The weekly Louisianian., 1874-10-31
TIE FATE OF YOUNG CHCR0

MN NAM uom Ve0evS "1oOW
.usiosl boz, long and very marrow,
md altogsther Of hardly greater
dimensions. ny, than large pocket
kniSs. The ihstrnlnsat played four
sheseiul little tunes fos Tho bsne6t
II tho Chubb family, and they en-
it. Young Henry Chubb end
il 70 such IN extent that, QUO
dsy. Just altar the maohins had been
wound up ready for action, be got
70 sacking the end Of Il, and in .
Of nsdvsrtence it s6ppsd,
and hs swallowed it. The only i'm
mediats Consequence Of the seoi-
dent was that . harmonic stomach
ssise Wa organized upon the in
terror Of Hsury Chubb, and b *
psrisnoed = rsstlsssness which he
we'll knew would dsfy peppermint
and pxrsgosic. Hsnry!O hnbb kept
h;s ssorst in his own soul, and in
h,s stomach also, determined to
hide hi, misery from biz father, and
spare the rod to the spoiled ohld-
spo.isd 1t any rate, ~ tas - his d.
gestivs apparatus wa .c~onosrned.
But that evening, d the supper
table, Henry had eaten but one
mouthiul OF bread whaa strains Of
Wild mysterious muais, .wsDs sud
S::.ly v,fkad from under The table.
The family Immediately made an
effort to discover vhepee Tho sounds
came, although Hanry Chubb Ut
there nlsd with agony and remorse,
aud bread and tunes, and desper-
stviy asssrted his belief that the
music came from tho cellar, where
the servant girl was concealed with
a harp. He well knew that Mary
Ann Wa unfamiliar with the harp.
! ut he was frantic with anxiety to
hide his guilt. But he could not
disguise tho truth forever. and that
very night, while tho family was 1t
prayers, Henry al at once began to
hiccough, and The music box started
of without warning, with "Way
duwn upon the Swannss River"
with variations. Whereupon the
paternal Chubb rose from his knees
and grasped Henry kindly but
firmly by his hair, and shook him
op and inquired what he meant By
sueh conduct. And Henry said that
he was practising something for a
Sunday school celebration, which
old Chubb intimated was . singu'
larly thin explanation. Then they
tried to got up that musie boy and
every time they would SEIZE Henry
BIZ the legs and shake him over thu
soft cushion, or would pour soms
fresh variety Of emetio dowp hi,
throat, Reinstatement within woult
give q fresh squirt, ard joyousl.,
Grind out "Listen to tho Mockint
Bird" or "Thouu Never Cease t
Love-" At last they were compsllet
to permit that music box to rsmai'
within the sspulchral rsoesses 0
young Chubh.
To say that the unfortunate vic
tim Of tho disaster was made missr
able by his condition would be t
express in the feeblest manner tn
stste of bis mind-The more musi
there was in his stomach, tho I'LL
er and more completely ohao6o b
came the disoord In hs soul. 4
likely ~ not it would occur thu
while he iay aslesp in tho middle .
the night, the works wonld beQln Il
revo!ve. and. noniA play "H.1pl
Sweet Home" 5or two or:'t9re
housa. unleesfap pig happsnad /
slip, wbsn The cylinder wool'
swSteh beok again 70 "Way Dow
1poa. the Swannss Rivsr'" a.:
woulA rattle out that tans wat
y,ristiops and taemsnts OF II
saale antil Henry his bsothse voua
49, him aant ofhad IN Wild dsepei'
anl IL nj vain s4ert to subdn
80 setpsade, which howsvse: IN
v.risbly prossedsd yi,hhsse vigo
vhea sabSeeted toaeusual prsasnzt
IA When Henry Caubb weat :
ohnrsi. i frsqssntly sssasysd that
in th1 very midst at as noa
eolenn pesiios q ths eo1non, b
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