The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-23
He's Going to Sit Up All
Night on Halloween and
Catch Mischievous Boys.

Il
tshot and the street would be a decent.
livabie place again"
Please don't get mixed up in any
thing like that, William" implOred his
wife. II the boys annoy US this year,
Wen call the police and"
J"Can the police" interrupted her
husband What good would that do?
They're too busy watching each other
ana parading Main street<to look after
Halloween hObOes. Worst little rascaI
in the whole gang last year was the
son OF a salt Lake City policeman. No
STREE Maria, 1 mean TO take a hand
in the game myself this time and III
prosecute any hoodium l catch through
six courts. Mob law won't rule this
burg. Halloween or no Halloween, as
long as I'm above ground.
Didn't you ever play tricks on Hal
loween yourself, when you were a boy,
William inquired Mrs. Crouch Il IA
sure I've heard you tell about them"
Well. did 1? Say il was great-in a
little country town back there in Michi-
gan. The crowd used to be up all night
and Won wouldn't know the place bv
daylight. Carried the deacOn's buggy
up the church steeple. We took il apart
and then set II up again. He sWOre like
an old warhorse when he found il and
there was talk of chuTching him.
Couldn't blame the old geezer, for it
took six men week 10 get il out Of
that tsn-foot sidewalk down by the
old hridge-ripped up a mile of II one
night and dumped il in the river. Lord
what row that made, but boys VIII
"Oh. you make me tired. William
Crouch, with your boys will be boys.
It's no worse for US than old Deacon
Bennett and the folks at home TO put
up with your doings. Let the boys
alone-HallOween only comes once a
year"
Lot of UnIieked Cubs.
Not on your life don't let them
alone. We were a lot of unlocked cubs,
and they ought to have been smart
age was so great then and we let poor
folks places alone. Now, these city
buns destroy property the owners can't
afford 10 repair and that's going darn
! sight too far. Remember old man
Smiths gate they took off and let the
COW out. Found the gate in marsh
a week later, and the COW was killed by
I an engine on the Rio Grande road. II
II hadn't been for your Ladies Aid so
eiely The old fellow would have starved
last winter"
Besides the ohumps that go around
now don't set any fun out OF Hal
lOWeen. The limit OF their intelligence
is 70 destroy. Window glass, fence
pickets. shrubbery. garden seats. any
thlng they can get their fool hands on
10 smash. Wonder il the police ever
got the gang that ruined the trees and
shrubbery in Federal Heights a year or
SO ago. They ought TO be in jail for
sport. wasn't it Must have taken
high-class intellect 10 plan that sort
OF a game.
college boys usually put over Hal
loween stunts that have some go TO
them. Expect that bunch on the hin 10
I break out about the thirty-first. and
the whole school get suspended in con
sequence. Remember the tar they set
I Inn inc a afar..a ant
couldn't put it out in a week? Glad
We lived at the other end Of town that
time Say, but they got what was COM
ing 10 them all right-time they dec
GRATED the mail boxes with stickers.
Uncle Sam didn't do a thing TO that
outfit, oh my, no"
Stin interested in the Halloween dis
cussiOn. Mr.. Crouch informed his wife
after dinner that evening that he
would go over TO Bassett's for half an
hour
Want to fix up that vigilance COM
mittee," he said The blamed tOughs
won't have things an their own way
as they did last year il can help IL.
Cost me Just ss5.S7, and here's the
Mending fence and replacing
pickets Observation-Disclosures. Sl1.37
Electric bell. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. zoe
Painting front porch ............. 1900
Two window panes. .-.-.-.-.... S.5G
Three young trees valued at S.
70 70 - H s s s = % e. FOL o. 10 s o. q o. o. b.
Repairs in eeliarway ............ 1890
$685.
/ Mr.. Bsssett was OF the opinion. when
| appealed 10, that nothing could be
done. Except call on the police" he
! said. You don't want to get mixed
up In this. Crouch. and have a case
/ OF manslaughter on your hands. \
i bulldog or the hose would scare them
off All right. but l have a picture of
/ YOU sitting up in the cold all night
/ watching thA front gate. You'd pay
S65 for a good nights rest any old
n time and you know IT,"
II "Oh. helli' calculated Mr.. Crouch,
Back out OF Il if YOU want to. IN
/ get those chumps this year If I have
II 10 shoot up the town So long Bas-
/ sett. It's a black night outside. and
raining. Must be getting home or the
i missus will worry"
II Through several dark streets Mr.
/ Crouch made his way homeWards. As
he neared his own house a man left
II the sidewalk and turned into the mid
/ die OF the roadway. stopping near a
II huge pile OF dirt left by a cOntrac-
tor. A moment later Mr.. Crouch saw
/ behind a tree that lay in his path.
II Suspects HoId-Up.
II 'sHoid-up, sure" observed MIR.
/ Crouch 10 himself. and grasped his
/ umbrella securely. Locks moro
scared than l am and it's dead certain
n I'D bolt II there was half chance.
Likely he's got a gun or knuckles. 50
/ its Little Willie 10 the tall timber
1 at the first drop Of the hat. Con-
found IL. / can't stand here in the rain
ali night waiting 10 be held up Shoot,
IL you Will. this old gray head. and
/ so on. but don't scare a fellow half
! 10 death. Oh, i say, Watson" he
I yelled. What are you doing behind
I that tree. Come out OF il. old man.
l won't hurt you"
That you. Grouchg" said a relieved
voice Lord. took you for a hold-up.
4 What made you dodge when you turned
I into this streets?
"Weli / dunno Watson It's just
case OF a peaceable citizen walking
along with his umbrella in the rain.
Must have hold-ups on your brain.
Make a rafting good policeman. you
would. Watson. Say, don't you want
10 sit up with ne Halloween and get
that gang OF ruffians that broke your
fence last year,