Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-07-17

cd up like rubies. TWAS pretty, but
melancholy. Then the pearls gath.
cred themselves into long strands
and necklaces, and then they melted
into thin silver streams running be.
tween golden gravols, and then the
streams joined each other ut the
bottom the hill, and made brook
that flowed silent except that you
could kinder see the music, specially
when the bushes on the banks moved
as the music went along down the
vally. could smell the flowers in
the meadow But the sun didn't
shine, nor the birds sing; it was
foggy day, but not cold. The most
curious thing was the little white
angel boy, like you see in pictures,
that run ahead of the music book,
and led it on, and on, away out of
the world, where no man ever was
i never was, certain. could see
that boy just as plain as see you.
Then the moonlight came, without
any sunset, aud shown OH tho grave
yards, and some few ghosts lifted up
their hands and went over the wall,
and between the black sharptop trees
a splendid marble house rose up,
with fine ladies' in the liftd.up win.
dows, and men that loved en-, but
could mover get a.nigh 'cm, and
played on guitars under the trees,
and made me that miserable could
a cried, because l wanted to love
somebody, don't know who better
than the men with the guitars did.
Then the sun went down, it got dark,
the wind moancd and wept like
lost child for it's dead mother, and
could q got up then and there and
preached better sermon than any
ever listened to. There wasn't a
thing left in the world to live for, not .
blame thing, and yet didn't want
the music to stop one bit. 1t was
happier to be miserable than to be
happy without being miserable. l
couldn't understand it. hung my
head and pulled out my handkcr-
chief, and bowed my nose loud to
keep from cyrin'. My eyes is weak
anyway; didn't want anybody to
be "a gain at me snivilin', and its
no body's business what | do with
my nose. It's mine. But some sew.
eral glarcd ut me as mad as Tucker
Then, all of a sudden, old Rubin
changed his tune. lie ripped and
rard, he tipped and tar'd, he pran
, ced and he charged like tho grand
entry at "a circus. 'Peared to me
that all the gas in the house was turn
,, cd on at once, things got so bright,
and / hilt up my head, ready to
, look any man, in the face, and no,
afraid of nothin'. 1t was circus
and brass band, and a big ball, all
goin' on at the same time. He hi
into them keys like thousand Of
: brick, he gave 'em no rest, day MOI
= night; he set every livin' joint in me
t a. goin', and able to stand it no long
;. er, Jumped onto my seat, and jest
{ hollcrcd:
! $50 it, my Rnbe''
every blamed man, woman ant
= child in the house riz on me, ant
8 shouted Put him out! put him out.
= "Put your great grandmother
= grizzly gray ereenish cat into TIT
middle of next month"; | says
e Tech me if you dare! paid m,
:. munoy, and you jest come a.nigl
me-
:, "With that, several policemen rul
u IN. and | had to simmer down. Blu
| would fit any fool that lalt
y hands on me, for was bound t
y hear Ruby out or die.
% "IIe had changed his tune agin
IT He hopt.light ladies and tip.toc
fine from eend to eend OF the key
~ board. He played soft, low an
solemn. | heard the church bell
= over the hills. The candles in hea'
!, en- was lit, one by one; | saw til
u stars rise. The great organ of etc
- nifty began to play from worlds en-
90 to worlds end, and all the ange
~ went to prayer. - Then I'll
g, music changed to water, full OF fee
. ing that couldn't be thought, an
y, began to drop-drip, drip, drl
~ drOp-clear and sweet, like tears
~ ioy fallin' into lake of glory.
~ was sweeter than that. 1t was
~, sweet as sweetheart swcetn'd vii
'h white sugar MKT with powder'
w. silver and seed diamonds. 1t VI
ON ON too sweet. l tell you the audien
~ cheered. Rubin kinder bowed, III
,ht he wanted to say, Much obleege
.ha but I'd rather you wouldn't int
MT: ruP me-
ing He stopped a minute or two
ali fetch breath. Then he got mi
=, H. r,n b;e n noara IN ron oh his ha