Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-12-05 | Page 14 | The Man About Town

I bt tan JUan bout own J to j I I GUESSED at it first first it was a fire fire firo- But there wasn't any smoke smoke- And then 1 I knew knew knew-it it must be be-a be a fight from from the way way they they were dragging out the out the innocent bystanders bystanders- And because women were poking ou out each others other's eyes eyes to to get into the mob mob mob- S S SAnd And traffic was blocked blocked- And short men were men were biting holes holes oles out of their tall neighbors neighbor's necks necks to to a get a look in in in-at in at the he excitement excitement- And so my nose which nose which is a are re reporters reporter's reporters reporter's re- re II porters porter's nose nose and and a good serviceable nose nose-at lose at times time times commenced commenced to tingle tingle- And I got out my pencil pencil- And paper paper- S And I I guessed guessed the boss- boss would hold old the paper paper paper-or or print an extra exra ex ex- tra- tra ra S And give me a raise raise and and it might be bea a ascoop- ascoop scoop scoop- S And there was more more darned darned excitement excitement excite excite- ment- ment And I could picture picture more more people killed killed- And madly madly madly-I I dashed into the seething seeth seeth- ing ng crowd that crowd that gummed up the street called Main Main Main- And with my life in one hand hand and and i my trusty notebook notebook-in notebook in the other other other- I got into the thick thick of of the bunch bunch- of f men men and and women women and and other grownups grownups- S And in a loud loud and and clarion voice voice voice- I demanded who demanded who was assassinating assassinating- whom whom- S But flut nobody answered answered- They were all too busy watching busy watching with large awed expressions ions lons about thears the tI-ic the ears ars the little toy train train run run along the he little toy track track track-in in the light com corn any's anys pany's window And I dunno dunno- S S S But I only hope to that that Mr Santa anta Santa Claus when Claus when he remembers remembers- the ie little I here er below below- Doesn't carelessly overlook overlook- I This happy gang of em em