The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-08-23

work. | swept the streets, ana was
cheated by the foreman of the gang.
| even tried to wait in a saloon. Ny
best suit was rather fancy, perhaps |
but I looked we'll, and ! served III 4
saloon on the Third avenue where
singers in the chorus go. | did pref
tv we'll. but l wanted Beatrice. | |
wanted my wife, and | grew careless.
Then Coolbaugh put me here. DO
youe know Coolbaugh? He's q man |
who OWNS more than q hundred hand |
some organs and over fifty monkeys.
He's very rich. He has had trouble
with the Italian Government about
the little boys who play On the violin
and harp. lie allows his agents TO
treat the boys shamefully, but he is
a pleasant man himself. ! went to
him and told him my story. This
was twelve years ago. Since then
Peter died with the scarlet fever,
and was buried by the city. I was
away. And Beppo-well, Beppo went
to the bad-well Beppo, Beppo's up
on the island
lizard luck old man.
eyes. hard luck. However, when
1 saw Coolbaugh he rented me an organ
and a monkey, and gave me a route. :
"What do you mean by that Z!
Every man has his route. All the
city routes were full, so he sent me
on the road. l didn't mind that, for
| was foolish enough to think that
there was possibility Of my meeting.
seeing, or hearing about him, even ii
l was denied my child for ever. Oh,
curse him Curse him If ever-but
never mind. What right have | to
talk ! I'm here to suffer, and will Till
my fate. On the road /
HE let you have an organ and a
monkey Z!
'Y eS.
.'FOr which you paid what
He said if was in the city, must
paw him two dollars a day, but While
on the road ten dollars aweek. That 5
for the hire, and if l could pay more,
the extra was to go to paying for the
organ and the monkey, but the mon
key was to be paid for first.
"Why r
because monkeys die here especial
" in our business very soon. Chlld-
: rem give EN- candy, candy gives EN-
collie. and collie in Il monkey Is worse
than small poX in a human. My trst
) route was up toward Bridgeport, New
| Haven, Hartford, Springfield. and
Worcester. We can't go to Boston
) because Coolbaugh's agreement with
a man in Boston secures the Eastern
: States from that point to him. Bridge
: port and Hartford are two good places.
There's so many factory people there
| that good solemn organ can make
| five dollars in a day, unless there S
, been one the day or so before, New
: Haven people are down on hand
: organs, and monkeys don't seem TIC
draw. The college boys don't like
/ EN-
Not rivals are they =
f Sir -
! $50 on.
+ but Worcester is the best of all
: I can 90 to Worcester with this solemn
t organ and
"You've said solemn twice. What
r do you mean by 1t !
y The old man looked at me SOberly
2 for moment, and the three monkeys
apparently in the spirit of the scene
+ looked too. Then rising, he put the
g strap over his rounded shoulders, the
buek le settling in its well-worn vel
: veteen groove, and turning the crank
r ground out. with marked. pronounced
t time the grand old 'Marseillaise.
Y This he followed with ''Hold the
g Fort and that with the Purltanit
/ tune dundee Then. as he lifted
e the organ to the ground, he patteC
8 the gravest monkey on the head, ant
d said Them tunes is what | cal
$ solemn
+. And so they were.
k Il can make three times as mucl
@ money with solemn organ as | cal
n with dancer. Children like dancers
r the best. but children don't payin thu
e country. Many time I've asked t.
l. pay for a glass of milk at gentle
n mans house on the road. They CAV,
! it to me. Then l gave'em Hold tn
Fort and before l leave they fill M
j. up with dinner, and slip me staml
s besides. If | was to play THOUSAND
years I'd never touch anything but
n solemn organ. Why even the mon
n KEYS know the difference.
+ "But all this time | was thinking 0
70 what I'd lost. Sometimes. when u
II | CnTbb u1Olk6NS Nc1t tp W lhN JOAilOO
d Of tricks, and everybody was shouting
k with laughter. found myself swim
# ging out the Marseillaise Hymn wit
d Jerk and a rush that the notes didn'
" call for and when | came to myself
was numbering that monster VIII
ID stole my girl away and killed my wife
II Oh. sir. to think. But l must no
20 think. I've had a city route for thre
d years. | own that biggest monkey
,e but somehow l can't get an organ
4 | drink. | cant help it, and don
le want to. They call me old Grunt
h but don't care. Even Beppo. who1
ID love, doesn't care for me. | wen
IS to see him on the Island. and becaus
re the boys laughed at my coat, he PR
in tended was his uncle. Just to thin
le of that. Coolbaugh wants me to ma
d. ~. Marry l wouldn't marry tn
Queen of Italy. Ny heart is in tn
as grave-except what S with the child.
ae l didn't see my way very clear.
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