The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-24
BILL NYe GOES CRASHING.
And James Whitcomb Riley Lifts Up Ell
1Iclodious Yn.cA

And James Whitcomb Riley Lifss Up Ell,
1Ielotious yo.cA
went Grabbing last week in Pleasure ha .
and enjoyed IL very much II is dbferen,
from nuntiaS elephants or pulling tiger out
OF his lair by the tail, Icing safer and lea,
exciting. have hunted tbs, coon In the
south with more os less success. stepped ON
the trail OF the milan and apologizei fcr II
afterward, supplied the regular army for two
weeks with buffalo meat slain b. these fair
hands, shared suckers in Illinois, hunted An.
archi5ts, spent the evening with a vigilanc,,
committee, played bean bag with some of onr
best people, and been arrested on the Bowerv
by roundsman with 81 Ten Night, in
Barroom breath but | never enjoyed myself
better in my life than did grabbing on the
smooth surface OF the bay with a cotton
string and fish head
James Whitcomb Riley also soaked the
cold and pnlSeless features of dead fish in
the calm and crab infested waters. Ever
and anon he would burst forth into song
The low refrain would start up kind of easy
like the beginning of an anthem, and then il
would swell out in places, and arising to
height OF seven or eight feet, it would then
safely die away.
Sometimes no would tell me what he had
been singing, and | could SAe by the words of
the song that 1t was so and that he was riyht
about it.
The sweet smell of the hay field came
lightly across the water and kissed The dolce 1
farina llneaments Of our sleeping sail. The 4
low plant Of Che cuckoo clock and the gentle /
man from New York who had Just been pre-
sented with his bill was borne across The
dinpled bosom Of the tide.
Then James Whitcomb Riley again burst
forth into Solg He hos a good voice. IL is
rich and ful' with notches cut in it 50 that
when hc gets up 10 a high note be can hold
Oh without slipping "a cor or fatting. | tried
10 sing with him, bat could NOS 10 so Success
fully az all Our party sad had more soul
Than voice while Nh Riley seemed 70 run
arSely into voice If could kcaD my soul
'ut Of my sons more would DE less apt % give
'fienso - s,gsitivo people But MI Rieys
lotes.ri Ike those D; a lark. mature rapidly
md end IT, glad bleat which shakes the
'reen apples Of the trees for miles around.
did moi succeed in reaching the altitude
which Dir. Riley did but once, and that was {
when was trying to explain toa Young Indy S
y means I'd lar-r ultrararinr cl-b how G
was That the animal could catch hold Of {
nythins aul retain It in his possession for a 5
ing time. [
Mr. Riley composes rapidly while crab {
Ing, easily inventing, constructing. i'm. Z
revising correcting and revising as he goes
long lie slsO constructs an acconuani- g
ent Of music while keeping his eve all the
hilc on his sport He is certainly a very a
'rsatilc and anbidextrous man. presume h
: wouldn't care % have me speak Of it here. o.
1t TO show how easily be composes will
y that be arranged for the pianoforte while u
were grabbing sort Of roundeau or
undelette set 10 the air Of Marching o
trough GeorGia," which made the hot tears b
I'll mp in my eyes, and they have been so =
Y that for years they have squcakcl in
err sockets | can only recall now q few
rs Of tic song but they Show that ti.,
ne writer IS born, not mad, Il.y "a. a. -
lows. r0
lrcely conM we be restrained frombusta- into tA
tears jo
zen We saw those COOL Old crabs $40 haing a.
caught for years.
While sa went Grabbing through Georgia "a
Dill Nye ia New York No-H