The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-24
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It out loud 7 keeps on gaggfn' the
part through. and tryin' TO show 'em
where the plot is weak in the knees.
but little by little I'm slippin' over the
edge.
Was you ever accused Of being an
Earl, Irish OF otherwise? Then you
can't get any idea what it's like. It
goes to your head like the third glass
of fiZz. Before 7 know il. I'm throwing
a picture on the screen Of me and
Sadie, as the Earl and EaTiess Of En-
nfscOrthy, aTrivin back from Dublin,
with Mrs. Aston and Mrs. Fish waitin'
for US on the pier, and the reserves
eiubbin' back the reporters. I listens
without kick while Sadie plans how
| she'll rebuild the old castle, put in
! steam, porcelain baths. and electric
lights, and make me a birthday present
Of the improvements. She has it all
figured out how Wen spend our sum-
mers there, and who We'll ask 10 visit
US the first season.
And Mr.. Fitzgerald SAYS We ought
to begin right away" says she, with
our suit to have the title and estates
restored. Shorty. don't you feel a lit
tie sta ggered by it ALP
did; but I want admittin as much.
We has the Fitzgeralds stay.to dinner;
and when Pincluey drops in later in the
evenin, the whole story has to be gone
I UFGi AUl HIS UtilDllt- If EitlthilEN q Only
| slipped me the ha-ha, it would have
/ brought me out of my trance but not
| him. Hes just ready to lake an Earl
| on faith e the rest of his set.
"MeCabe, Earl Of Euniscorthy,' says
/ he. rOllin it under his tongue like it
! tasted good That's ripping, you
/ know. Shorty. I always said you had
good blood in you.
/ "G'wan," says +. but ] says it mighty
/ faint I 81 In no h-~~r Al
all that night I rolls around on the
/ pillow with things like that runnin'
/ through my head.
Next day 1 tries to work It of: but
4 there's no fOTgettin' the Earl business
| with Swiftly Joe around. He didn't
/ dare to say it out loud. but I knew
| what ne was WhisDerin' to himself
every five minutes. And for ali I can
| do l feels myself swellin up inside.
] 1 was still hOldin of on Eivin' iE
/ 10 anybody. though. sayiH I wanted
/ time to think it over. The Fitzgeralds
I agrees to that quick enough. for Sadie
has put 'em up at a good Broadway
/ hotel. besides sdvancin' a roll for
! spendin' money. On Friday I was to
meet Talbot and take him to luncn
/ while he lays out just what moves he
proposes to take to land me in the
! peerage along side Of Dunraven and
Clsnc9rty.
Well he was on hand prompt, loOkin'
swell and fancy in new silk lid, and
swingin' a new cane. We settles down
at corner table. and Talbot was Just
maxim a few notes on the back of the
| wine card, when / looks up to see some
one gfvin' me the glad hail from the
other side of the room. It's my old
side partner, LeOnidas Dodge, him with
the lemon colored hair and the rain
bow disposition. So of course I sig
nails for him to drift over.
Glory be-" says he. but the fates
are kndl Do YOU know. shorty, my
boy, I was wondering, not two days
ago. how you And then he gets a
/ glimpse OF Talbot. What" says he.
The only original Duke OF Dubini"
and he slams the Fitzgerald on the
graft?"
Talbot turns white. all but his nose,
and he comes back with the Tefriger-
ated stare. "Beggin' your pardon,
sir" says he; but you have the adj
vantage of me, / think"
"Oh-ho." chuckIes Leonidas- Then
it's the first time on record that any
one ever got the best of SOapy Bag
ster Drop it, old man; you're among
friends. Still tinkering up the -peerage;
eh. Soapy?'
II It's a mistake" gurgles Tai
bot gatherin' up his hat and cane Il
have an engagement" and before We
can grab him he's sCoOted through q
side door.
Wei. inside of three minutes LeOni-
das is toyin with the drinks the Old
gent has ordered. while I'm iistenin
to some personal history that makes me
feel foolish from my toes up. Seems
that Dodge had known this SOapy gent
on and off for years. He'd tried to ring
Leonidas in as helper once, on a Span
ISL prisoner scheme but Mr.. Bagster s
long suit was disCoverin lost heirs for
Scotch and irish estates, his lay be-
Ing to pick cut some one with an old
/ country name and dough enough 10
make it worth while.
Wasn't trying to interest you in
anything Of the kind, was he?" says
Leonidas.
Well says 7. ''he did mention some
: thing about my haviu' a likeness to the
/. late Earl of Enniscorthy.'
Late Earl is good says Dodge,
poundiu' his knee. THE nerve of that
. man. to use that old yarn again. Why,
say. Shorty. I lNAlsd that up once, just
: for sport. There hasn't been an Earl
I of F,nniscorthy for over three hundred
years. But little thing like that
wouldn't bother SOapy- What's wrong
/ en-? You're l0okin' off your color, my
/ boy. Liver cl06ged?i
No" SAYS 7. only a soft spot I'm
! my head that ! didn't know was there.
! Glad you came i'm. Leonidas. Order UP,
and 90 as far as you like This is
2 on me"
As soon as gets 4 chance I tele-
! phones 40 Sadie if the Fitzgeralds show
up again to have the house detective
run EN- out the back way; and ] tells
+ her why. She won't believe It, though,
and calls in Mrs. Purdy-PelL who's a
sharp on all kinds Of mobiles. NsH1!
: Purdy-Peu indorses what LeOnidas has
, said.
. But the Fitzes know when 10 keep
! away. The worst Of it was, though,
! sadie'd just paid their board for a
, week in advance, and it's their laugh.
Even at that ] don't believe Sadie is
sore on EN-. or has let go Of the notion
that maybe / might be a mislaid Earl,
Z after all
Anyway" says she, that coat OF
, arms looks perfectly stunning on my
blue note paper"
''Whatl'' says L You amt Dinched
: the pigs head and the crows, have
$ you?"
: "Of course have" says Sadie.