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

came, but there was no way for him 10
get the monkey wrench 10 me. Finally
he said he would so round to the other
apartment across the oirshaft, and II l
would hang out of the window on one
side he would do the same on the other
and could reach the monkey wrench.
we did this and both OF us got soaked
good and hard by the rain, but man
aged 10 get hold OF the wrench by hang
ing onto the w!ndow-sll by my toes. |
was pretty mad by that time, but l
Knew I'd get out quick now so ] walked
up to the door. put the wrench on the
KNOB which was flat on both sides, and
gave her mighty twist, and crack! the
KNOB broke off square and l was worse
off that ever.
Then the people outside suggested
taking the pins out of the hinges, which
was a good idea. but 1 couldn't take
them out with monkey wrench. so
driver and hammer. After another half
hour he appeared at the window across
the airshaft again, and / got the tools
and another ducking from the rain and
started 10 work on the hinges.
The pins were in TO stay, but
managed 10 get them out in three quar-
ters OF an hour and told the folks out
door Woudnf bulge, You Sise see. the the bolt ,
on the other side of the door was Just
long enough to hold the door tight, and
1t couldn't be opened even then.
by that time IL was o'clock and the
janitor got an axe and broke out the
lower panels with that. and | finally
erawled out. Just as | did So three po-
outside | could hear the fire gongs.
Somebody looked out of the window and
there was a hook and ladder company.
which had come in answer to the tele-
phone call OF one of the guests and were
going to get me out by way OF the
bathroom window. The wedding how
ever was over the bride was in hys~
terics and there was nothing left to do.
since It pniDipU orJ hy1t 20
get another cab back to New York In
the hope Of getting to the station in
time TO enable sister TO catch the S;03
train for Westchester. the town she was
visiting in and where they were giving
card party in her honor that night, l
was 10 so, too.
I'VE arrived at the station at exactly
500 p. m. The cab fare was So. The
next train she could get would he
p. m, and we hadn't had bite to eat
since noon There was nothing to do bu,
to have some dinner which l was in no
mood for, We went to one OF the hotels
nearby and ate little something. When
| the waiter brought me the bill. II was
| $3.50 and never paid over 90 cents for
good dinner In my life. l had paid
SIS in cash for three different cab rides
one Of ten minutes, So. one OF FIVE min
utes, $40; and one OF an hour, SIS. FIJI
| teen dollars OF this was sisters money.
| The dinner cost me $3.50 Of my own
| money ] had spent on wedding which
| / didn't see and on a trip to New York
on which l saw nothing but a lot OF
| thieving cabbies,
by that time ! was so angry was red
| in the face, and the madder | got the
| more sister laughed. until l got out of
patience with her and put her on her
| train, while | took the sleeper for Lowell,
and / have been mad at things in general
ever since until now. when ! began to
| think II was laughable myself. after IL
is all over. though 1t cost a lot of money.
and | dldn't see much of the big city
While Hans was telling this, Hal sat
in his chair and roared and laughed un
I'll he couldn't laugh any more. II must
have been awfully funny with Hans tell
ing IL in his peculiar way. Hal said
finally he thought Hans had had a pret-
" good time riding around in cabs all
day just like real New Yorker. but
Hans said he had enough OF riding in
cabs, and he didn't like weddings any
how,
After a while Hal finished his let
ter and went into his own room. Then
he sat down to write the story OF Hans's
experience in New York 10 his folks.
He started in with new sheet OF paper
and Just for fun ne wrote u out like
story. heading and all. The heading was
like this
Going 10 a Wedding in Brooklyn
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