Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1909-09-03

me this. They included everything
from stems to silk stockings. There
was box for the opera. and a smok.
ing set.
At the moment OF observing the latter,
] looked up TO see man emerging
from the crush about the doorway.
At first | thought he might be re.
porter. but not after I could see more
OF him than the top OF his head. He
was a dollhouse specimen OF human.
ity. clothed in irreproachable after.
noon dress, and he was going to play
cards all OF the glorious fall after
noon with ESQ women, or, to be exact,
279-he would make the two hundred
and eightieth. He was young, too.
and looked able to swing a golf club
or even do a vans work In the world.
The women swept down on him In
platoons; only one little chlckadee
stayed away, and she. could see by
the way her soft eyes followed him,
was In love with that card-playing i'm.
itation OF a man.
BY this time, the arrivals having
all arrived received their score.cards
and found their places with the help
OF an indigo bunting. a purple martin,
four screech owls and n belted king.
fisher detailed for the task: the fiut-
ter subsidized somewhat. though not the
chattering. for play had not begun.
/ retired to the outskirts of the
scene to get a comprehensive view
OF my ayiary. A boy bugler blew rev.
ellie, and they we're of. They were
good for two and a half hours. dur.
Ing which | must sit and watch for
something To make story.
A voice suddenly raised above the
general clucking sent my self.abase.
ment flying and made me sit up and
take notice at once. Like a shot
was over In the corner where the
commotion was. but II proved TO be
only a trifiing difference of opinion
that was soon settled.
sim. the game was beginning to
warm up. by the fourth round varI.
Gus expressions that anyone familiar
with euchre knows. were stealing over
most OF the women's faces. Some got
the prize-hunger in their eyes, others
bent over the cards with the eager
look OF those who play for excite.
ments sake, while still others-well,
they were wasting time gambling for
mere bric-a.brac and trinkets worth
only few dollars.
"A for the Only Man, amused my.
self by inventing suitable titles for
him. He was the Belle OF the Ball,
the Flower OF the Flock. and couldn't
decide between the Jack OF Hearts
and the Two-spot
The room as well as the game was
warming up. and the air--how these
women stayed In II from choice was
beyond me. Several windows were
opened by the hotel attendants. but
the players nearest them complained
of draughts and they had to be closed
down.
The sixth game closed and the WON.
en- iostled each other Co get In their
places for the seventh. Mrs. Sparrow
glared at her new partner, Mrs. Gray
Owl, who played sleepily, and Mrs.
Hawk wore the look of martyr when
she found herself for the third time
opposite Mrs, Bluejay, who. II trans
PRED, had never played euchre before,
and had come innocently expecting to
be shown how. She was
AT last Taps sounded, and then
the real excitement began: what had
gone before was merely preliminary.
Before the last note of the bugle had
died away the prize table looked like
bargain counter No third.rate de-
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