Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-12-22

little camp about ten miles from
|ioche, occupied by upwards of three |
hundred miners, every one of whom
hight have packed his prospecting
Implements and left for more inviting
lids any time before sunset When
be day was over, these men did not
1t from their lzbors, like the honest
lew England agriculturist. but sang,
Hnced, gambled. and shot each other,
J the mood seized them
One evening the report spread along
Re main street (which was the only
Sreet) that three men had been killed
L Silver Reef, and that the bodies
here coming in. Presently lumber
hg old conveyance labored up the
Lon, drawn by a couple of horses, well
born out with their pull The cart
ontah- ID a good-sized box. and no
|oouer did its outlines become visible
through the glimmer of a stray light
Sere and there, than it began to effect
he oilers. Death always enforces
aspect, and even though no one had
hueht sight of the remains, the crowd
rsdually became subdued, and when
he horses came to stand-still, the
hrt was Immediately surrounded.
he driver, however, was not in the
asst impressed with the solemnity OF
d commission
a All there9"
sHaven't examined Guess So"
The driver filed his pipe and lit 1t as
continued:
sWjsh the bones and load had gone
Fer the grade"
A man who had been looking on
Iepped up at once.
al don't know who you have In
hi box. but If they happen to be
ky friends of mine, I'll lay you
pngside."
/" We can mighty soon see" said the
amster coolly. Just burst the lid of,
ID If they happen to be the men you |
pnt I'm here.
The two looked at each other for a
oment, and the crowd gathered a
pie closer. anticipating trouble.
The teamster began to pry up the
He got a board of, and then
SIled out some old rags. A strip of
mething dark, like rosewood pres
tied itself
Eastern collins, by thunderl" said
veral and the crowd looked quite
konished.
Some more boards few up. and the
m who was ready to defend his
ends memory, shifted his revolver a
he. The cool manner of the team
y had so irritated him that he had
Ade up his mind to pull his weapon
the first sight of the dead, even If
deceased was his worst and Oldest
emy. Presently the whole of the
x-cover was off and the teamster,
aring away the packing, revealed
the astonished group the top of
netting which puzzled all alike.
Boys" said he, a this is pianner."
A general shout of laughter went
and the man who had been so
xious to enforce respect for the dead,
Uttered something about feeling dry,
4 the keeper of the nearest bar was
rerai ounces better of by the time
boys had given the joke all the
ention it called for.
Had dozen dead men been in the
{, their presence in the camp could
occasioned half the excitement
{ the arrival of that piano caused.
By the next morning it was known
IL the instrument was to grace a
rdy-gurdy saloon, owned by Tom
skin, the leading gambler in the
&c. 1t took nearly week to get
. wonder on its legs, and its owner
) the proudest individual in the
up. 1t rose gradually from recum-
i to an upright position, amid a
fusion of tongues, after the manner
Inc Tower of Babel.
of course everybody knew just
such an instrument should be
up. One knew where the "off
d leg" should 60. and another was
ted on the "front piece.
cores of men came to the place
~ day to assist.
Ill put the bones in good order"
II you want the wires tuned up,
the boy"
I've got music to feed it for a {
nth"
uother brought q pair of blankets Z