The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-12

mi dollars an seventeen cents, [ maxi
v it, announced Slas Gooble, wettIn!
his pencil and laboriously making
sprawling figure 3 beneath the long column
of figures before him. ''What do You git
Hiln
- [ reckon YOU re right. boss replied Hi
ram. his lankv bookkeeper, and the chief
clerk. delivery boy. and man Of all work al
Goodies General Store, squirting at his own
figure covered page. 90 cause that s what
rit to a cent-nineteen, thutty-three, seven
teen
Mr. Gooblc leaned back in his rickety Of
flee char and abscntly fingered his scraggly
beard. THAT s hull lot of money to have
out IN book accounts. Hiram, - he remarked
thoughtfulv.
.Yessir.. It's that. sir assepted Hiram.
"Ff | had that in cash | could discount
all nv bills Hiram gloomilv continued Mr.
Goobe.
'.Ycssir. | reckon You could. SIT . Hiram
knew very little about discounting bllis, ou'
kc know from Mr. Goobe's look that 1t was
something 10 feel bad about, so his voice
was correspondinely gloomy.
"Ef I had that money ] could raise yofe
salary Hiram went on Mr.. Gooble, medl-
4, tstively chewing tho end of his pencil,
'Yessir, YOU could that. sir e1ciaimed
Hrani. his face Frightening joyfully at the
prospect This was a matter that dlram
did know something about, aud the very
thought of such thing Immediately raseu
his spirits several degrees. He gr,nned con"
tempIativelv and cleared his throat as II TO
speak further. but the weight or hls feehngs
overcome him and nc lapscd into silence
again
Mr. G0oble sat upright in his char and
hegan turning the leaves of the ledger #h,ch
Law before him. lie gruutcd desPondentIy
several times as his eyes rested upon pages
full OF long closely written accounts rms
survey Of the graveyard of his cash caPltdl
evidently brought HIM no pleasant memo
ries. for he soon slammed the book shut with
groan.
''Hi. " he said with conviction, We gotter
e 'lect them accounts.
''Nessir'' agreed Hiram, wisely nodding
his head ''we eotter do it-that s what you
said ristlddy sir How be we agoiu to do
It, sir?
How be we gon TO do it!'' sarcastical-
" repeated Mr. GoobIe ''Plsggone it. ef /
knowed that, do YOU reckon I'd be askin
YOU fer advice1 allowed as mebbe you
had some scheme fer -
''Me?'' interrupted Hiram in a tone Of in
credulous smazement ''Gosh ding. Why,
hoss,.yT dunno nawthin about it tall ex'
ceptin what -
Now Hi. cut in Mr. Gooble. "you
lookey here! Hero 5 all this money tied up
in book accounts what : plumb good, ever
one of en-. but they Jest won Z pay, We
writ 'em and vc writ em, and | We talked
TO EN- ontil ever tooth in my head is rattlln
mt they sticks 10 their money wnsser n a
cuckleburr 10 hoss. Now. We thought il
al out: | want that money, an YOU We been
wantin raIse in yore salary an when you
fieger out way TO git that coin ] II he
plumb tckel to give you that raise. So it s
YOU to eit hustle on. See?'
But, boss, expostulated Hiram. "l -
. Hi cbuckled his employer. turning back
TO his desk with grin, ''you better 60 to de-
liver Mis- Beaslev IS coal lie. ~
Hiram waved his arms excitedly. "Now,
boss, he began. "lemme tell you -
Hiram, sharply broke in Mr.. Gooble,
''there amt nawtbin' more to be said you
60 deliver Mis- Beasley's coal lie
Hiram glared helplessly at his employer
for moment, then picking mp Mrs. Beas-
leys coal oil can. he staked out of the
store.
The next dav al noon Hiram. rushing into
the store from his dinner took his surprised
employer by the arm and led that wonder
ing gentleman for back into a corner Of the
room behind the potato bin. - Boss he
whispered excitedly. 81 We got if. by ding
Following mp the dazed Mr. Gooble who
was backing away in some alarm, Hiram
launched into au excited explanation Of his
scheme
Mr. Gooble, calming down. listened at.
tentIvely but somewhat deiectedly
"Where lie git all that dope!'' he grunt.
ed distrustfully.
'' You know that advertisin' Teller from
N York what's a.summerin' down to
nav 's!' explained his clerk "WelI. he
dished it up fer me last night Purity good
scheme I think, it II shore elect them bills
if anything II do it,
"But. Hi protested Mr.. Gooble, lit
mought mean some trouble ef any of them
old fossils was to git het up about it, /
ain I no fightin man and YOU his glance
wandered over his assistant 5 angular form