Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1910-09-23

weeks DenlHu on ueT rent anu hlnuOst
starving to death. She's so thin you
can see through her. and when she
Amt painting she's crying"
Seems to be a sad case"
you bet! Heap sadder case than
mine was few minutes ago. Say, II
you are gent you ought to go up and
see her. She's your style. She's q
born lady She talks so big we can't
hardly understand her. oh, she's
been top of the heap, but had to come
down. guess It's what they call q
romance. Mebbe she wouldn't see
you, though. She never sees stran.
gers" {
"And her manner" asked Denham.
without much interest.
I'VE call her the painter lady. but
one day she told me might call her
Bah"
What! What"
SAY don't scare a girl to death.
Lawks! but chewed my heart that
time. Yes, l call her Bab-Miss Bah.
| amt hight nun up to call her Bah
alone. Twouldn't be manners"
Can you describe herr"
Blue eyes, chestnut hair. white
teeth, and real lady. One OF my
shoes would make pair for her. Got
slim hands. Never uses slang. Goes
without eatin' two days and then pre-
tends she isn't bit hungry. If l was
gent like you I'd go up and see
lady like her. II you'll come with me
I'll introduce you. I'll say:
Miss Bah. this is the gent as
saved your last ten cents and gave
fellow the awfulest kick you ever
saw"
There had been a young lady named
Bah two years before. She was hun.
dreds of miles away when Rex Den.
ham last saw her. She had widowed
mother who was fairly we'll OF Bah!
Bah. The name spoken stirred him.
II there was Bah in trouble she
should have aid. II the girls descrip.
ton was correct
Got to go into the butcher shop
| after mutton to make broth" said his
companion. "They might give you the
guy II you went in with me. Don't
| make a sneak while I'm in there"
| She found Denham waiting when
she came out. II would have taken
two stalwart policemen to move him
| on.
Say" said the girl, crackers 60
with mutton broth, but haven't the
cash. Butcher got 1t all and then
said was too chin-chin besides. Want
to buy EN- for Bab?"
| nanhap, accommodated har 40 an daH
catessen store and filled a basket
with goodies, and then insisted on
carrying 1t home for her She walked
along beside him with her head held
very high, and when spoken to by a
girl she knew her austere reply was.
Anna, can't you see l am walking
with real gentleman"
The mother could tell little more
than the daughter. It was a cheap
rooming house, Yes. the painter lady
was lady. It was easy enough to see
that She was something OF an art.
list. but her pictures would not sell.
She had sold most OF her wardrobe,
but had fallen behind The descrip-
ton was right
And not a word to her." said Den.
ham. She'll ask. but make no ex-
plantations Coax her to eat and get
strong. Cheer her up a bit. Take
this money and buy whatever she
thinks she can eat II she doesn't
improve Wen have doctor. I'll send
in wine from the drug store, and to-
morrow evening I'll call again"
Ma, don't you see how II is?" said
the girl to her puzzled parent. I'VE
take in lady. She can't pay She
comes down TO hard-pan. take her
last ten cents to get her mutton for
broth, and / meets a gent who res
cues me and canes and kicks a loafer
Straight as a Decline, ma. | tell the
gent the lady is Bah, and he can't
stand still Romance ma-romance!
Romance, and | am in II! You are
going to see high links around this
hotel"
Denham came on the morrow He
came on the next day and the next
On the third day Miss Bah was re.
ported better and he went up softly
TO find her trying TO work He was
not introduced. There was no need
OF II. 1t was two hours before he
came down and announced that the
landlady was TO lose her roomer
In two hours much can be told
many misapprehensions set right The
two years had seen death-chicanery
false friends-illness, despair-pov-
erty, but brighter day had dawned.
AS the carriage drove away the
landladys daughter began to smile
And what's the matter with your
WAS asked.
Just my luck. II hadn't told him
about Miss Bah he'd have married
! mel"