The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1859-03-10

gomaster's daughter, to be sure, sang like a
nightingale; but where was the gentleman who
could sing a dnet with her? They thought at
last Of falling back on the old organist, who had
sung an excellent bass in former days. but the
stranger announced that all this anxiety was need
less, for his nephew had avoice Of surprising cul-
tivation and power. The duet, therefore, was
studded with all haste, and the evening at length
arrived, on which the ears of the people of
Grunwiesel were to be enraptured by the con-
cert
The old stranger was unable to be present at
his nephew's triumph, in consequence of Illness
but he gave to the burgomaster, who visited him
during the day, some rules for the guidance ofhis
eccentric relative. "He is a good soul, 2 said
he; but now and then he is seized with some
strange notions and breaks out into the wildes
freaks. Iregret, extremely, my inability to be
present at the concert this evening, for his de-
meanor is perfectly decorus while am by He
well knows why, the scamp! Let me assure
your eXceency that this vivacity of his is not
mental vice, but merely bodily infrmity.-
Whenever, therefore, any such humor seizes him.
so that he seats himself on miusic-stand or at
tempts to knock down the contra-bass or the
like, if your excellency would take the trouble
to loosen his cravat little or if nothing better
can be done, take it off altogether, you will see
how quiet and weT-bred he will at once be-
come"
The burgomaster thanked the sick man for
his confidence, and promised, in case the neces-
sity arose. to follow his directions to the letter
Part first of the concert was over, and every
body was on the tenter hooks of expectation for
the second, in which the young Englishman was
to performn duet with the burgomaster's daugh-
ter. The nephew had made his appearance in
gorgeous costume, and hadlong ago drawn upon
himself the attention Of all present He had
thrown himself down, without, the slightest cere-
mony, in the elegant armchair provided for q
countess Of the vicinity and stretching his legs,
to their full length, had stared the audience out
Of countenance through ahuge opera-glass which
he had provided in addition to his ordinary
spectacles; playing necessarily, meanwhile, With
a large mastiff which he had persisted in intro
ducing in spite of the regulations prohibiting all
such animals The countess, for whom the arm
chair had been provided, soon appeared but
the young Englishman made no movement to
resign his seat On the contrary, he only as
sumed a more comfortable attitude, aud no one
present ventured to rebuke his insolence The
distinguished lady was consequently obliged to
take her seat in an ordinary cane chair among
the other ladies Of the city, in state Of intense
and natural Indignation.
No wonder, therefore, that everybody was curl
Gus to see how he would succeed with his duet
The second part began the city musicians play
ed the Introductory bars, and now the burgo-
master led up his daughter to the young En-
glishman, and handing him o sheet of music,
said to him, My dear sir, are you disposed
to begin the duet % The stranger laughed,
showed his teeth, and, springng up, preceded
the two Others to the music-stand, while the
audience was filed with excitement and antici-
patton. The organist beat the time, and nod
ded to the Englishman to begin. The latter
looked at the music through his spectacles a
moment, and gave utterance to some hideous
and melancholy bowls whereupon, the organist
shouted to him: ''Two notes lower, your hons
orr C;-you must sing CO.
Instead of singing G, the stranger pulled off
one of his shoes and flung it at the ORGANISMS
head, making the powder fly in clouds Seeing
this, the burgomaster thought to himself: .Ha
his bodily infrmity has got hold Of him again ;
and, Selling him by the neck, he loosened the
buckle Of his cravat But, at this, the young
mans conduct became only the more outrageous.
He dropped the use of German, and confined
himself to an extraordinary and unintelligible
language, taken all the while the most tremend-
Gus lbaps The burgomaster was in despair at
this unpleasant interruption to the entertainment,
and instantly resolved to take off entirely the
cravat of the young Englishman, whom some
unusually violent paroxysm must have suddenly
seized But no sooner had he done this. than
he started back aghast Instead Of a human
skin and complexion, a dark brown fur developed
the neck of the youthful stranger, who instantly
proceeded upon still higher and more marvel