Iron County register., 1892-04-21
1T DID NOT WORK.
The Sad Experience of a yotary of tn
Piano.

The Sad Experience of fotary OF the
Piano.
She was of uncertain age and thin,
and she could not get her piano up the
clearinghouse stairs. So the cart1nan
rugged up tackle from the roof. put
Danger cards on the sidewalk and
hoisted the dangling rosewood and ivory
through the window. The hall bed
room boarder next door watched her ar
rival with mingled horror and curiosity.
I'm afraid she means business, he
remarked sententiously to the hall bed
room board at the other end of the hall
''Some people have pianos for ornament,
but nobody h'ists up pianner with
pulley unless they mean business.
That afternoon the piano-tuner ar
rived. and when he went away the
owner started in, ravished the ears of
the hall bedroom boarder with steady
stream of melody from four o'clock till
iinnertime, and after that she hung to
the keys until quarter past eleven.
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-
''She has new system" exclaimed
the hall-bedroom boarder, who had TAX
en- it in through the keyhole. ''She
stands off in the middle of the floor and
takes flyers at the music"
'How do you mean," 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 a page of
music, and then stands off and peppers
the piano with big and little notes.
Its worse than ca ts,'' added the hall
bedroom boarder sadly, as he turned
in.
The next morning was Sunday, and
at eight o'clock the new boarder was at
the piano. She kindly omitted scales
and exercises, and worked off Consider
the Lilies" The hall bedroom boar'der
next door dressed with feverish haste.
a moment later he knocked 1t his neigh
bor's door.
Il beg pardon for disturbing you he
said, when she appeared, 'but have a
trifiing favor to ask. / notice you have
been singing Consider the Lilies 1
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 ap-
plicant's face, and again the flow of
melody began.
After dinner, just as the boarders
were beginning to stroll upstairs, pale,
determined-looking woman hurried
down to the landlady.
Iwish my bill Immediately" she said,
in an excited way.
You are not going to leave on Sum
day." remarked the astonished mistress
of the household.
Il am. I will send for my piano to-
morrow, if you will have the dynamite
taken out"
.'The dynamite.' gasped the land
lady.
Exactly. There's a notice on my
piano which says that enough dynamite
has been placed under the keys at c ma
jor to blow me a mile and three-quar-
ters. 1 tiptoed around and packed up
the few things had out, and now I'm
going. You have a Inisera BILE house and
horrid. hateful crowd of people" and
the musician snapped her pocketbook
on the change and flounced out, leav-
ing the land1ady bewildered and speech
less.
But far upstairs form was leaning
over the fourth-stDry banisters and an
excited whisper came down: Hey,
Wilkinson, how did it work?--N. Y.
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