The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-03-14

labor Of man liable 10 be Impaled By one
of his own plumbers at any moment. Hes
good foE nothing but d subject 10 hope
about. Now, | am. l can play. l do
play. LIS low TO be sure. I'm neither in
an orchestra or a quadrille-band, bat in a
miserable, tawdrv cellar, where you find
sailors. | am one of the elements Of a
spree, bat they pay me two dollars and a
half a night of five hours length.
A this point Gunnison returned with q
yiolin-case, which he placed in his broth
ers lap, who took from it. very carefully,
a dark, o!d-lo0king instrument, which he
handled with an enlearIng tenderness. lie
seemed tempted at once 10 play, as his
fingers sought the strings, and he half
raised it. bat hesita.ed, and finally laid it
across his lap, and put the case on the
floor.
Then he commenced, and gave us, in
| laughing, ieraey way, a history of his dav'
duty, branching off now AMI then to make
fling at his brother whom he caress-d
while he chaiied and who seemed to con-
slider his weaknesses a fair stock to draw
upon for the amusement of the party.
lie spoke TO neither of Us in particular,
but seemed to look at Us Systematically,
commencing on his right hand, and, going
down that row, would cross and take the
left hand back, aHd then commence over
again. At last he seemed to draw toward
conclusions:
1 don't really play as | should play if
it were not a matter Of dollars and cents.
fddle-thats the truth of i'll fiddle.
But | fiddle well, and | work the miscel-
lane0us, tarry, stamping, disreputabie set
into a glorious frenzy with the way !
rattle of the dance music. | wear green
go-gleS, but, ugly a. it makes me, | have
plenty Of friends among the dregs, and,
although | am behind wooden grating,
there not a party who comes into the
Den to pend his dollars, or to squanLer
his time, or TO keep an assignaton with
rascal, bat | see, and, what is more know
Here the cripple emptied his glass, and
ordered his brother to Ill up all around,
which he did, in silence: while we, also 81
/ lent, from the unusual information and go
briefly Of the last few words, sat lingering
our glasses and fartively gancing at one
another, wondering what was coming next.
Besides beng one of the clements of a
spree, | am sort Of supplementary, gen
eral conscience for the poor devils who
/ have none Of their own, kind of soul
screw, a secular father-confessOr. My tai
ent for talking and playing enables me TO
hrowbe&t them without mercy. This
makes them fear me, and, because they
fear me, they coniiie in me- They all tell
me every thing, and nv thoughts are d.
vided between Paganini and yillanv. One
Of my mildest ye- most Successful thieves
is a carman by the name of Theodore
Turber.'
The instant the name was pronounced,
we heard loud crash Ii was from Jar
WIS, VINO mad mad! let his glass fall ,upon, the
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which would ire Us IN.
'Gentiemen.' s;ilaaaIysno tho c,;,,,r..
'woul you mind sitting ia the dark for
five minutes p
Mo- we all responded, in a breath.
thinking that matters " ere getting decid
ediy interesting.
IN a moment the Gas was turned 50 low
that nothing remained bat thrre hl,o
H~htess snccEs OF flame onJ . r,p,,a. ,.-.,s
placed closely uuon the efate, coyerjnr thr
fire almost completely.
II was now as black as mi,niuht. c.cen+- (
ine the narrow olpra tlaf sbo1o tLro,,.,L
the c-evices If tbe tre-.,,,,an. a,,5 ". :,
stinctiyelv drew closer to cacb other. and
held our breatIis with anxiety.
Presently, after a little C'iscorGant
thrurnmiug. lite rYipfIa l,va .,,.,.,,sod =.
was he) commenced to play. lido nor Know
and could never find out. what it wa. o.
even wh,,her or not It was his o,yn c,.,,,,>,
sition, but it was. without cycenrio, r..
most touching ami ub.!uinv p;eco IF in,trn.
mentation | ever heard if was ,,nrs ns
the soothing !anrua~e Of Gentle taUo,a
than the music of voorhees, nores Ia
violin seemed almost to wbi,ner 70 s2nat
to murmur, at first, ana then. a. i seem,
ingly gathered strength and warmth tba
voice rose TO defamation and power.
have no heart to talk of those few moment.
In words, which, from nv Ignorance,
shOu!d be constrained to use: hat t5o;r
dreamy, beautiful memory is often brought i
back by some triHinr accident. as the v;lin, I
If some beautiful city or foreiro IaD1>c,,,a 7
comes to the mind by way of a lingering ,
perfume Sfpi, Of Q .