Dodge City times., 1880-05-29

silver streams, running between golden
prayels, and then the streams joined
each other ct the bottom of the hill, and
made a brook that flowed silent, except
1 that YOU could kinder see the music,
specially when the bushes on the banks
moved as the music went along down
the valley. | 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 brook and
led it on and on, away out of the world,
where no man ever was, certain. l
could see that boy just as plain as see
you. Then the moonlight came, with
out any sunset, and shone on the grave
yards, where some few ghosts lifted their
hands and went over the wall, and be-
tween the black, sharp-top trees splen-
did marble houses rose up, with fine
ladies in the lit-up windows, and men
that loved 'em, but could never get
a-nigh 'em, who PLAYED on guitars un-
der the trees, and made me that miser-
able l could have cried, because l
wanted to love somebody, don't know
who, better than the men with the gui-
tars did.
Then the sun went down, it got dark,
the wind moaned and wept like lost
child for its dead mother, and l could
got up then and there and preached a
better sermon than any | ever listened
to. There wasn't thing in the world
left to live for, not a 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 miser-
able. couldn understand it. l hung
my head and pulled out my handker-
chief, and blowed my nose loud to keep
from cryin'. My eyes is weak, anyway !;
didn't want any body to be a-glarin'
at me a-snivlin', and it's no body's
business what do with my nose. It's
mine. But some several glared at me
mad as blazes. Then, all of sudden,
old Rubin changed his tune. He ripped
out and he rared, he tipped and he
tared, he pranced and he charged like
the grand entry at a circus. 'Peared
to me that all the gas in the house was
turned on at once, things got so bright,
and hilt up my head, ready to look
any man in the face, and not afraid of
nothin'. 1t was a circus and brass
band, and big ball all goin' on at the
same time. He lit into them keys like
thousand of brick; he gave 'em no
rest day or night; he set every livin'
joint in me a-goin', and not bein' able
10 stand it no longer, jumped, spapg
onto my seat, and jest hollered:
"Go it, Rube!'
Every blamed man, woman and child
in the house riz on me and shouted,
{. Put him out! put him out!''
"Put your great-grandmother's grizz-
ly gray greenish cat into the middle of
next MONTH" / says. "Tech me if
you darel Ipaid my money and you
jest come a-nigh me!'
With that some several policemen run
up, and had to simmer down. But |
could aft any fool that laid hands on
me, l was bound to hear Ruby out or
die.
He had changed his tune again. He
hop-light ladies and tip-toed fine from
end 10 end of the keyboard. He played
soft and low and solemn. / heard the
church bells over the hills. The candles
OF heaven was lit, one by one; saw the
stars rise. The great organ of eternity
began to play from the worlds end to
the worlds end, and all the angels went
to prayers. Then the music
changed to water, full of feeling that
couldn't be thought, and began 10 drop
drip, drop-drip, drop, clear and
sweet, like tears of joy falling into a lake
of glory. 1t was sweeter than that. 1t
was sweet as sweetheart sweetened
with white sugar mkt with powdered
silver and seed diamonds. 1t was too
sweet. tell you the audience cheered.
Rubin he kinder bowed, Ike he wanted
TO say, "Much Obleeged, but L rather
you wouldn't interrupt me-"
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