The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-28
Married Life
the Third
Year
|vnyren Breaks Into an
Empty Shop and Res
c,,es a Starring Kitten
MABEL HERBERT URNER

MAREL HERBERT uRNEf
,a. an empty basement shop.
faded red and white pole ana
half-eTased lettering
showed that the last tenant nau
beer barber. oored over
~ as is the custom IN einpV
I{n s'" keep the passerbN from
1!es. Tho barrenness and diTt
Ithin. ,.oso details Helen did not
Nv sha saV only the head OF
1pes. tSt,en Lylng against the glass
ayblch IL had rubbed OIL ehoush
sss soap 10 be seen, Ihere was
ashina In the way the kitten lAy
~ made her hurry DOWN the s'ep'
ne :, aeed? Helen tapped against
"E,.. blIt there was no motion.
snsd again with the metal clasp
n,yse This time It's eyes nall
~ ana A raised Its head, but
tried 10 struggle TO ITS feet
* sn,l hack weakly with a sound
aituation was plain. The kit
rss besn shut up In this empty
Bow long had II been there!
CARVING condition told OF many
'9s,.r sSook the door. but II was
~ ~ nourse She went back and
"a ,brn,Igh the clear place OF the
.ssvrsS window into the empty
~ rbere we're q few boards. some
shelvIne. a broken chair, and
m rubbish In corner-nothins
i..,n she tarped on the window
a again tho kitten raised Its head
"A iSsked al her piteously, but this
~ made no effort 10 stand,
Iiow could she get II out? she ran
La The next door. dingy loGk-
,ish shop, An old man was Ming
fey. He could hardly speak Eng
and only shrugged his shoulders
her excited questions.
~ d,d,l't know anything about the
III ar the empty shop. Didn't re-
c,nbari how long II had been va
III And when Helen asked fran
raily for the ianitor or caretaker,
h. answered sullenly that there
.1fn't anv. The grating sound OF the
III and the mans indifference was
uofe than she could stand.
Policeman.
r1n. She couldn't go In there, She
coked around In despair. II was
nor neirhborhood mostly Italians.
NJ had conoe over in search OF the
lace where Mrs, Stevens bought her
|iye oil And II was Ia looking for
Ma rtace that Helen had chanced TO
~ This wretched little kitten.
What could she do2 The kitten
fusi be gotten out at once. or. II
|culd be too late. Even now II might
TOO weak to live.
n only she could find policeman,
Nd there vas none in sight She
M I'D 30 the next corner and then
l h To the next. but there WAS still
\ n ofhcer. She hurried on still an
| <hof block. and then saw one fur
I hfr On In the center OF the street
| When she rushed up to him and
| Tctthlesslv told her story. he an
Urfsd stolldly:
Sorry. ma'am. but I can't leave
~ beat. guess the cat amt starv-
Vt ltll get all the rats II wants"
r9b. but It's a little tiny kitten,
Nt Too Young 70 catch rats"
Hereby Indignant. Helen started
<k 10 the empty shop. on the way
passed a drug store with n ia
Nr blue telephone sign. For
pent she paused uncertainty be-
the door. and then entered de-
ulnedly The phone was on
.1ier IN the rear. Quickly she
Il par. are you very busy?" she
nod excitedly
IA Nell. I'm not exactly twirlIng my
ubs. Why"
n on. couldn't you come up here?
res wretched little kitten locked
~ empty shop. It's so weak II
etand! | can't get anybody TO
me get II OUT Oh, CAN'T you
Leave my work on some wild
e chase for a stray cat? What
qn take me !or?'
~. but Warren IL YOU could only
ION, ] KNOW you'd GOMEZ It's
sN and SO pitiful-it tries to
nttlf to its feet and then falls
and looks at me so piteously,
wish sob IN her voice. think
1ht poor little thing being shut
|pa 'here for DAYS without food or
t'YE' And It's so helpless! Oh, II
4ou't come" with a sob 'T don't
IN, what I'll do. / can't leave II
WI ~ Ike that
eSe vas a pause and then he said
enre always letting YOUR feel
TN a@ay with YOU. But I sup
mlgnt as well leave now
re Is this pIace?''
slw Helen told him where Il
ana That the elevated would
mm within q couple OF blocks.
a. she would walt there until
pI Y, what on earth are you doing
Oth hakf ~
hy. dear. came oyer ~ ,ook
81 ner olive oil"
D pWts see here" as the though.
%. 2ceurrsd 10 him, ~ that place
A pty II must be to let. why
- sou telephone TO the agent?
~ ns name on the signf"
DXs isnt any sign It's a 1T
" nullding, and there isn't any
IA d wi earetsker. or anything. Oh"
a q Come" ''' '''' 3Aib
Jur there's nothing To get work
10 s"puI v"I as he detected tears
. s1 ,9ice. .h III I said I'd come, I
,suf '"sre IN twenty minutes"
- r TO the Rescue.
what Warren could do when
H como, Helen did not know. but
~ sure that somehow he would
lkyI27 hl!'en out. She went back
4 nj eo before tho chop. The
= Ip IrassinE By her cazed at her
u Az length she caught sight
o W w s,r,uinG un the street.
!, a, sno ran TO meet him and
'''h down TO the shop win
90. That Is a weak little beg
b! ~ ne STONED down and peered
= ~ tne clear space In the glnss
"A fcIe' nh outrage. Where's The
Du v re turned and shook II