The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-12-14
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TIE CASE OF YOUNG BANGS

When Mr.. Bangs, the t. 'sv .~tGruet from
EurIpe, he brought With hun from Geneva q
miniature musical box, ions rud very narrow
and altogether oi rally greateC dimensions, say,
than LARGE psckC- knife. The jn-tCumeut play
ed four cheerfu! iJtle tunes for 1he beneht oil
tue Bangs family, .ua tary euJor-l lt 10 such a.,
e1seut ;h>t one d,y, iu-t after tue iaaohine hio
been wound up ready toc act;on. he so' d SUCK
ing the end OK IL. aud III Il moment Oh misad'e,'
tence II slipped. aud lie w Flowed the "uoie
concern. The only Imn-1ist4 Consequences Vi
the accident that harmonic stomach was
immeditteiv orz,nlsed upon the interior OF MT
Will "a Il tags, sat he eXPoEieLcei res'ess-
ness which be wei knew wodl1 DEFY tie sooth'
ing I adeuciys 81 peppermint aud m'ke mock
cry pAre-UIio.
AID William B4., kept his secret in his own
soul. aud in hi. st,msch also, determined to hide
his misery from hi, sther, aud 10 spare the rod
the spoiled child-spoiied at any rate as lar as
his digestive .Fars,Us wAs concerned.
But that evening It the supper table W bangs
had eaten but mOathGol OF bread when
strains of wild, mysterious music were suddenly
waited from under the table. The entire fami'
ly imme Ii ,tely CROPPED around upon the floor to
discover whence the sound othe, although VIII
liam Bangs sat there filled with agony and re-
morse and bread aud tunes, and desperately
asserted his belief that the music came from
Mary Ann, who might perhaps be playing on the
harp or dulcimer in the cellar. He well knew
that Mary Aun WAS unfamiliar with the harp,
and to her The lulcimrr was much an iusol
vent problem a. il W,s,t have been TO n fishing
worm; he VS. ware tn..' Nary Ana. would have
scorned under Y circumstances 10 evoke music
while sitting upou lie refrigerator or repo'l"g
in the coal bin. Bat he va. frantic With anxiety
to hide hi. guilt. thus 1T lie td,t On" crime leads
to another.
D.. l., q 4 1 l... l-ut
and tina, very ui4.t, While the family were at
PRAYER William B,n.. Il 1t o"ce got the hic-
cups md the muaic-buE .ttrted without w.ru-
ing with "A Late Ga lte Oostu Wave and II
Home on the r Nil. Deep; With variations.
Wh,reupon TIE p.ier.nI D.u.- arose from his
knees and gr sped William kindly out ii'miy by
his h ,r aud slJpk him up, aud inquired what he
meant by such couduct. And William threw
out a kind OF general idea that he Was practice
ing something TOR u sunday school celebration,
which old .n..- intm.ted was Father thin ex-
plan ton. Teen toey t:ied 10 got up that music
box, aud every time they ~Onld seze young
William by the legs and shake MN over the sofa
cushion. would pour some iresa variety of
emetic down his throat, the harmon,um within
would give Il fresh squirt and iJyou-y grind cut
"Listen to the Mocklug Bird or "ThOu'lt New
err Cease to Love" Tney were at last compelled
20 permit that musc-l box to remain within the
sepulchr 4 recesses Of the episastyiur' OF William
Bangs. 70 say that the unfortunate victim of
the disaster was m ,de miserable by his condition,
would be to express iu the feeble't manner the
state of his mind. The NOR. music there Was in
his stom tch, tho wilder M more completely
chaotic beGlme the diScord in his s,ul. Just
likely nOl i would occur that TUile he lay
asleep in the middle of the uigtt tie melody
works within would begin. to revoive, and would
play Home s ct Home" for IN or three hours
unless tie pe.. happened 80 Zip, When the cyiiu-
der would witch o,ck again 10 A Life the
Ocean Wave. una Home on the Rolling Deep"
and would r,tiie out IL t tune Hith variations
and fray mcnts of the sc,-s unlii William B .ngs'
brother TOull kick hun out a: bs In wild de.
SPAR, and sit him il vain effort to subdue
the serrnade, which, however, invariably pro.
ceeded with ir,en W.Or when subj sc,ed TO un.
usu | Procure.
Ana men Win III B,u,s wrIt to church, it
frequently occurred that in the very midst Of the
most roleuu POTION OF the sermon he would feel
gentle uIeturb'ucs under the lower button of
his tcke', Id when every thing was hushed the
unde ested engine gave preliminary buzz and
then reel off Listen to the Mocking Bird" and
"Thoult Never Cease to Love-" and scales and
sxerCi.rs uutii the clergyman would stop and
glSre at Will IN over his spectacles, and wills.
per to one OF the deacons Then the sexton
would tex up the aisle and clutch the unhappy
boy by the collar and SEND him down the aisle
to the nccomp ,n,ment of "A Lite on the Ocean
Wave, aud + Home the Rolling Deep and in
earcer,te William in the upper portion OF tht
steeple Until after church.
But the eud came vt last, the miserable off
spring OF ia" senior Bangs found peace. One day
while We WAS sitting quietly in school endosvor
ing to learn the multiplication table to the tune
OF "Home Sweet Home his gastric Juice tri
umphed. Something or other in the music BOZ
gave wy al ut once, the springs were unrolls,
with alarming forcs and William Bangs, as b.
felt the fragments of the instrument buried RICH
and LETT through his vitals, tumbled over on tn
floor and expired.
At the post mortem examination they foun
sever, i pieces of Home Sweet II ONE in his livel
while u: ri- lungs was severely torn by
fragment OF Life on tho Ocean Wave" Smal
p.ruc's. o' Listen TO the Mocking Bird" wer
removed itom the heart and breast bone, ~
three br pegs Of "ThouIt Never Cease I
Love we've found firmly driven under his fit
rib
They nd no music at the funeral.-They sif
ed the machinery out Of him, aud buried hiI
quisty IN the cemetery. Whenever the Bangs,
buy mueical boxes now they get them AS larg
asa -no, and chain them to the wall.