The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-14

empty house had not been withou; cf-
! feet. ! did not transfer tho notes To
| my pocket, and. if | had it would not
have altered the situation later Only
the other day Mcknight put this very
ihlng up 10 me.
81 warned you' ne reminded me.
I I''l told YOU there were queer things
coming, and 10 be on your guard You
! ough: 10 have taken your revolver
''It would have been of exactly as
! much use as q bucket Of snow in
! Africa. | TctOrted, ''If ] had never
closed my eyes. or if | had kept my
| hnger on the trigger Of n six shooter
| (Which is noyclcsguo for Tcyolver), tho
result would have been the same, And
the next time You want a little cN-
| citcment with every variety of thrill
thrown in ! can put you by way of IL.
You begin by getting tho wrong berth
, in Pullman car. and end
"Oh. ] know how il ends. - he fin.
ishcd shortly. FDon { you suppose the
whole things written on my spinal
marrow ?'
But ! am wandering again That
rs the difficulty with the uuprofcSsional
story-tcller: he yaws back and forth
and can t keep in the wind; hc drops
hls characters overheard when he hasn Z
any further use for them and browns
lHtH, uc lOIEtlS inc folbp pot ana
| the frying pan and all the other small
essentials, and. if he carries love
affair. he mntters a fcrvcnt "Allah be
praised when he lands them, drcnch-
ed with adventures. at the MATRIMONIAL
dock al the end Of tho final chap
ter.
| put in thoroughly unsatisfactory
afternoon Time dragged ctcrrally. [
dropped in at summer vaudeville, and
bought some tics at n habcrdashcr s.
| was bored but uncNpcctant, j had
no prcmOuiiion Of what was TO come
Nothing unusual had ever happened to
me-; friends of mine had sometimes
sailed the high seas Of adventure or
skirtcd the coasts Of chance, but all
OF the shipwrccks had occurred after
a woman passenger had been taken on.
Ergo, = had always said emo wo-
men! | repeated it 10 myself that
evening almost savagclv when
found my thoughts straying bacl,
granddaughter, ] even argued as ! ate
my solitary dinner at downtown res.
taurant.
Haven { YOU troubles enough. -
reflected. ''wthout looking for more?
Hasu Z Bad News gone lame. with n
matinee race booked for next week?
Otherwise areu' Z You comfortable?
Ism t your house in order! Do YOU
want TO sell a pony IN order TO have
the library done over in mission or
the drawing room in gold DO YOU
want somebody so count the empty Gig
arctic boxes lying around every morn
iug?'
Lay it to the long idle afternoon,
TO the new environment. 10 anything
YOU like. but began TO think that
perhaps did. ! was confouudcdly
lonely. For the first time in my life
its even course began TO wavcr; the
needle registered warning marks on the
matrimonial scismograph, lines vague
enough, but lines,
Ny alligator bag lay nj my feet.
still locked While ! waited for my
coffee ! leaned back and surveyed the
people incurously. There were the usual
couples intent on each other. my new
state oC mind made me regard them
with tolerance. But at the next table,
where = man and woman dincd 10.
getbcr, 4 different atmosphere prevail
ed. My attention was first caught by
the woman IS face. She had been speak
ing earnestly across the table, her