Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-06-12


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leard IN 10 front yard. And in popped {
ma. nth . French horn. . nan with : haae-
vol. two men with Sddles and I man With Z
hanio. TIA man With tn hanio left the s.ke
open, and the nine hogs that continually wait
Tor such An opportunity left their roosting
phase ard by morning. he'd nut themselves out.
aide IL sncat pea-patch th.s side Of Florida.
III "a. vim ne bass-viol stspped upon
The preserve dishes, aud tho map with the
horn crushed In the Slaav globes. and the TIVE
men With the f,ddIes made clean sweep OF The
ehinnevx. No more In town. @. We burn
candies now.
III wsnder u thsy'u * - In, " saquirsd
IL man With he haee-yiol e the man with
the horn. 80
III they don't, we'll suaGh In he hot-bed
and pull up the morning glories," said the
man with the bern to the man with The boss
vol.
sTbeeb ~ hammes," chlpsd IN Tie TIVE
abea With the nddles; and ~ nan with the
banjo said hs say lots ct bricks 70 smash win
dows with.
Aad they began to play. Heaven! And
every chicken Il dead on the roosts n the
morning, and the rooster lett note asking
what be bad dose that 10 should meet such
iats.
They played the Last Rose OF summer"
That tunes dead now. And Ill tho neigh
bors have wonean anxious look ever since.
They phyed The Bod Soldier Boy" and
the man with the horn blew out such tremen.
dous notes dat they few distr,cted 70 the
roof and scuttled down the chimney and
knocked tho bottom out Of the cast-iron stove.
And then The pasn with The bass-viol sang
..Hv Heart Il In ne Hixhlahds.''
Il was lust then. Judge, the rooster died
how the mao with the banjo lived through it
I can't inaeine.
Near the fence opposite hole In my win
dow curtain stands the swiil-barrel, and In
that barrel may always Be found ten hungry
cats. AZ the last notes Of the murdered bal
I'D noated into the cellar and soured the but
ter. looked through the hole-thc ten cats
were stretching their necks over the chime,
their eyes ~ big ~ saucers, and such an ~
founded, horriaed look upon them that I've
dreamed of cats ever since. And soon, with
: faint whine. one cat after the other fell back
into the barrel; and presently tremendous
tom came tottering along, and dragging the
ten DYING cats out Of reach. implored tie
man with the bass-viol not to sing The last
verse. or he wouldn't be able to saye cat
alive.
Iopenel ~. h>se.d the music
to move alonE-told them the Judge was dy-
ing: to hear then-shat the hotel was up and
waiting and might catch cold Il they didn't
70 tt,en-that the Postmaster would b jesl-
Gus unless thev hurried to his house right %
that was sick-that the Chtnaman d'dn' I
like music. But Tie uaa with the banjo eead
they dislnt zee u. Ana sness c'oseu tnc
window and made believe I'D gone to eeti'
but they got boxes to sit upon and oex." the
programme over again. With the hrst noees
Of MY Ecart y In the Highlands" asked
them what they wanted.
''Want to Be asked In" said the mo" WI"
second fiddle, "didn'e we see you carrying
home = bottIe q sherry to-day!"
"Do you expect me 70 sing he'e without
drop Ill ntxhs!' said the man with t''e bass
vfol.
Didn't we hear that you made cake TINS
morning! Sid the man with the banjo.
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