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

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legs. The lid was heisted, and
mighty well it was. II it hadn't
been he'd q tore the insides clean
out and scattered 'em to the four
winds Of heaven"
''Played well, did he ," -.
"You bet he did; but don't in
tcrrupt me. When he set down he
'peared to keer little bout playin'
aud wish't he hadn't come. He
tweedled little on the TRIBE. aud
toodle oodled some on the Lsss-
jest foolin' aud boxin' the things
ears for being in his way. And |
says to man settin' by me, what
sort Of fool playin' il that?" Aud
he says 'Hcishl' But presently
his hands commenced chasin' one
another up aud down the keys like
a passel Of rats scampering thro' u
garret.
"NOw, says Ito my neighbor,
he's o showin' of. He thinks he's
a doin' Of it, bat be aint got no
idec, no plan of nothim'. II he'd
play mo up q tune OF some kind
or other, I'd"
But my ncighbor says Hcish i
very impatient.
Twas just about to git mp and
60 home, bcin' tired OF that fool.
ishness, when l heard . little bird
wakln' up way of IN the woods
and callin' sleepy.like to his mate.
and ! looked up aud sec that Rubin
was bcginnin' to take some inter-
cat In his business, and ! set down
agin. The music begun to make
pictures for me faster than you
could shake a stick, to tell tales
like the story books, and to start
all sorts of feelings; 1t just toted
me like was a child wherever Il
pleased, and showed me aIl kind oi
things that is and things that isn't
and never could be. It was the
peep y day. The light come faint
from the east, the breeze blowed
gentle aud fresh, some more birds
walked up IN the orchard, then
some in the trees near the house,
aud oil began to stir, and the gal
opened the shutters. just then
the tirst beams OF the sun fell upon
tho blossoms a little more, ald II
techl the roses on the bushes, aud
the next thing It was broad day
the sun fairly bIuxed he birds
sung like they'd split their little
ihroaIs; all the leaves was moyin'
and flasniu' diamonds OF dew, aud
the whole wide world was briyh,
and happy as u king. Seemed "a
[ lnc like there was good breakfast
in every house IN the land, aid moi
u sick child or woman anywhere
Ii was u Gne morning. aud l says
to my nciyhbor,
"That's music, that is."
But he glared at me like he wan
ted to cut my throat.
Presently the wiud turned; Il
begun to thicken up and kind o
gray mist to como over things.
got low spirited d'recly. Then |
silver rain begun to fall. l coult
see the drops touch the ground
some flashed up like long pearl ea
rings, aud the rest rolled away lik'
round rubies. II was pretty, bu
melancholy. Then the pearls gath
cred themselves into long strand
and necklaces, and then they melt
| ed themselves into thin silve
streams running between colder
| gravels, and then the streams join
cd each other ut the bottom OF tn
hill, aud made brook that fowc ct
silent, except that you could kind
er see the music, specially whel
the bushes on the banks moved a
the music went down the valley
| l could smell the flowers In tn
meadow. But the sun didn't shin
nor the birds sing. II WINS fogg,
day, but not cold. The most Gu
rious thing, though, was the littl
white angel boy, ike you see Il
pictures, that runs ahead Of tn
music book, and led IL ON and ON
away out Of tho world, where n
imam ever was--l never was, cor
tain. could sec him just as plail
as see you. Then the moonligh
came, without any sunset, AM
shons on the graveyards, whes
some few ghosts lifted their hand
and went over the wall, aud be
tween the black shsrp-top tree
splendid marble houses rose "
with fine ladies In the lit.up win
tlowa. and men that lovad ,elr