Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1890-05-03
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.Lst oh, lot me gaze upon ny fscer
'flute againi" exclaimed ~. Saan>.
He rang for the cAarnbermaid.
Ask your master 70 como hsre."
n. Favicli hurried up,
listen, pray, " said NJ. jaime.
n. favioii endeavcred TO hold hii
breath. OF Z sudden two philanderinG
cats ~ ap . caterwauling on the bat
Uony.
Il hear only two cAts talking love "a
each other" said M. Favioli.
n hear them, too. M. jaime chimed
In. BE patient! The flute viii BE-
gin again"
N. favioli held I'm breath. -
Suddenly. Crack. the nute!
sfet oh. let me sAse upon thy facet"
N. jaime, in agitation. struck against
the walt while w. Favioli burst into
loud laughter,
II have II, M. JAnne--l have n
present you to The artist. PleAse follow
me-"
He took = lighA and opening Nine.
KissMicoaickS door with bis pass-key,
be pciatcd to cage on the table 10
which bird similar 10 udr blackbirdl
was moving his Read about and sing.
ing without . semblance Of fear.
THAT ID Mime. Kissmicouick's Anle,
n. Jaune-an Australian nightingale.
These birds learn m AiS perfectly and
In the night charm the iieighbors.
Somewhat calmer. for II was folly to
gst angry with bird. n. jaime said:
Propose to tho lady 10 sell it to me.
Go a high a. 800 francis that I may
have the satisfaction OF wringing its
neck"
Well. N. jaime, viii speak to her
this evening"
N. Favfoli complied with his
promise, but Nine. Kis,miccuick sent
him walking.
Five hundred franc,r' she cried.
II think a. much Of 1t as . Chinaman
Of his pigtail. Say to that fellow that
] will not sell my bird for $500, for It
Is souvencr Of my husband"
The word fellow touched N.
Jaune's sensibility; he grew red In the
face and threatened retaliation.
As Mime Kissmicoliick was &C.
customed to sleep from . to 8 O'Clock
in the afternoon he scrapcd on violin,
200 times in succession, the first four
measures Of Returning from the Re
view"
Unfortunately for his plan Nine.
Kissmicouick was deaf ef one ear. She
lay on the other and slept with the
serenity Of marmot-
In the evening. still in perspiratiop,
delighted with having silenced the bird.
il not the mistress. he promised him
self . fine sleep.
But bark! Suddenly in the silence,
crack you have it. No. you don't have
it.
The bird. which had II appeared, a
prodigious memory. began to sing,
Returning from the Review" without
prejudice. Instead Of one annoyance
NJ. jaime had two.
Under such provocatit,n be stole with
the tread Of wolf to Nine. Kissmi-
couick's door. By chance she had not
locked 1t. He hurried to the cage.
and with heart full Of bitterness
threw into 1t biscuit dipped in arseni-
ate Of potash and trpped back again to
his room.
But. far from making away with it.
sell. as the cruel lordling hoped. the
bird sang twice Q minute instead of
once. and then as though 1t had two
throats IL warbled the two airs to-
gether. LET Me-" and The Review"
Furious. M. jaime ran again to the
door Of the American lady. She had
now come in and locked 1t. but 1t gave
way under the impact Of his shoulder.
Madame. cried be, '.your con-
ditions, no matter what they are.?'
Indeed, sir" she replied, her face
sufased with bushes, .'you have
broken into my domicile with q high
hand. Save my honorI Marry msr
'Beelzebub may take .you frsti' 81.
Stained n. jaime, without any French
courtesy.
Then shall appeal to the law"
Pestered by the endless troubles
which pursued him NJ. jaime was finally
brought to say:
Il consent II you let me kill that
miserable parrot"
Il will hand him over TO you will
!ngly on the day of the liuptials, dear
N. John" She thought that his name
Was John instead of jaime.
MJaune led Mime. Kisslnicouick to the
liter In . few days afterward.
II will be 30 disagreesble." said he
70 himself, that she can not endure
ne and will hurry OF to her own
country.
Now. on returning from the review
excuse me, mean from the church
he promised himself the inhuman
satisfaction of having the nightingale
'ricasseed and served with his dinner.
Nevertheless Mime. j aune- Kissmicouick
yraciously handed him the cage.
POUNDS! What n surprise! 1t was ..
Ituffed bird which . Paris artisan
had mounted - . inging-bird. In
rider to keep the wheels from rusting
he lady wound 1t up every evening be-
ore going out.
The other nightingale. which N.
Iaune had taught to sing the Review"
vas that Of Miss Whiterose at No. 6. /
In face Of such contempt NJ. jaime
las entered complaint to annul the
for error Of person--or rather
or error Of bird. - Translated from Tho
French for the San francisco Call.