Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-08-10

ed, il was not the actor that, in Kamms mind,
received the plauditory greetings, but the boots
kamm's criticisms terminated at Belvidere's
knees. All above that was a blank A pair
OF boots imprisoned, a pair OF boots in state
OF vlrtuous Indignation pair Of boots drunk,
pair of boots penitent, and at last pair of
boots married, was all that Kamm behed dur
ing the performance, If the boots were called
before the curtain, Kamm was proud, and
after having his quiet glass of lager with I'm.
Der, over which each would talk Of his own
performances, the one on canvass, the other
on leather, the pleased bootmaker would retire
TO his solitary little shop in Crosby street, and
go to bed peacefully with Bully hanging in his
cage by his bed, side.
Bully was the gseat solace of the bootmall.
er's lonely life. When he was at work during
the daytime on splendid fabrics of Cordovan
leather, knightly leggins, and kingly buskins,
Bully, hanging.near by in pretty little cage,
constructed after the model of a Swiss chalet,
where the water bottle occupied the principal
drawing room, and the hempSeed was kept in
the best bedroom, cheered Kamm's solitude
with pretty little melodies, slow German
waltzes, and Volkslied whistled in those low
plaintive notes peculiar to the piping bullfnch
For Bully, as my reader has guessed before
now, was nothing more than one OF those rosy
little birds that are so friendly and atfectionate
to those that pet them, and who learn with
facility to whistle certain kind OF mild meo
dies of a not very complicated character.
Kamm's bullinch'was more than ordinarily
intelligent He enjoyed the freedom of the
shop, issuing from his cage at will, aud roam
ing through the wilderness of scraps of leath-
err, bite of wax, balls of thread, books of gold
leat, morscls OF respondent lace, and all the
paraphernaia that crowd the workshop of a
theatrical bootmaker. He delighted principal.
ly in accommodating those bristIes which arc
attached to the waxed threads with which
leather work isksewed, and when he had pick
ed up sufficient quantity in his bill, he i'm
medately proceeded to make nest with them
i'll Kamm' S chair. AS this was invariably a
fruitless operation, he was in the end Obliged
to give 1t up, and consoled himself for his
failure by whistling Life let us cherish" in
rather solemn and dirge.like manner, to the
great delight of Kamm, in whose opinion the
performance was superior to the most brilliant
efforts Of Vieuxtemps on the violin or Colt.
scliak on the piano. Tender and affectionate
to his master as Bully was, and docile as he
proved himself in learning these tunes which
the young boot maker whistled to him over
and over again while he worked at his trade
there was one streak of rebellion in the red
"ie''tSN PEI. Ale coulu not De Induced ny any
art TO whistle the sweet old air of "Roslyn
Castle, which was particular lavorite with
kamm. All day long the boot-maker would
slowly and laboriously whistle the first bars of
the plaintive old strain, weaving his head
backward and forward so as to impress the
time on the bird, and Bully, after paving pro-
found attention, would, when his master had
concluded, strike up with an air of cool satisfac-
ton. PieyeFs German hymn, or God Save
the Emperor" This obstnacy on the part of
his tavorite, was source of considerable an
noyance to Kamm, and lie occasionally used
to break iuto furious passion with his feath-
cred pupil, and storm at him, so that the poor
frightened bird would retreat to his cage and
sulleniy sit there for hours, until his master re
Tented ard proclaimed an armistice By low,
affectionate whistle
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