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trVK "jC . - T - ""Vd-V "f&Z '?wv'' 'SCPT - 1 THE BROAD AX. JBftiL'-Mm $fl IN THE CAFE. She was a quiet little woman, with very pale face. Her serge gown was won and shabby. The blue bad faded to a sort of heliotrope. She wore a pink shirt walfft which had als o faded and was streaKea, but was scrupulously clean. The shabby EAGLE BLOCK, tboes and tho frayed gloves carried ont tha general impression of poverty. I She walked to a small table In the car ner and sat down with a certain grim ds-1 termination In her manner. The very way I In which she pulled her chair up to tns POWERS, STRADP ASD L.PPMAN, Attorneys and Counselors. SALT LAKE CITY. Business Cards and GREAT table was full of decision. Thewayshs 77 Mnds ofJobPrifltin ff dragged off her shabby gloves and laia - them to one side suggested desperation. done a fte ofHce of the Rh read tho menu card over and gave be " order to Pierrequlto distinctly, though to Broad Ax, 66 Main St low tone. Then she leaned back, ne. lips, which lacked the ruddiness of health, drawn closely together. "Queer looking girl that, " remarked th. artist to his wife as be tossed up a salad. "Yes; Isn't she?" remarked the artist's wife, nibbling an olive. ' "She doesn't look like the bobemlaa sort." uursued he. r- "She looks like a well, a teacher, a far as her face goes, and a starving mil liner's assistant as regards clothes anl air," commenced Mrs. Artist critically. "She dots seem hard up, that's a fact." Meantime Plerro placed the tureen uw fore tho hunpry looking girL Tho aroma of soup Hoau-d on the air. The glrl'i transparently white face was suffused wit color for an instant as she carried ths ladle toward her soup plate. Then then was a little crash, a littlo cry, and coup was trickling down the shabby gown. Thl palo faced girl had fainted. They bore her to the little parlor, and Mrs. Artist, who was a recognized au thorlty at the Mazarln, because she alwayl dined there, unfastened tho frayed, stiffly starched shirt collar and ordered somi sherry. The whito faced girl revived b neath the stimulant and drew a long dr wn and shuddering sigh. Then sho unresistingly took more of the wine tho golden haired woman wal forcing upon her. When she had recovered somewhat, tho wise little wife of the art 1st forbade her to speak. "When you have drunk this broth," she aid in the voice of a commander in chief, "you may tell me all about it." The girl drank the broth obediently. ".Now," said the artist's wife, "whai does It all mean?" The pink flush suffused the white fast again. "I hadn't had anything to eat forM If you want clean coal and large lumps that will burn into ashes and leave no clinkers buy the Diamond Coal and save one third on con sumption from J. W. Whitehead, Jr., 38 West, Second South Street, Telephone 608. A. N. CllERItY. J. V. CHERRY. CHERRY & CHERRY, LAWYERS, "Rooms 9 and 1, Walker Bros. Bank Bldg. , Salt Lake City. AbU- otablae oaI Office. Tiie only dealer in Salt Lake City who is outside of the coal combine is J. W. Whitehead, Jr., 38 "West, second south street. Telephone 608. Fur FIRST-CLASS WORK And where all customers will re ceive courteous treatment, jro to D. L. Lemess' Barker Shop 63 W. FIRST SOUTH. The Broad Ax will be for sale there. SALE FOR TEN DHYS One lot men's brown or fast black seamless Sox, cheap at 16c, go this sale at One lot boys' dark outing flannel Waists, One lot boys' dark, heavy Pants, this 'Sale SiSfeS One lot boys' fancy front outing Shirts, fear mad" I . . ,, . -n j .. One lot gents' oi'c ttiDngan unuenvem, and hunger and- dlnner, me" "Yes, I see," nodded Mrs. Artist a though to bo starving and a swindler wert natural occurrences. "I see. But hoW did It happen? TcU me in just a few words." "I'm a musio teacher." faltered the girL "and music student. Alone in New York. Home in Ohio. Boarded on Tenth street. Lost my pupils; lost my money. Couldn't write home. They're poor. Stopped tak ing my meals in tho bouse. Did chamber work to pay for my room. Finally didn't have a cent. I couldn't borrow or beg foj money, and I couldn't earn any. It it I hadn't anything to eat for three days, and I mado up my mind to have one din ner if I was put in jail for it." "I understand perfectly," said the art ist's wifo in the tone of one who had fro quently experienced starvation. "NoW come out ami dlno with us. Miss" "Miss Wylie," said the girL blushing. "My dear," said the artist's wife that night, "you aro going to paint a picture oi a thin, pale, spiritucllo faced, shabby young woman teaching a round, rosy little cherub the violin. You aro going to call it 'Tha Music Teacher,' and sell it to old Mr. Van .Fletcher, who likes you, for $200 or so. And you are going to give Miss Wyllo a hundred of thoso dollars for being such a perfect model for the subject. Then she's going to spend the summer on an Ohla farm. Do you understand?" lt'C 20c 26c 25c 35c 75c 25c One lot boys' dark long Pants go at All our boys' 40c and 50c straw Hats go at Our entire stock of 1.40 and $1.75 ladies' silk Umbrellas, cut to - - 1-20 Lidies Calico Wrappers, cut from 85 to 63c 25 doz ladies'iast black seamless Hose,go at l2Jc All our ladies' 25c fine Jersey V-ests, goat 17c One lot Tndigo Blue Calico, go at Ladies' 50c Jersey Vests, cut to One lot fine Cue Corsets, cut to One lot fine 76c summer Corsets, cut to One lot Chenille Table Covers, go at All our black India Linen, cut from 15 and 20c to One lot ladies'tan Oxfords,cut from $1.20 to 86c One lot ladies' black uxiorus, cut irom $1.40 to - 6c 35c 40c 5rc 60c K'c $1.05 tSSES&S One lot children's cloth top Dongola Shoes In the year 1VS3 that master of the atrical art, Colley Cibber, wrote, "He that feels not himself the passion he would raise will talk to a sleeping au dience." In 704 tha cold at Constantinople was so severe that the Black sea was frozen for 60 miles from shore. Every citizen in Salt Lake City should huy their, coal from J. W. Whitehead, Jr., 38 West, Second South Street, Telephone 608, as he is the dealer who brought the com bine oE their perch. 8 to 12, cut to 95c Two wh'te and black metal Belt Pins for 6c Ladies' bicycle Stick Pins - - 10c Litest sfj'Ie Side Combs - 15 and 20c Ladies' Belt Buckles, white metal, at - 10c Ladies' black silk ottoman Belts - 25c Ladies' fine silk JS'eckties - - 30c Crofhet Cotton, all colors, per box - 45c Ladies' and children's silk Windsor Ties 15c Ladies' line shell Hair Pins, per doz. 10 and 16c Ladies' Hand Bags, large size, at - 35c Fine Knitting Silk, large size, per ball 16c Cocoanut oil Toilet Soap, 2 opkes - 5c Fine white Castile Soap, 3 cakes - 15c Six cakes tine Yucca root Soap for - 25c This is entirely free from grease. Call , for sample. Fancy paper Lampshades - '6c One dozen ladies' Hat Pins for - 6c Large cabinet Hair Pins, - -5c Any size Hair Curlers, - 5c 2 oz. bottle sperm Machine Oil, - 5o Kirk's Dusky Diamond Tar Soap, -. 5c 25 best quality Envelopes for - 5c Children's Pencil Boxes, Jock and key, oc Children's large Tablets for V ' '&? - The Diamond Coal is tLehest in the market, less soot, no clinkers more heat. J. W. Whitehead, Jr , aj?ent,38 West,Second South Street, Telephone 606. New York Cash OPPOSITE POST OFFICE, WM. BABTLING-, Proprietor. V , - : v ? - s ? 1 - . !& "-rirtreg3tjg- Vi . trs