The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-26

different light than ! had thought OF II
really funny after IL Is all over"
I've been dying to ask you what hap
pened." said Hal. but your face during
the past three days has been dark
enough to keep any one from asking
questions. / suppose fathers friends
from way back home got you anyhow"
No. didn't see any confidence men"
answered Hans. What got me was that
went all the way to New York TO at
tend a wedding and TO see some OF the
sights OF the town over Sunday. and
here ] am back at Lowell again within
twenty-four hours without seeing either
the wedding or any OF the sights and just
about $25 10 the bad"
How could that happen?" asked Hal.
showing much interest
well. 1t was this way" said Hans.
II got TO the Grand Central station ali
right about ten o'clock. The sun was
shining and l was feeling pretty good.
There were lots OF people coming and
going, and the streets outside were SO
crowded ! thought sure there was going
TO be a parade. About half-past one IL
started 10 rain and II rained harder than
II ever rains in Texas or course.
along, and when my sister got there she
didn't have any either II wasn't rain
ing and didn't look like rain when she
left the house where she was visiting
she was all dressed up in her finest
dress with big hat. and looked very
pretty, but 1 couldn't take her on a
street car in that kind OF weather. and
so said, I guess we'll have TO take a
cab She said under the circumstances
she would go in a cab. but that she
would pay for IT, because she knew
couldn't have very much money, /
guess, and she gave me her pocketbook
with some money in 1t. l told her she
had better come with me and we would
find the best way TO get there. She said
street ferry to Broadway, Brooklyn. and
thought II would be cheaper TO take one
cab To the ferry than ride across on the
boat and get another cab on the other
the Twenty third street ferry. and after
we had been riding for about ten min
utes we got there, and when asked
him how much l owed him he said.
he said. Three dollars So / paid three
dollars out of sisters money tshe had
fifteen dollars), though / felt Ike fight
ing, and we rode across the East river
on the ferryboat.
When we got over to the Brooklyn
side II was raining harder than ever,
and ] went out TO look for cab There
was none in sight, so ! telephoned 10
10 be had. And there we were stuck
In Brooklyn in the ferryhouse and the
rain coming down like anything. and no
cabs.
81 said we better walk. but Sis said
no she had an idea. and she started
for the entrance TO the ferry-house.
where ] saw a string OF carriages ap-
preaching. When l caught up to her
saw it was lot OF carriages, bring,
ing people back from funeral and
sister was busy talking TO the driver
OF one of them Finally we explained
things to the people inside, and they
consented to let us have their car
riage and they thought they could get
a carriage on the New York side. al
though it was queer to change a flu
neral carriage into one 10 go TO a we'd
II, l. l,.l.-
where wanted to go: and he sort
OF smiled. but of course ] didn't know
what about. ! soon found out. though.
as after we had gone about four blocks
stopped and the driver got down and
opened the door. saying we were there
! hadn't asked him how much IL would
be. but I told him to wait for us. as il
was time for the wedding and we only
expected 10 be there for a little while.
THE building was one OF those apart
ment houses, my sister told me-a
brand new building with elevators and
This was my first sight OF an apart.
ment house-this was the kind which
had little apartments-four rooms and
getting married had furnished it ur
very nicely, and were going to start
housekeeping right after the wedding
Because they had only little room
they had rented or obtained the use oi
the apartment next door. for people tc
leave their wraps. The boy showed us
in there,
"a maid showed sister into one room
and me into another and said There is
"A brush and comb and clothes brush
in the bathroom II YOU need one,
needed it because / was pretty wet ano
my hair was rumpled ] went into the
bathroom and OF course turned the bolt
| brushed my clothes and combed my
hair and then started to get out. Wher
tried TO turn the bolt IL wouldn't
bulge. You see. this apartment hac
never been occupied. and this bolt In
the door had never been tried, so wner
had turned II to lock II. 1t had worked
all right. but when I tried TO unlock IT
It had stuck tight in the door and
couldn't bulge II. | tried and tried
until my fingers were worn sore and
still | was in there.
THE weather was warm and I was
Derspiring Ike a horse after race
pounded on the door, but nobody couG
hear me, because everybody but sister
and the maid had gone In TO the wed
ding. Sister and the maid were waiting
in the other end OF the apartment fol
me and didn't hear me, About 1fteer
minutes later | began 10 kick the door
and holler BY that time, sister had
begun looking for me, and came to the
door. She asked me why / didn't come
out. and / said l was locked in and
told her TO find somebody. I saw al
once that ! might he in there an hour
or two. so ! said she had better go down
and pay of the cabby,
She said | had all the money so