Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1867-01-26
THE POCR plCStCIAS.


park is called by the people The prs,er. 1t il
full of lovely trees. splendid walks, and Little
rnstic pie asure houses
At the time Of which | am snpakin ,ber~
were people there some Young aud some
Old, and rauy strangers, too. Ard all those
who were there enjoyea such see ne an they
had probably never before beheld. BE tha,
as 1t may. the Prater was almost covered
with the crowds Of people. Among III
number wa1 the organ. grinders, the bcg.ars
a d the girls who played on herps
There stood an cid musician. Hehad once
be> II soldier. but his pension was not emo
ugh TO 1.-Two on, Sill he did not Ike t, beg ,
therefore on this par.,cnlar festival ,lay b.
took bis violin and played under the cid tree
l" the park. He bai good faithful I'D DO,
with him, which lay at his f ct, and hid au
old hat in his mouth. 20 iha. a passer-bv
might cast co''.s into it for the p,Vr ola man
On The day OF the festival which | havr
mentioned the dog sat before him with lh.,
old hat Many people went BY and heari
the cid musician playing, but they did no:
ihro" much IN. | wonder tie people did not,
give him more, for he was truly p:tiabIc
sight. His face was covered with scars
r, c+ived in his coun,ry's battles. and be- vor,
long grey coat, >ucL as be had keal eve,
since he had been in the army lie even
had his old sword by his side, and could no;
walk IN The street withcai carrying his trusty
'i'e' with him. He b d Only three fingers
on his right hand so he had to hold the b ~
OF the violin with these. A bullet had TAX, Il
oa the TWO others, aud almost at the sam.
time a cannon ball had taken off one of his
iTss The las money be had had been srcnt
~ buying new strings f3r l;s vi lin, and l.,
was low playing with al bis strength the old
marches he had learn. when "a boy With hl>
father.
He looked sad enough as be saw the muI
''tude pass by in their strength and youl
and b"au'y; hut Whenever they laughed. i,
was like dagger in his soul, for he kncw
that very evening he would 20 to he'd SUD
PEERLESS, hnng,y rs he Was, AMI lie on a >tr "
c'nch, IN 4 iitte garret room. Iii, I'D dor
was better of Tor he bad often found a b.na
her" and there, to satisfy the CRAVINGS OF
hunger.
1t was late in the afrernnop-his hopes
were almost lIhe The sun-fh.v were both
gong down together. H. had placed bis old
'loith do"n by his de, and leaned neai,.s
II" old tree. The tears streamcd down his
old cheeks. He thought that none Of ,hat
Siddy crowd saw him, but he was much mis-.
taken.
No, far off stood gentleman in fine
clothes, who had kind heart, lie listened
to the old musician, and when he saw tha,
no one gave him anything, his cart " as
touched with sympathy. He finally went to
the dog, aud looking into the hat, saw only
two little copper coins 10 it. liz then said
10 The old musician:
my gocd friend, why don't you play Ion
gcr7'
on rep'i'd he old man, "my dear sir,
cannot; my poor arm is 50 tired that
canno, hold ih- bow besides ! have had no
dinner, and have lilile pros pects Of supper"
The Old man Vi ped his feeble hand, The
k'nd gentleman with ~hon he talked resol-
we'd TO aid him as bes, he could. He gave
him piece IT god, and said:
- II pay you that, II you'll loan NE your
violin Tor au honr'
On, said the musician, "ihis piece Of
money is worth more lhau hall G d,.z.u old
fiddles like mine '~-~
Never mind" said the gentleman, | only
want 10 hire il one hour"
Very well, you can do wha, you nilI'
said the Owner.
The gentleman took The fiddle and bow ia
hand. and then said to the Cd man:
Now. my mate, yeu take the munsy and
VIII play: am quite sass 2Hap,s WA gise.
something
Ihe strange gentleman began. to play. -
Ills mate looked at him with wonder he
was s" stirred tba, he could hardly b. .l,e se
tha: il was his I'D violin thai such beautiful
unds came from. Every note was like a
pearl The t's, piece had no, been flushed
before the people observing the strange
sight, and hearing such wonde,ful music
st"pp'd m"snem. in curiosity. Every one
saw that tho fne-'ookng gentleman was
playing for lhe poor old man, but non. knew
who he was.
By.and by the pc pie began to drop mon.
sy INTO the bat, aud the old dog SCENE de-
lighted 70 receive SO many pieces Of gold for
h's mast.r The circle of hearers became
larger and iargerl Even the coachmen of
the splendid carriages begged III. people in
s'de to stop and hea- the music. Still the
money increased. Gold, silver and copper,
were thrown into tho hat by tho old And
yoaaT. The dog began 10 g,owl. -
What - the world could hs the matter
One gentleman, as be dropped a large piece
q money into the bat, had struck him on
the nose. und he came near letting the hat
ana money fall but soon became 90 heavy
that hs could h,ld il no longer.
Empty your hat, old man." said the
people, "and ws viii fl il again Tor yoa.'