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Show MAYOR'S BODY GUARD HAS PECK OF TROUBLE If any person believes a Mayor's secretary secre-tary doesn't havo his troublea. Just let him ask Lou Johnson about tho matter and tho belief will bo dispelled. It was about 4:30 ycctcrday afternoon when Mr. Johnson was ccen standing at tho door of tho .Mayor's offlco fumbling in his pockctB for a key. The door wa3 locked and tho key was on the Inside. One of tho arduous duties of a Mayor's secretary ln Salt Lake Is to take a stand In the outer room and, Cerberus-like, guard the door of tho Inner sanctum where the hoBts that call dally to seo the Mayor are admitted ln their turns, one at a time. The secretary has numerous nnswers to make to all sorts of queries, some of which puzzlo him now and then, and he takes off his coat to the task. Consequently he was locked out yesterday yester-day ih hl3 shirt sleeves. Hc had stepped out only for an Instant, leaving his coat and hat behind. The Mayor had left some tlmo beforo and, presumably, slipped tho catch on tho door. AVhen tho secretary .fully realized his Plight and recollected that his bunch of keys was In his coat pocket, ho started In search of tho Janitor Now, the Mayor's office is on tho third floor and the Janitor hang3 out, as a rule, In tho basement. Mr. Johnson did not know that the elevator ceases to run at 3 o'clock In tho afternoon on Saturdays, and standing for ten minutes or more at tho elevator shaft with no responso to repeated and persistent pressure on the bell buttons ln no way added to tho pcaco or equilibrium of his mind. It was rearing the hour of C when ho came to tho conclusion to walk down the stairs. Only tho white of his coatleas arms swinging at his sides was distinguishable distin-guishable as hc passed a reporter In his precipitate flight down the stairway. In answer to a query as to what as tho occasion for his undue haste, the secretary secre-tary only snorted and kept going Tt Is a fact that the city ofllccs close at noon on Saturday and tho Janitors often get through with their work of cleaning up- before 5 o'clock, or mayhap Icavo beforo that hour for dinner, to return re-turn later and complete their work. It Is not saying whether or not Mr. Johnson found tho Janitor with the kev to the Mayor's office, hut if he didn't the chances are ten to one that hc walked homo In his shirt sleovcs and bareheaded. |