The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-06-12

clothes. / felt right shamed while this
was goin on, and l looked at the la
dies, but ther faces was all hid by ther
spy glasses, the which l could swar
was pinted jest at the place whar Thad-
deus was dressin' himself. Praps it's
the music makes the difference, but I'm
glad my wife was in Georgy, music or
no music. . .. .r... . ....
In another minute thar was another
lung tearin', ear Dustin blowouts. Men,
women, and children rushed in singin
Mt the top of their voices that the
Counts little gal and her nurse had
been eat up by wild animal in the
mountain. Then here came the Count
singin' how sorry he was. l was fair
ly out of patience with this unnatural
ness, instead of runnin' out to save his
child, to walk up and down before all
them people singin'. / amt no sort of
patience with dead beats. Tbaddeus
had more sense; he picked up gun
which was lying handy, and away he
went. Them mountains and wild beasts
must have been right at the door, for
Thaddeus was hardly gone before he
was back again with the baby iii his
arms, he havin' been to the mountains,
killed the wild beast, and saved the
baby and nurse in not more than three
minutes He was a sight quicker than
the patent exterminator Well, then
there was another ear Dustin, lung
tearin' blowouts. The Count embrac-
ed and kissed the baby to music, and
sent her off to the house to have lit
tie scratch on her arm tied up, which
was all the hurt she had, which shows
you can't believe anything you hears.
The report was that baby and nurse
was eat up; the nurse wasn't hurt, and
the baby had flea bite. l doubt my
self if there was any wild beast in the
matter; al to get up sensation. But
the Count believed it; you could see
that by the way he acted. He shook
Thaddeus' hand and sung he was so
much obliged to him. Thaddeus sung
it didn't make no difference in the
world. The Count sung couldn't he
do something for him I Thaddeus
sung no he thanked him. The Count
sung wouldn't he take glass Of wine 7
Thaddeus sung he didn't keer if he
did. ...
Then as bad luck would have it, the
Count purposed the health of the EN-
peror, which was the same which
had banished Thaddeus, and
Thaddeus dashed his glass
down aud broke it all to pieces, which
made the Count so mad he forgot all
about what Thaddeus had done, and
had him arrested then and thar, and
Devlshoof too; but Devilshoof was too
smart for 'em; he got hold of the baby,
and everybody took after him; but he
ran across bridge, and took a little
knife out of his pocket and jest cut it
down after him, and the curling come
down, while the people fairly yelled
and clapped their hands and tried to
outdo the Opery in noise.
Then the little man next to me-
which was bald headed and had the
prize spy glasses, took 'em down
and wiped EN-, and said, settlin him
self, sit will be twelve years before the
next scene" .... ....
l was perfectly dumbfoundered al
his sayin such thing, and l sez, Sc,
I: ''Is that joke sir for l can't stay
here no twelve years. am from Geor
gy, and my wife and child are there
and I'm got my livin to make"
Well, he swelled up like he would
bust, and the lady next him laughed
right out loud. He was very polite
though, and told me they was goin' tc
pertend it was twelve years, and Ar
leener would be growed up; and SURF
enough when it went up thar she wa
-leastways they wanted me to believe
it was the same which was asleep OF
a fur skin; and thar was Thaddeu
watchin' over her, and then she wok'
up, and then they began to sing love
at each other. And it was real pretty
too; more chune about it than anything
l heard from EN-, only Thaddeus wa
too old and fat for her. When she fire
woke up she sang to him dream sh,
had dreamed, all about how she lived
in a fine house built of marble, and haC
plenty of niggars to wait on her, ant
fine clothes and jewelry and every
thing she wanted, but how she didn'
keer about any of it cause he was ther
and loved her, and she truly did lool
pretty and sang beautiful. 1t made m
think of the time my wife and me wer
courtin', only we didn't sing-mayb
because we couldn't. And then h
kissed and hugged her, which if the
had not been 80 many people roun,
would have been very natural. The
he sunk how when she was baby h
had saved her life, and he showed he
the scar on her arm.
But they don't rest easy long in OF
cries. This was too pretty and soft T.
last. The Gypsey Queen was in Low
with Thaddeus, and when she found b
was sparkin' Aleenner, she laid pla
aginst 'em. She made out how Al
, leenner had stole locket belongin' {
the Count, and she was arrested an
taken before him, and it was prove
aginst her, and they was just about
put her in Jail, when the Count sa
| the scar or her arm, and knowed
was his lost child; and then come al
other Dustin fuss. The Count sung |
, was so glad, and Arleenner sung 1
/ was she. And he sung he was goi
to marry her to the Kings son, and 81
put her pretty arms around Thaddeu
, and sung she wouldn't marry anybod
but him. and the Count sung 81
r couldn't marry Gypsey, and Thadd
us up and drawed out paper and sa
5 that proved he wasn't no Gypsey, b
0 a big man in his own country; and
s the Count gave his consent; and "
= thought all was goin' straight at la,
r when in come that Gypsey Queen wi
i a Gypsey she had hired to kill Arlee
a er, and, as good luck would have it,
G missed his aim and killed the Quee
Il And felt like Jumping up and crac
! ing my heels together was so gla
o she was such an awful shrieker a
II hateful besides And then that W
g all. t t
It think if live thirty years | "
N meyer pet all that music ont of !