument with Mr.. Gordon,
uptoes TO the door and peeks in.
.Sl or ] thinks there must be some
s'dAe What / was expectin' was
~ oi those broad-chested chaps about
Lsh loot high; but this specimen in
~ rec leather chair was a thin-nosed
breasted. stoop-shOuidered
bi' with pale hair and a complexion
-. as rudy as a welsh IA bbit. He's
,ill spectaCles with regular burnin
H.