The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1879-05-17

INV head and pulled out my hand
kerchief and blowed my nose loud
to keep from cryin'. My eyes is
weak anyway; | Didn't want any
body to be q gazing at me o sniv-
elm, and it's nobody's business
what l do with my nose. It's
mine. But some several glared at
me mad ~ Tucker.
Then all OF Q sudden old Rubin
changed his tune. lie rip'd and
he rar'd, he tipped and ,ur'd. he
prance.i and he charged, like the
graad entry in o circus. 'Peared
to me that all the gas iu tho house
was turned On at once, things got
so bright, aud l hilt up my head
ready to look any man in the face,
aud not afcard Of nothin'. II was
circus, and a brass band, and a
big ball all going on at the same
time. He lit into them keys like
a thousand OF brick; he give 'cm
DO rest, day or night; he set every
livin' j'int IN me agoin', and not
beiM' sble 10 stand It no longer, |
jumpt onto my seat aud hollered |:
go 1t, my Rube!"
Every blamed man, woman and
child IN the house riz on me and
shouted, "Put him out! put him
out /"
"Put yonr great grahdmothcr's
grizzly gray greenish cat out into
the middle Of next month";" says.
"Tetch me IL you dar. lpsid my
money, and you just come anigh
me-"
With that several policemen run
up and had 10 simmer down.
But l would a fit any fool that laid
hands on me, tor | was bound to
hear Raby out or die.
He changed his tune again. lie
hopt light ladies and tip.tocd fine
from cend to ecnd Of the key board
IIe played soit, aud low, and sol.
emu. I heard the church bells
over tho hills. Then tho music
changed 70 water, full Of feeling
that couldn't be thought, much less
told about, and begun to drop
drip, drop, drip, drop--clear and
sweet, ike tears Of Joy fallin' into
u lake Of glory. It was sweetcr
than that. It #a5 b sweetheart
swcctmin' sweetness with white
sugar MKT with powdered silver
aud seed diamonds. II was too
sweet, l. tell you, and the audience
chccrcd. Rubin he kinder bowed
ike lie wanted to say, "Much obli'
gcd, but I'd ruther you wouldn't
interrupt me-"
lie stopt q minit or two TO fetch
breath. Then he got mad. liz
run his fingers through his har, hs
showed up his sleeves, be opcued
his coat tails o little further, hs
dug up his stool, he leaned over
and, sir, he just went for that oil
pianncr. He slapt her face, h'
pinchcd her ears, he scratched heI
cheeks till she fairly yelled. III
knockt her down and he stomp
on her shameful. She beloved
like a bull, she blcatcd like calf
and she howled like hound, sh'
squealed like q pig, she shriekct
like q rat, and then he wouldn'
let her up. He run quartz
stretch down the low grounds o
the base, till he got clean into tn
bowels Of the earth, and you hcar'
thunder after thunder through th,
hollows and caves of perdiiion
and then he fox.chased his righ
hand with his left. tell be got ava,
out Of tho tribe into tho cl0uds
whar the notes was finer than th
p'ints Of cambria needles, and yoI
couldn't hear nothin' but the shad
ders Of 'em. And i|len he woul'
MT let the old pinnncf 30. For'ar'
two'd he crossed over first gentle
man, he cros't over frat lady, b
balanced to pards, he chassad
right and left, back toyour places
he all hands round, ladies to I'll
right, promenade all, In and ou'
J here and thar, by jings, II was
mixtery! lie fetched up his rigl
wing, he fetched up his center, b
fetched up his reserves. He fire