The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-12-10


Bates, knowing we tSI0zere chgms,
and whenever he did it seems the
young ono bit his lips and turned az
| red as a beet root. After the lights
were out Mr. Chaplin congratulate
ed me before Bates. There, you
see, it is not so very hard why,
hang me If you didn't saw away
as well as the besti u AT these
words Bates gave sort OF yell
and ran home. Mr.. Chaplin looked
after him with surprise. 'There's
some devils delight up between
you two" said he. Il shall find it
out"
Next night in the tuDing-room my
eddie was SO resonant il attracted
attention, and one or two asked
leave to try it. "Why not ?" said /.
During work Mr.. Chaplin had one
eye on me and one eye on Bates,
and caught the perspiration running
down my face, and him simpering
for the first time in the history of
the Adelphi.
"What has come over Jem
Bates'?'' said Mr.. Chaplin to me !;
''the lad is all changed. You haye
put some of your late guDpowder
inIO him there is something up be-
tween you two" After the play he
got US together, and he looked
Bates in the face, All just said to
him, Eli ?"
At this wholesale interrogatory
Bates laid hold of himself tight.
mo, Mr.. Chaplin, sir, l can't; it Will
kill me me when it does come out
of me-"
"When what comes out? You
young rascals, if you don't both of
you tell me, I'll break my fiddle
over Bates, and Jack shall mend il
free of expense gratis for nothing,
that is how I'll serve mutineers );
come, out with it."
''Tell him, Jobn," said Bates, de-
murely.
"No," said 1, "tell him yourself, if
you think it will crafty him." L
had my doubts.
"Well," said Bates, dit is migrate
full to keep you out of it, sir, so-he
HELM tell you, sir-this second
violin has two b ws in his violin
case"
"Well, stupid, what is commoner
than that for a fiddler 2"
''But this is not fiddler" squeak
ed Bates: she's only bower. Oh
OIL OH"
"Only a bower?"
"No! Obi Obi 1 shall die; it
will kill me-" l gave a sort of
CHASTITY grin myself.
"You unconscionable scoun.
drels !" shouted Mr.. Chaplin "there,
look at this Bates he is at il again
a fellow that the very clown could
never raise a laugh out OF, aud now
see him all night Sinking, and
grinning, and looking down like a
jackdaw that has got his claw on a
thimble. If you don't speak out,
I'll knock your two tormenting
skulls together till they roll of
down the gutter side by side, chuck
ling and giggling all day and night"
AT this direful mysterious threat
Bates composed himself. '"The |
power is ali out of my body, sir, so
now | can tell you"
He then in faint tones gave this |
explanation, which my guilty looks
confirmed. Gone of his bows is |
resined, sir,-that one is the tuner.
l don't know whether you have OBJ |
served, but he tunes rather louder |
than any two of us o dear, it is |
coming again"
"Don't be fool, now. Yes, have
that"
"The other BIO ", Mr.. Chaplin, sir,
the other bow is soaped-well soap
ed, sir, for orchestral use. Ugh!
Ugh!"
so, the varmiutP"
Bates continued. "You take q |
look at him,-you see him lingering
and bowling like mad-but as for
sound, you know what a greasy
bow is p"
"Of course l do. 1 don't wonder
at your laughing-hai ha hal o,
the thief-When | think of his dill
gent face, and him shaking his right
wrist like Viotti."
''Mind your pockets, though he
knows too mqch.'
1t was now my turn to speak. 81
am glad you like the idea, sir" said
!, "for it comes from you"
GLOW can you say that ?"
What did you tell me TO do?'
81 didn't tell you TO do that. l
don't remember what | told him,
To the letter"
"Toid me 10 play inaudibIei ! ~