The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-05-14
A MUSICAL SAT

Runaway school Giris aud Pursuing
Parents-Love and musfc-A Soprano
In Tears, and a Diseppdi hted Publio'
The louneers about\ the wiliimantif
depot on saturday morning, were delighted
byR sensation. hGorgeoue IN faded green
velvet kepis were the Hibernian Minstrels,
who had delighted the villagers the pre-
vious night, and were waiting for the train
Tor Now Britain, where they were announo-
ed 10 appear Saturday evening Radiant
in this band of singers were q couple oil
girls one o dashing brunette, and the
other q blonde with golden hair, who
figured on the boards as alto and soprano,
and on the programmes and show bills as
'the favorite Desmond Sisterss Lightly
they tripped about the platform, occa.
s%ionally warbling q note or two Just by
way of giving q little vent TO their happi.
ness, provoking admiring comments from
the men and e%nvious oblique klances from
the women. .cC
Principally on time the whistle of the
Providence train was heard; there was q
rush for the sitting-room for sundry
little packages and extra wrappers, and
then q rush ont again as the cars stopped
ut the depot. One of the first passengers
to disem6ark from the train wa a mar
about medium height, Of light complexion,
and features that strikingly resembled those
of the fair-haired soprano Of the Hiberni
ans. He glanced rapidly and inquiringly
abNit the crowd on the platform, until b,
saw 'the Desmond Sisters" He started
for the blonde, took her by the hand and
started for the depot, when both throw
themselves upon a bench, fell into eacl
others arms and burst into tears. Tho
brunette followed them in and seated her
self upon the same bench, with a troubled
expression upon her countenance. AnC
| then all the louts, 10 whom the arrival ant
departure Of trains at the village depot /,
the chief event in their daily lives, rein
forced by curious passengers and yOciierouI
bootblacks and newsboys, rushed in aftei
them, formed a ring Eve or six feet deeI
around the sorrowful trio, and, influenced
by no feeling Of delicacy, gazed upon then
as though they had never seen grief before
The tableau was broken up by the de
pot bell that signalized the departure %
the train, followed by the 'all aboard o
the conductor.
They took the cars and went on togeth
or. All those thirty miles and upwards
they were in close converse, which wa
varied by an interview with the manager o
the troupe, and when the train reache,
Hartford they d~isembarked and took thI
cars for Boston, looking anything but tn
angelic creatures they appeared in Will
mantle. The Hibernian troupe Travelled
on bcrcft Of it's brightest ornaments an,
most cheerful attractions.
The rest of the story Is soon told. IT,
two girls were from Illinois. Indulgen
parents had sent them to Boston to finisI
their musical education. They becam
tired of the restrictions of boarding-schoo
life ut the hub, and sighed for something
like the freedom of their native prairies
An advertisement in a paper for an alto an
soprano for a concert troupe offered NJ
opportunity for a change. They mp
piled for the position, and were &C
cepted. While travelling in Maine Oh.
soprano saw an uncle in the audience, ant
came near f~ainting on the. stage. She
however, finished her piece, and pleading
~indisposition, left the hall and the city be
fore the astonished relative could have NJ
interview with her. lie, however, apprise,
her father, who, after following the troup
from Boston. overlook IL at Willimantic.
As Glove is the soul Of a true Irishman,
il will not excite surprise that the brunett
found an admirer and n lover in one of tn
performers Of the troupe, who will follow
the object of his alteration, aud thereb,
inflict further loss On the luckless manager
For obyious reasons we suppress the rea
names NOririch, Conn, Bullefip.