The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-01
THE MUSIC LESSON.

used 10 follow every hand0rSan tnat
come inter the place. And them men that
squeeze something under their arms, and
make such squealing, funny noise,
were allurs sure of getting all my pen
MES. And here l am Deacon Scott's
wife, and oughter be settled down read
ing the blessed Bible, and thinking of
my latter days, yet here I am ready to
upset everything and run after the first
strain of music l hear, if it is nothing
but jews-harp.
Brother Jones lived next door and be-
longs to our church. He has taken it
into his head to buy pianer for his girl
Sarah Maria. A powerful nice girl is
Sarah Maria, but awful proper, wouldn't
do anything that was a bit naughty;
never had any fellows hanging round
after her. Everybody likes her, and SO
do /.
She has been taking lessons on the
pi,ner from the observatory, and great
professor comes here and plays till l am
almost carried away. But now he goes
bang away on the new pianner. think
Brother Jones is queer to let him 60 on
at such rate. He'll be going just as soft
and nice, and all at once he will hit the
pianner as though he had got mad at
something.
One night l sat at my winder listen
ing; all at once I thought I'd go in and
hear all could. / went right in. The
professor was there, and so was Sarah
Maria. They were very perite-gave me
chair-and began talking to the pro-
fessor about music. Says he:
"Will you favor us with song, Miss
Scott, or something on the pianner?'
81 did not bring nv music, and I have
a bad cold; please exaueeze me"
He smiled and gave Sarah Maria a
very knowing look.
l asked him to favor me with some
music.
(Which shall it be, vocal or instru-
mental"
"Iwill have little of both," says /.
/ thought I was safe in saying that. He
asked me if / was fond of oproar music.
I snd had been in SO few oproars I did
not know.
Thereupon he commenced singing
about dreaming he lived in marble
halls" Then he looked straight at Sarah
Maria, and kept saying "that he loved
her Just the same" l thought he acted
funny, but it was oproar music, and of
course / was prepared to hear him come
down on the pianner as though he was
smashing it all to pieces.
Sarah Maria asked me il I liked that.
I said: "Oh, yes, it was splendidP'
Iallurs noticed that everybody praises
what they don't understand in company;
and the deacon allurs tells me not to
criticise other people.
Says the professor:
"Can play you anything else, Miss
Scott"
I thanked him perlitely, and told him
to keep right on, when l was tired I'd
tell him to stop. Thereupon he COM
menced on something else, and l COM
menced to keep time, first with one fut,
then with my hands, then with my
whole body. The music kept going, and
kept agoing. Sarah Maria kept laugh
ing, and at last down came the Professor
on the pianner, and down l went on the
sofy, more dead than alive. thought
was bewitched, and after came to life a
leetle, I said:
"Whst have you done to me, Profes
sorf
"How do you like It'll" says he.
II guess l will like it when I get used
to it," .......
He said he played Thousand and
one nights" shouldn't you. think he'd gel
tired? .......
l felt kinder played out, SO thought
I'd GO down into the dining-room and
see Brother and Sister Jones. There they
sot, he reading one Of them lying news
papers, she darning stockings. He reac
about three men breaking bank. Jes
as if three men could break one of then
great big stone buildings. It would TAXI
more'n three score to break one of then
houses to pieces. Then he read Of a mar
with six wives, when we know it is hare
these days to take care of one. All lies
; I'm ashamed of Brother Jones to pay
!. two cents every day to buy paper tina
is full of such stories; ne had better pu
his cents in the poor box. It is bat
enough to have to hear of such works
without buying paper to read them
But such taste some folks have! Their
: sat Sister Jones looking at her lord ant
master (as I've heard some folks say
taking it all in like law and gospel.
, Everything that Brother Jones SAYS
; Sister Jones will swear by. I think it,
, wicked to place such trust in poo
= woman nature. I demonstrated to her a
' once.
"Well," said she, "Sister Scott, whel
woman has got nice likely man sh
: oughter look up to him and please him
= = You know, the man is the head of tn
; woman"
l don't want to make people believ
Sister Jones is out Of her head, but sh
is leetle shaller-jeest leetle-or sh
!. would not say such things about ma
! being woman's head. See how man
poor, miserable kites Of men there
!, found, ready to hang on some woman
II apron-strin0a I detnst the whale lot n