Telegram-herald., 1891-04-05

BURSTING INTO SONG.
~Oh, fairly well. fairly well, thank
you," he said deferentially.
''And have you any sons yet to go with
those nine daughters" inquired.
mary boy in the entire outfit" he
said, as ne laid outlet of star tobacco
about the size of kippered herring in
side his jowl. Mine girls and no boy
on the place
And how is your wife's health"
.'Oh, she's moderately well, thank
you. moderately So" Then, sort Of
thinking aloud 10 himself: ''Nice, likely
old lady, too, she is, as ever lived. Tried
and true through evil as well as good re-
port, poverty or prosperity, it has been
all the same TO her. Welcoming with a
hysterical sobby laugh the first tremu-
lous cry of our earliest baby, or weeping
into her poor old rusty veil at the funer-
al of our last, she is always the same to
me, the same dear good wife and mother.
''She's grand old character, Bill-a
grand old character. A little tautologi-
cal. perhaps. but a grand, grand char
acter."
Then his vestbuled cable train came
along. and he left me there to think it
over.
Speaking of the veil, must say that
it has seemed barbarous to me. never
wore veil at funeral, but it has al
ways seemed to me that would rather
be excused. 1t occurs to me that to
inv
not creepy, as might be supposed-veil
would, If it were my case, almost rob
me Of the joy of becoming the widow Of
o wife beater.
Think of riding a mile or two very
slowly to the grave, with your cold, dank
nose tied down ike a storm beaten bu1
of asparagus in the reluctant spring by
cold. wet veil drawn tightly across
your frost bitten eyeballs, and feeling
hike IN escaped hat rack with this SOM
Der drapery hanging over it, and smelling
of the black dye and the salt of your
own tears. 1t would take all the pleas
ure for me out of the funeral Of hus-
band who had eaten the tenderloin
himself for ten years, or put cord Of
me each year. or barrel Of flour.
The Worlds fair is getting on first
rate. A nice little building is being
erected now in which to store the plans.
This is great stride. The plans are
valued at $500 900. l would not give
that for them, Of course, but that is be-
cause am not plan collector. My
.<<$ tto$ 1t~o~f1nv,
The flying machine. or air ship. is at
the old exposition building. 1t is quite
buoyant, and hobs around at a great rate.
It Is about AZ liable to be successful
arial navigation. according to the gen.
eral opinion, as the old Comstock mine
Of Virginia is to crawl out Of its hole
some night and climb upon . moon
beam by means of pair Of roller skates.
But we shall see.
On Sunday went TO Central Music
hall to hear Professor Swing. He is a
plain man. with iron gray hair cut
straight across at the neck. hike Mr..
Beecher's and John the Baptist's He is
tall and serious looking, but able, oh!
how able no is!
The day was very rainy. and ] pao3ded
through the mud feeling that was do
ing a noble thing to act as Professor
| Swings audiences on such . dav. But
others were there Slowly the audience
room filed mp. and when The organ
struck up nocturne With cnc}oo inter-
lude. aud the orsaniet was feeling around
over the features 81 his instrument for
some new stops 70 pun ont, the sess vere
comfortably filed. and remained 90 till
the service was over. There vas no
/ choir TIE orgsniss sat by himself up
IN the loft, and toyed with the valves
and things. unmoved and unvexed by
the young people, who generally eat but
t~scotch and talk like q theater party
F whae not vocalizing A slender young
: man with . far away and rensive look
lssl the congregation in song by means
If small baton which he waved 30 and
fro, bus which he md not ofw 10 play
/ on.
burst forth into song. I could not
help il. People near me looked around
struck by my strange. wild mesciy.
Some seerie.l startled. Others were visi
bly, affected. and would have rspensesi II
they had bsen encoursxed think Con
vtction could be seen on their ksree; also
reTaorSe and sorrgw for the past
One man Rad = newspaper during the
early part OF the service I could hear
I II usher near ne cussfng him for h,s
lack Il reverence Hell Of way 20 do
IN church, ism's ~ he seess@i 80 nut
Ter. - she man went on reading shou'
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