The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-31
By SEWELL FO X D
Copyrighted by the Associated Sunday Magazines Incorporated

he want starin' at the stage he was
turuin' the program over. as If ne was
huntin' for some information ne
couldn't find.
The next act hadn't mors'n opened
I'D, though, before 1 was as bad.
/ knew I hadn't ever seen TINS All Ioi
/ the Sake of Maggie" before; but some
/ how the scene they was putin on was
! kind of familiar. / pricks up my ears
/ and begins to listen with my mouth
| open.
! And all of a sudden I strikes the clue.
| Why allowiH for the names bein' dirt
rent hanged if this WASH I dead ring
| CT for that stepuncle business tHat
| Budd had been readin' TO me And this
/ Maggie girl was d twin sister to the
one he called Susie. A minute more ana
| the bunch was right in the middle OF
that mix-up where the young lady from
the convent blows in on the poker game
and calls for her uncle.
Didn't / say I'd suickered some when
Budd singsonged it through his noseE
We'll, when I saw il acted out I did
more ] just let loose the yawhaWs
So did the house. It had US all goin
We couldn't help it.
And then 1 gets a glimpse ofaHlram-
The life and sparkle has come back
into them deep set eyes Of his, and his
ssllow face has took on a flush equal
to a fever patients. He's setttn' up
straight, grippin' his chair seat with
both hands, and his chest heavin' like
Tetrazzini's when she lets out high
Z. Blamed if he didn't look as happy
as if he was saiiin' on a pink cloud
straight through the gates Of everlast-
| in bliss. And it was his stuff they
was usin maybe not word for word;
but almost.
When the act gets to that whirlwind
finish where every line only piles up
the mirth the haudclsppin' breaks loose
like a hail storm on a tin rOOf-wcmen
splittin' their gloves in the orchestra
circle, and the boys i'm the gallery
! | comm in with the catcails It want
any calious palmwork by the ushers.
, il was a free-for-all hand from all
parts of the mouse, one Of the kind you
can't call out unless you deliver the
r goods
And the comp'ny was right on the
spot for the curtain calls. They'd done
it so often they has it down fine who
: should show up first. and how the
r grand hands-all-aTound picture should
be pulled off They was all bowin' an
, smilin'. and the folks in the twO-dol-
: lar seats was comm back at EN- with
another voIley. when I hears from Hi
ram. Hes standin' Up now. shoulders
! back chin out, and the brine Tunnin'
:
eyes
: MY play says he, like he was talk
! in to himself. Its my playr'
Before I can block him he's pushed
? / to the front of the box and IS bowin'
p over the rail, one hand on his heart
! and his long hair floppin over his ears.
Course. everyone in the house is onto
!, him in a minute They stop applaudin
the actors and turn to give him the
| laugh. Then some guy begins shout
: / in Author, Author and Hiram bows
u lower than ever. At that they start
| givin' him the hand. and the more he
! bow. the louder they do It, while the
= actors and actorines stand there look
. in foolish and Disguised.
: / was just reachin' for his coat tails
!. when 7 hears the stage door slam and
: someone stamps into the back Of the,
: box And who do you guess shows up2
| Foxy FOXES his face all purple and
= his throat chOked up with the mad he
= was tryin' to let loose.
e Lead that crazy fool out of here"
2 he snorts. Take him out OF I'll have
n him kicked OUT"
g Easy. now, Foxy says !. Don't
IT get swiveleyed over it,
n What! You. McCabe?' he snarls
O back. you know me. I'm manager
e Of this house, and I wont stand for any
g such
nj ooh, you're the manager, are your
Fl saws l. Then here's someone that 3
~ anxious to meet you. Mr.. FOlkes. This
is Mr. Hiram Lowell Budd, author Of
le 'Susie's Stepuncle that you're playin'
le here under an alias"
r "Har' says he, losiB' his color all OF
N a sudden. and stsrin' at Hiram. He's
ie a CRATER. Never heard Of him OF his
ie play"
s ''No2' says L You say it easy,
Foxy: but I happen to know different
; I'm the chief witness for the plaintiff.
y OH he sneeTs. You're backing the
> suit. are YOU. Well. go ahead and SUE
- But first I'm going to throw your freak
r. friend out Of this theatre" and he
a makes grab at Hiram, who's still act
i'm like he was in a trance. This rough
house move of Foxy's jumps my tenn
lr perature up to the fusin' point
m Back up there, Foxy says I. reach
P in out and gettin' a grip on his col
a lar You had this mans play in your
lie office for four months, didn't you.
ee You swiped the best part Of it. too. and
$ you're maxim pot Of money out Of it
TO while he's been w5lkin around on his
~ uppers and bu'stin' his heart Now
s. there amt gOin' to be any court BUSH
OF ness over this You're too slick at that
re game. But you're gOin' to take your
ed choice Of settlin' with him right now III
he that kettledrum down there Which n
US it be? Speak upr'
ne Foxy, he darts them shifty eyes first
he one way and then the other, without
ed SEEM any recruits near. Then he looks
Id me over careful. TO see if it's a bluff
and maybe he remembers some Of the
OF things ! did to him when ] had hin
on the mat in the gym And he car
y / make a flyin' switch. Foxy can.
rs 'TH settle" says he. Come dow
/ to the office. Budd"
~ But how much do you guess Hiram
holds him up for2 A skinny little fiv'
=, | hundred Course. ten times that would
~ have been too little, but that pile O
~ twenties looks big to Hiram.
- Our box party don't wait for any
u more excitement. and we clears ou
r. before the reporters gets wind Of what's
= | doin' You should have heard Sadi'
when she got the whole story
-, why. what an outrage says she
= ct never knew that theatrical man.