Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-01-16
LIZZIE aTsr's p1sNo.
BY MRS, Rs. EccA Wills.

engaged in conversation with Young gen,i
man; sgeald yot, believe X? f.zzie Lind has
/ piano ,'
i "Airal,ile diefu.r exclaimed Caroline. raisin
her hands and eyes; cannot believe il.
Yoa may believe Il. for Louisa Davis tol
me she wasi in Peters store wnen it WAS carrie
home fine rosewood piano y
"How can Mr.. Lind afford jtg Besides, wha
/ on earth docs Lizzie Lind want with piano p
she can't play"
i '.Yes, she nplay, too, said a little cir
about ten years old, who sat in distant part Q
the room, caressing pct squirrel.
| .sHow do you Know, rhilds-
Why she has been taking lessons from ou
| teacher Mr.. La Motto, and he says she is tn
best scholar he ever had.n
| .You must be mistaken inthe person.
"No, I'm not mistaken know Lizzie Lind
guess | ought to know her by that everlastin.
blue cashmere. She never wears anything else.
ut must be her, If she wears blue cashmere
for believe it is the only dress she has" sait
Caroline Virginia. she continued, turning tt
her sister, II think as Miss Lind is becoming
| musical, we had better quit. As pianos are be
coming SO common, We must get pa to dispose
of ours and get harp.'
''Who is Lizzie Indy asked Charles Beau.
fort, the young gentlemen alluded to in the be-
g;nn ng of our sketch
'She Is the daughter of poor mechanic re.
piled Caroline Shirley, ".ind has no more busi.
ness with piano, than have with the crown OF
England. She lives next door to Mrs. Brown,
an intimate friend of mine, and I have had fire.
quent opportunities of seeing her from the back
window doing house work, aud for my part, do
not see how a girl can work in the kitchen one
minute and play the piano the next. | know if
were to attempt such a thing, that my fingers
would be too stiff to stretch an octave :; and she
looked down eomplacently at one of the whitest
and prettiest h.,nds in the world, with which she
was twirlling boquet---the gift of Charles Beau
fort.
''There's Mrs. Brown, now," said Virginia,
peering from the window, coming here, too
o. she will tell us all about it y and she hurried
to the dOorto meet the visitor. Mrs Brown was
introduced to Mr.. Beaufort, and was scarcely
seated, when Caroline asked if she knew that
Lizzie Lind had piano. gF
Goodness knows have full reason to know
it, for was never so ANNOYED by ANYTHING in
my whole life She has had it about two weeks,
and don't believe she does thing but bang on
it, day in and day out. It's nothing but strum,
strum, strum. / have wished a dozen times
that ''The Captive Knight" was in the Gulf of
Mcxico!'
"La. she isn'tatlvanced enough to play that :"
.-f
''She pretends to it, replied Mrs. Brown; ''but
| assure you, her piano is perfect nuisance
All the neighbors are tired out with it; she is
eternaly practising. Mr.. Brown SAYS she sings
like an angel, but he comes home tired from the
store, and anything in the shape of music
pleases him.
ut is very natural" said Caroline, ''for peo-
pie who have not been accustomed to any new
accession, to run away with it. When Miss
Lind gets used to the piano, she will not play so
81 hope So" sighed Mrs Brown "But
am afraid the novelty will not wear off with her
soon; and don't you think Mr. Brown says she
plays better, this minute, than our Charlotte
and YOU know Charlotte is called n performer? 2"
How ridiculous!" exclaimed Virginia
Yes indeed, it is ri,iiculous; but men have
such strange faeciea ~ .5-rr...........- ....
When Mrs. Brown concluded her visit, which
was short, Mr., Beaufort and Miss Caroline Shir-
lev saliied forth, according 10 agreement to pay
some morning calls. Caroline had promised to
him to her most intimate friend, Miss
Green. When they entered the parlor, and the
usual salutations were over, Caroline asked Miss
Green if she had heard the news.
mo! what news?" -l..os s-. a.. 4..a
"Why, Lizzie Lind has piano," 20. ..-. q
"Pshaw !" said Miss e. "peapfe always make
things worse than they arc, She has no piano.
her father only sents IT, II all he owns in the
:" w~orla ~ %2~ ssu, ~ wouldn't bring enough to pay
for piano" '--'~. r'
"Does Miss Lind still take lessons from La
Moste?"..}t ..-..s.. ....,e .-....
30, no. answered Miss G. Miss Melford
waits on her ut honir."
is it poss.Jlc.- cried Coroltnc, Indignantly.
81 wonder she is nos ais4fd Of losing the pa
tronage of the e,ftd, who haze heretofore eri-
pi9Net hef. ' -e-
,-tiss .4ehQrd Is 100 popnar TO tear anything,
apu as haAi!is money Is the order OF the day,
Guess s''e ,ahNs III. LAas eash Is Us good as
any ones
aneF i2hS taik on the SUBJECT, the trends
pa!'eu. !" h"h Mr' hsa.'ort ana eHroAne had
hnlsicu ti,er fo"iiu o. ESl.ihS, ne escorted her
|, nome, ana 'hch pFoeeeded 10 ms lodgings and
oetooN hiinse't TO serious rehecfion'
=, onarles heau'or' feSided IN sMaa town, on
!, .he heh'uch! sac III liie ohie fiver. lie was
oy pfoiessloa FAWSep, aho man OF good feel
ing ahu s8oo sease' ne was Wen educated and
n-'s ~ fe'1taiNapiy progressing appearahcc.-.
Deiiis' 700 'he ohiy son ol wealthy hther he
was u1asioe'eu asoe sreI Ga'e" AMONGST the
; "",'s "u.'S' ->o onue'' theii' 1ia' MISS on'r'
icy lio siege TO MS heart' when she was INTRO.
uuGu " nin. a' n's'foi 9p,,'os, ana succeeded
81 ,ht Us ~ u.ce mn 10 1910" her 10 ner nome
~ hoasvllie, WIN 'nG intention OF sofcitlRs her
hanu III IN marriage ne hau oeei' IN the eIty near
y week, ana sun aeiayea his declaration OF
lo.e: na'hg ip'ahea, hasttE, very exalted
Spt'.y. " 'ue ypuiis i"uy, ne ie"reo Feiasai.
Guy vas oetia.lay pefl oeau'iAS', ana quite ac
c 3: ana heaaiorI hau valnly supposed
SI , s4u"' W. ''e' eH's'.'"i a',iae'io.ls
.h'Dt ""u' y uei uoosueu ~ "aAilb MN
.l:a.. s g. a'ru' .aNei d" in'ifope,
Wv. ~ VI '. ~. Ma, "nen sue supposed
,;s .:.:s y" ''es i1''iu " eie'a'e 'eRSeh
=" :. .'' es.inatlon na., ,
""9 .es. pa.pao'e ~ 9a'pflns' anu " an
:, "no "a" 'ie"i '.sI,hes' 'aa' ne was s'hitteh oy
nei ~ m'. no o,o 'o' pfopuse' was
tofs:iHn .1i sne eeu.u he' so'se' e'e a'o NOT eX-
pee' !. N'nis .e az .he 'p'hss Us sue supposed,
from ms aishlhed deportment, that ne would be
VIZ; ,ass.a.ous .snas ~ 'ne :Ho,ee o' c1hnectoh'
NV .,s.e;y e;., r,,; ~ 5e' ot''er ac-
quaneu e WIN nc. ,l',. i1ls l'iaue nrr very
anAouS ior @ '',i " See iier ,"''ei spieh'H fcs
''h;aI :. nu a s,",tS5 an" ,.,AINs y win
etiouette used in their domestic can.sSns @
Thinking these tbinos wonld 1;yes, h;s mind ne
every scrunie for this nnrnoss shc ,of, Drennon
before the season WINS aver 90 ,anxions was sbe
m secure 80 na,s Wbon Lo so,lo,rad hou ~
oI.,s,Ir sha ha,.r,,a on;ta ,,,..oa ~. ~, ~