The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-28

| is the way OF rivals-they do not avoid
| and glover at one another; they convene
and converse and onstrue--striving by
the art polite to estimate the strength
OF the enemy.
One day there came a dark horse to
Paloma. young lawyer who at once
Haunted his shingle and himself spec
tacularly upon the town. Ills name was
c. Vincent Nesey, You could see at
glance that he was a recent graduate
| of southwestern law school His Prince
brimmed soft black hat, and narrow
white muslin bow tie proclaimed that
more loudly than any diploma could.
yesey wa Was comp93ul5d S3Il9 OF Daniel Web 20
and Little Jack Horner. His coming
doomed Paloma,. The next day after he
, arrived an addition TO the town was sur
veyed and laid off in lots
OF course. Vesey. to further his pro-
fessional fortunes, must mingle with the
cltizenrry and outliers OF Paloma- And.
bound to seek popularity with the gay
dogs Of the place. So Jacks and Bud
Cunningham and 7 came to be honored
by his acquaintance,
have been discredited had not vesey seen
lleen Hinke and become fourth in the
tourney Magnificently, he boarded at
Partisan restaurant; but he came m to be be
a formidable visitor In the Hinkle parlor
His competition reduced Bud to an In
spired increase Of profanity drove Jacks
sounded more horrible than the most
made me dumb with gloom.
For Nesey had the rhetoric Words
| flowed from him like oil from a gusner
| Hyperbole, compliment, praise. apprecia-
! tion. honeyed gallantry, golden opinions.
eulogy and unveiled panegyrlc We'd with
speech. We had small hopes that neen
could resist his oratory and Prince AL
bert
But day came that gave us coura ge.
| About dusk one evening I was sitting
on the little gallery in front of the Hinkle
| parlor. waiting for Tleen to come when
the room with her father, and old Man
| Hinlle began 70 talk TO her. ] had Oh
served before that he was a shrewd man.
and rH nos gn}Rhilosophic sg}d los I MOTTO, .,or ,,
or four young fellers that have been
| calm to see you regular for quite a
while, Is there any. one of EN- you Ike
better than another?"
Of EN- very we'll I think Nr. Cunning
ham and Mr.. Jacks and Mr.. Harris are
very nice young men. They are so frank
and honest In everything they say to
me. l haven't known MIR, Vescy very
| long. but think he's a very nice young
man. he's so frank and honest In every
thing he says TO me"
Now; that's what I'm gettin' at says
you like people what tell the, truth and
don't go hum-bugsin' you with comph
make test OF these fellers. and see
which one of 'em will talk the straightest
TO YOU
"But how'll do II, pap
"Iu tell you how. You know YOU sing
a little bit Iy; YOU took music lessons
nearly two years in Logansport, It
wasn't long but 1t was all we could af
didn't have any voice, and it was a
waste OF money to keep on. Now, sup
pose you ask the felers what they think
OF 'em tells you. The man thatn tell
you the truth about itll have a mighty
lot OF nerve, and'll do to tie to, What
do. you think OF the plan"
"Al1 right pa said Ileen II think
| it's a good idea III try IT,"
Ileen and Mr., Hnkle went out OF The
room through the inside door, Unob-
Jacks was "a. his telegraph table wait
! ing for eight 90 clock to come II was
| Buds night In town. and when he rode
In I repeated the conversation to them
I both. ! was loyal TO my rivals, as all
/ true admirers OF all Ileens should be.
Simultaneously the three Of us We're
smitten by an uplifting thought Surely
the contest He, with his unctuous fiat
! terry. would be driven from the lists.
/ Well we remembered Ieen's love OF
| frankness and honesty-how she treas
| ured truth and candor above vain com
| plment and Establishment.
Linking arms, We did grotesque dance
| OF Joy up and down the platform, sing
| ing Muldoon Was a Solid Man at the
| top of our voices.
| That evening four Of the willow rock
Ing chairs were filled besides the lucky
! one that sustained the trim figure OF
| Miss Hineie. Three OF US awaited with
| suppressed excitement the application Of
the test. II was tried on Bud FIRST.
MIR, Cunningham said 1een. with
| her dazzling smile, after she had sung
When tho Leaves Begin 10 Turn what
\ do you really think Of my voice? Frankly