The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-28

Say, you wouldn't guess it, but I've
been thinkin' so hard for the last few
days it's a wonder 1 amt developed
burrows on the brow. Ever DO much of
s4fyourself? Well, don't begin. 1t only
lgets your mind all churned up, and
yeven If you do happen to puzzle out an
3nswer to something or other, ten to
one it amt a true bill. So what would
be the use?
Sometimes I get the notion I'd be
better off If 1 had d loft that was
empty altogether. Now look at Swiftly
Joe. Longs he amt separated from
his regular meals, and knows that he
still has the clutch on his job, he don't
do any more worrying than a kitten
sleepin' in the sun. But me! Why, a
little thing like runnin up against such
a chap as Ogden Beverley gets me ask
in myself conundrums.
What | want to know is right here:
If this Mr. Beverley stands for the last
word in the perfect gent line, about
how far down on the list between him
and the educated pig am I? Eth? Too
hot a day to be followin' up a line like
that? Maybe. Bat you wait until
you've put I'm a few hours with one OF
the Ogden Beverley brand, and perhaps
you'll be doin' some guessin' yourself
II was my little trip into the woods
that got me up against him so close
Course, I'd seen him before; but wed
always been able to dodge each other
so 1 hadn't got any real line on him
But this time there was no duckin'.
You see, Sadie had gone to the Ad-
irOndacks with the Blocker Fish crowd
for a week, and she sends word that
they're havin' such a bully time she's
goin' TO stay over, and 1 must come uI
Friday night. Well, / amt registerin
any kick on that program I'm just
about ripe for a couple of days off
specially at a joint like this San Susie
camp of the Fishes.
They're the kind of folks that be-
lieves in goin' back to nature and TAX
IN all the comforts of home along with
'em. They do their roughin' 1t in a nice
little twenty-room shack. Nothin' but
rocks and logs outside; and hardwood
floors. electric lights. Turkish rugs and
porcelain baths inside. With the aid
of a French chef and about a dozen
other help, they manage TO live the
simple life without gettin' any cal
louses on their hands or strainin' their
backs.
Take the three-seventeen mountain
express" says Sadie over the long dis
lance phone. land Henri will meet you
with the car at PauPs. Mrs. Fish wants
you to look out for a maid she's ex-
peEllnRs see THAT she CQtilSS Out Will
the others There1l be Sally DTessler
and Ogden Beverley on the same
train"
How nice!" says L ANY instruc-
ton about them ?"
No, of course not says she; "only
don't shock Ogden any more than you
can help. He's been invited up ex-
pressIy to entertain Lady Ellen Bung-
thorpe"
"Bung which," says I.
n"Thorpe-Bung- thorpe. Oh, spell il
Eourself!" says Sadie. "She's expected
sometime before Sunday. Great swell,
YOU know. Fathers a big artist;
mother writes books; and Lady Ellen
is a six-cylinder highbTow herself Sc
we lust had to send for Ogden. We're
such a frivolous bunch UP here that
we simply had to have some one like
him to take the curse off"
IF you ask me-" says 1, I'D say bet
ter let the curse stay on. He gives me
goosefiesh IN the soul, Ogden does"
Too bad about you. Shorty" says
she. Forget him, and remember the
. maid"
But that's easier said than done The
first party I seas after I've got through
the gate is this Ogden gent, pacin' u
and down the platform, finishing a CT
garette before the train starts. And
say, for all his other points, ] wish
could wear clothes the way he does
Course, / might shy the gray CATERS
and maybe I wouldn't have the front Il