Iron County register., 1891-12-03
AN OLD BACHELORS REvsRlE.
Hls Romance Woven from the Varying
Strains of the Piano Next Door.

AN OLD BACHELORS REvERiE.
| Bis Romance Woven from the Varying
| Strains of the Piano Next Door.
l wonder why the piano isn't going
this evening. My pretty little neigh
| Dor must be otherwise engaged. The
door bell rang a moment ago, Sc Sir
Welcome Beau is doubtless in attend
ance. All, me! I believe I'm just wee
bit jealous of that handsome, smiling
| fellow
It's little trying for crusty old
bachelor to sit up here in his lonely den
and wonder what those two young peo-
pie are about next door. Humphi
They're probably enjoying themselves
after the manner of young folks.
Sentiment and small talk without
limit is doubtless the bill of fare. Yes,
yes; how silly l am to envy them. Isn't
this fresh magazine and my generous
pipe Of Lone jack far preferable to
such nonsense? Of course it is.
"Ah! there, she's playing now! How
she makes that instruments speakl Ii
voices her every feeling more truly
than ever tongue could. Yes, he's GER
| tainly there tonight; and she's talking
to him through that piano just as
plainly as can be, the little mink!
wonder if he can interpret her music !?
| There, now, those quick treble
notes--those bird-like runs and thrills
don't they say, just as plainly as
| daylight. I'm SO glad you came to-
night-so glad, SO glad, so glad, glad,
| glad. glad, glad;'-and now those soft
er, deeper notes! Can't you hear? For
/ love you.
| 20, l love you, love you, love, love
- Oh, you young loony, you! Why
don't you take her right off that piano
stool and fold her in your arms and
kiss her? have no patience with such
young noodle.
"What wouldn't give to be down
there in your place for just one minute!
Ah! There, gov! The music suddenly
stops! The youngsters evidently come
| to his senses at last! Well, God bless
| them-God bless them.
''What! is that tear? 1t is, by
| Jupiter!-and I've let my pipe go out,
| too, and havn't turned leaf in that
| magazine yet. What an old idiot, to
be sure!
"Yes, little maid. I know you are
very sad this evening. The first plain
tive note of the piano told me SO; and
there's no use in your repeating it so
often. You'll make me sad, too, if you
don't stop soon. How often has the
piano told me, within the past two
weeks, that he has gone.
ooh, SO far-far-far away-away-
away; across the seattle sea-sea and
you're so lonely-so lonely, that your
heart is almost breaking-breaking-
real1ing-breal1ing Poor little girl!
I wish I could cheer her up. I'd give
my right hand to bring her absent lover
back to her this minute.
"Well, declare! is that more tears?
I'm getting to be as soft as woman. /
must cease this moping here in my den
every evening, listening to that senti-
mental little woman pouring her heart
out at her piano. It's not good for me,
I'm afraid.
Great heavensl I shall go wild If
: this continues! Every evening since
that steamship has been overdue the
agonized tones of the piano have almost
driven me crazy.
'And there it goes again, telling me
over and over, in weird, distracted
tones: He is dead. dead; dead; he is
drowned, he is drowned. I, too, will
die will die; I, too, will die And those
wild. piteous chords! Do they breathe
prayer? / Think they must. Ahl
how they pierce my heart!
''There is resignation in the pianos
tones tonight The steamer is lost.
They have given up all hope. 1 saw
man of prayer at the house this even
ing. He has doubtless comforted her.
But, oh, what unspeakable sadness
there was in her face, as she stood at
the window this evening when passed!
Yes, the piano is resigned tonight. In
sad, low tones it speaks of Heaven,
and reunion, and peace and Joy unut-
terable! There are still tears in its
notes, to be sure, but they are bright
ened with hope.
"And now the hope grows stronger
and seems almost ready to burst forth
into a hymn of celestial gladness. But,
there, the door-bel rings, the music
stops, and-what was that? A scream?
n
w Gil, DltSS HiC Al IL ISL l. dlIuOSE COC
good to be true. So he isn't drowned
after all? I wonder what they all
thought of me for rushing IN where the
returned lover and his sweetheart, al
most wild with joy, were clasped close
in each others arms, with the rest of
the family standing about weeping for
gladness. / suppose I had no right to
intrude, but that scream justified it.
X
1.-The old piano seems almost burst
ing with happiness again tonight. 1t
fairly delights me to hear it. I'm 30
glad the young folks are not going
away from the house next door, now
that they are married. I should miss
the piano, oh! SO much.
''My! what divine hymn of graft.
tude and bliss there is in those simple,
soulful measures that the happy little
woman is playing now! Heigh-ho!
That young fellow got rare treasured!
but don't envy him. No--I-don't
-believe-I-do. But, anyhow, here is
his health, and long life to the young
couple. May they live long and pros
peri Il. d. Leech, In Pittsburgh Bull
letin.
In Babylon.
King acknowledgements the
royal tooth-puller to my presence at