Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-04-18
Beautiful Dreamer.
AN UNFORTUNATE sERENADE.

Night haG closed her sable mantle
round the castle of Mr. and Mrs. Tram
bles and pinned it (hc mantle) with star.
You'll recognize that sentiment Us Poe's, |
'spose? The worthy couple had retired,
and no sound broke the stiffness but an oc-
casonal slap when the old ge tleman in
terfered with the revels of the mosquitoes
that attempted to skate around on his phre-
noIogical rink.
BuI presently another sound was heard.
A sen imrntpl young man who had recent
" moved to town, and who had hecome
rnamorcd of IL young lady living but IL few
.lo0rs from the Tramhlcs, had. in the dark
ness. mistaken the house and taken his
stand beneath their window, intent upon q
Grenade. lie opened up with
Beautiful dreamer, queen of my song"
Mr.. Trombles ierkrd himself up on one
.lbow and listened in ilstonishment. Pres
rntlv he said:
Harriet, who is that fellow down there
calling II beautiful DREAMER dye 'npose,
you or mc?"
"You or me! " snerred Mrs Trambles.
" Now you amt no beautiful dreamer, are
your"
well, don't know as am" replied
Mr.. =" not when these hange mos.
quitoes keep me from going to sleep, at
any rate. To tell the truth. Harriet, I'm
of the opinion that beautiful dreamers are
IL mighty scarce article about these prem
ises."
80, don't know as they are" quietly
replied Mrs. =" some folks don't
lose their beauty as soon us some other
folks do. At any rate, you might know
that the dulcet voiced minstrel isn't allnd-
ing to you, for don't you hear what he
says beautiful dreamer, queen Of my
song now, for PHYS sake. Ahsalom are
you the queen of anybody's songW
W-a.a-l," said Mr. +" hain't
never been very extensively advertised AS
sech, ~ allow, but if can't get up and
sing tile socks off n you, or any ofyour
tribe, Harriet, I'll swap voices with mule
and Join the italian opera"
Ibid you ever hear the like in all your
born days" returned Mrs. T--who was
thinking of sundry compliments bstowed
upon her voice by spoony young men when
in her girlhood, she used to drive the
neighbors almost TO distraction with
" RoSalia, the Prairie Flower - and the
Dying Californian" l want you to un-
derstlnd, Mr.. Trambles, that the only
reason that my parents didn't send me 10
Europe to practice for IL Prtnly Donner
WAS that my constitution was too delicate
to stand u sea- voyage"
"Do you think you are stout enough
now to bear trip by canal as far as
Utca?" asked Mr.. TIN an aggrava-
ting tone. People who talk as you do
are well cared for in a big building
there"
"Oh, you're awful smart" replied Mrs.
:, t" 1t wouldn't do to put you in the as
yum; you're so sharp that the other lu-
natics would use you to cut their way out.
] 1t lnay be that I'm out of my right mind,
= but thank heavens | never came home
from II fat mans convention ut two clock
, in the morning with the sleeves of my
coat tied in n hard knot around my neck
> and Il hAt-box on my head!
"Oh, you didn't" said Mr.. T some
what taken down, Well, rm glad to
=. hear you didn't. I'll tell you what you
q have done, though-you've gone down
, street many and many time, in broad
:. :. daylight, with my old leather voise strap
s ped to you for IL bustle!"
. - {" Its false" snapped Mrs. t
, 1" Yes, know its false" replied AbsA
= lom; " SO arc your hair and teeth!
a. This was too much for Harriet, ant
=, catching up her bolster she dealt the OLE
= gentleman Il broadside across the face am
~ eyes. Absalom returned the fire will
!, vigor, anu for IL few moments the feathers
ID literally flew. They tired themselves ou
w w presently, and again the stiffness was un
! broken. save by the song of the minstre
is below;
+, ' Beautiful d'eamer, queen of my song
n Lit while WOO thee with sOIt melody.'
" And when Absalum had recovered hi
~ ~ breath he arose, mntterng, "rll WOO the
" with sonetiIin, suftrr'n mel 'dy,' and 80
+, ng 10 the wtIIEtand he got lhe waite
- bucket, winch WIS nearly full, and emp
=, lied ii ont Of the window in the direction
~. from whence the muSc came. There wa
II a sudden cessation Of the melody, gas
~ and then sound rs ii somebody had hui
i" :, riedlv lcaped over the garden fence an
y torn his linen coat from Alpha to Omeg