Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-03-29

i1 woRkEn.
the sad Experience Of votary Of the
Piano.

The sad Experiences Of n votary Of the
Piano.
She was Of uncertain ago and thin, and
she could not get her piano up the board
iir house stairs. 50 tho cartman rugged
NJ, tackle from the roof put danger"
cards on the sidewalk and hoisted the
dangling rosewood aud ivory in through
the window The hall bedroom boarder
next door watched her arrival with min
eled horror and curiosity. 'rm afraid
he means business,r he remarked SEN
cautiously 70 the hall bedroom boardcr at
the other end of the hall. "Some peo-
ole have pianos for ornament, but no
body h'ists up pianner with pulley
unless they mean business"
That afternoon the piano tuner ar
lived, and when he went away the owner
started In, ravishcd the ears Of the hall
bedroom boarder with steady stream
of melody from 4 o'clock till dinner
time, and after that she hung to the
Keys until quarter past II. And every
time she trod on the loud pedal the hall
bedroom boarder fairly shook in his bed.
The next day the musical arrival de-
voted herself to vocal exercises.
"She has new system" explained
the hall bedroom boarder, who had
taken it in through the keyhole. "iShe
stands off in the middle Of the floor and
takes fiers vt the music"
Glow do you meaD," asked the old
gentleman from the second floor, who
had come up in his dressing gown and
carpet slippers to discuss the situation
Il mean she loads up with page of
music, and then stands off and Peppers
the piano with big and little notes"
"It's worse than cats" added the hall
bedroom boarder sadly, as he turned in.
The next morning was Sunday, and at
8 o'clock the new boarder was ut the
piano She kindly omitted scales and
exercises, and worked off "Consider the
Lilies" The hall bedroom boardcr Hcxt
door dressed with feyerish haste. A
moment later he knocked at his neigh.
boris door.
''I beg pardon for disturbing you," he
said when she appeared, "but ! have
trifiing favor to ask. notice you have
been singing Consider the Lilies. i
want to ask If you won't sing the com
panion song, Consider the Hall Bed-
room Boarder.' It's asking good deal,
but the whole household is interested in
your music"
you're impertinent, sir" she said
angrily, slamming the door in the appli-
cant's face, and again the flow Of melo-
dy began.
After dinner, just as the boarders
were beginning to stroll upstairs pale,
determined looking woman hurried
down to the landlady.
~ wish my bill Immediately" she said
in an excited way.
"You are not going TO leave on Sun
day" remarked the astonished mistress
Of the household.
II am. will send for my piano to-
morrow If you will have the dynamite
taken out"
"The dynamitel' gasped the landlady.
Exactly. There's notice ON my
piano which says that enough dynamite
has been placed under the keys at Q
major 70 blow me mile and three-quar-
ters. tiptoed around and packed up
the few things had out. and now I'm
going. You have miserable house and
horrid, hateful crowd Of people," and
the musician snapped her pocketbook on
the change and founced out, leaving the
landlady bewildered and speechless.
But far up stairs form was leaning
over the fourth story bannisters and an
excited whisper came down, "Hey, Will
kinson, how did it workT'-New York
Tribune.