The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1867-03-05
The Little Musician.

% SAID young SCHOoi-1lII "Ho SIT HcAl
to HE in the city cars She WAS out OF
humor; perhaps she hal an impeIiect lesson
at school; perhaps she was weary Of sitting
in close room So many hours; perhal'S
her heal ach. bally, and she was faint
for her dinner.
Little nuisance" Who was a little
nuisance! 1t WAS poor little boy, wh"
ha first paid his five pennies u the con
ducLo, AMI had commenced playing an
ACCORDION, in the hope Of getting some
money from the gent em-n anl ladies IN
the car Some ~cOwl-,l, some pnutel aud
some, like the Young laly | have mention
ell, loudly called him "a nuisance" Still
the boy playel on, though with a weary,
spiritleSs look in his yonng face, aS If 10 say
Il know it is poor music, Very poor to ears
Which are usei to op-ra or concert singing:
but have pity on a poor by, who would
earn few honest pence for his brta !, who
will not Steah AMI who dislIkes TO beg 1t
was of III use. The gentlemen were busy
reading their newspapers, the lalles IN tax
Ing care Of their hoop.d skirts ami tioun
ce> Willy Do Z" charmed them not, Ii i
"Aull Lang Syne" There We're diamond
pins flashing in the sunlight from gentle.
ui-n'S shirt busounS ru"ieS ami emertlis
from ladies fingers, AMI a massive gold
bracelet c.a>pel Il SNOWY arm that WAS nrv-
er pinchel by crd4l want. Little parcels
too the Ia lies had, from which peepe.i cost
" purchases in embruilrred lace AMI mus
ilnS. Little bows We're with them, So un-
like the little musician, in their Srlkvelvet
jtckets, frlled collars, an plump rosy faces,
tia: one could liariy believe both to be-
long 10 the same human family.
/ Still the boy p ayei on, with tho old
weary, spirtle~s look, with his soft eyes
fixed upon those un>ymnathIzin5 faces !:
silver and goi gii~tued through the net
work of dainty purses hut not tl him
One more tune the chill pIayeI; them
'oldin5 his accorlem up unle his arm, H.
st pp,+i from the car, an | WAS out OF sight.
/ Wh"re! In the great busy city? Dill
he sink down talnting fIon hunger AMI
fatigur, fee ing that nnl AMI his good
ang as hal left him! Dbl h.. stanI before
SOME brokers' sh1p-wint ~, rs ha, seen
ri any a Ilrtl,4 ragged chill stan |, countIn-, !,
the shining piles of dollars. haf dol rs, anI
quarters, an the great rplu gI.l pieces
-nniy one of which wouIl IN tk,. his weary
feet t. leap for joy! G.'d lie p the ai !!
D!i he hook at them, with hungry eyes,
aut count them over an over. t.it wrong
SEEMED u him u he right an the little
han! That never WAS staIu,..; tfy dishonesty
became fodl with crime? No it We're
"a to BE- hungry aud Eoh>elr>>; bat it
were salltr Vet Ia be shut up in prison
bad ronsrience keeping him tor,neuling
campduy.
Wh-r- dill he g,2-the "Iittle nuisance"
where! The papers told me next
m.'rIi,g. listen:
"A little boy who was accustomed op!ay
IT,. accordion in the sIreet-carS, in stepping
from the FuIt.n t,.rryhal to the pier. l4>t
evening, accidentally lost lis fOol,ns, AMI
MAS ,!rowned.'
No more fault-fnding voices to ask why
don't the Il.l earn his living, or call him 4
nuisance when he tried the nnlr th.nI he
Goa i d., and faile,l, ~ more returns Al
nI4InfalI with Ie,d.n f.er; All empty ppck-
Its, The boats plough on just as nj ,rriI. !;
the water danceS aud sparkies all The same
as If the Iighc in his b ue eyes were uoL
qu-lich-d tnrevef. ?
Where is the little nuisance Wh-ry !?
/ AK 'he II who, through much trbu Il
/ tion. have washel their robes whit, who
neither thirst n,r hunger any more, AMI IN
whose song Is ~ jsrrlug discori. Oh ,ucIf
! l. tie little nj r~;cEin