The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-02
THE BALL ROOM BoARDER.
His Experience With Votary of the
Piano and Vocal Exercises.
From the NetC YORK Tribune

His Experience With Votary of the
Piano and Vocal Exercises.
From the NeW YORK Tribune.
She was Of uncertain age and thin and
she could not get her piano up the board
ng ouse stairs. So the cartmRn rugged VI
a tackle from the roof, put "Dangerd cards
on the sidewalk and hoisted the dangling
rosewood and ivory in through the window.
The hall bedroom boarder next door
watched her arrival with mingled horror
and curiosity. I'm afraid she means bust
ness, )" he remarked sententiously to the hall
bedroom boarder at the other end of the
| hall. "Some people have pianos for orna-
ment, but nobody h'ists up pianner with
| pulley unless they mean business.
That afternoon the piano tuner arrived,
and when he went away the owner
started in, rsvished the ears Of the hall
bedroom boarder with a steady stream Of
melody from o'clock till dinner time, and
after that she hung to the keys until 11:15
And every time she trod on the loud pedal
the hail bedroom boarder fairly shook in
his bed.
The next day the musical arrival devoted
herself to vocal exercises.
"She has a new SYSTEM explained the
hall bedroom boarder, who had taken it all
in through the keyhole. "She stands off In
the middle Of the floor and takes flyers at
the music"
"How do you meanp asked the old
gentleman from the second floor who had
come up In his dressing gown and carpet
slippers to discuss the situation.
81 mean she loads up with a page of
music, and then stands OFT and peppers the
piano with big and little notes"
Its worse than oats" added the hall
bedroom boarder sadly, as he turned in.
The next morning was Sunday, and at s
o'clock the new boarder was 1T the piano.
She kindly omitted scales and exercises
and worked of Consider the Lilies" The
nall bedroom boarder next door dressed
with feverish haste. A moment later he
knocked at his neighbours door.
IL beg pardon for disturbing you, he
said when she appeared, "but l have a
trihing favor to ask | notice you have been
singing Consider the Lilies l want to ask
IL you won't sing the companion song, Con-
slider the Hall Bedroom Boarder." It's ask
ing good DEAL but the whole household is
interested 10 your music"
YOU'RE impertinent sir, she said angrily.
slamming the door in the applicants face,
and again the flow of melody began.
After dinner, just as the boarders were
beginning to stroll upstairs, pale deter
mined looking woman hurried down to the
landlady.
81 wish my bill Immediately" she said in
an excited way.
You're not gong 10 leave on sunday"
remarked the sstonished mistress of the
household.
"Iam. will send for my piano to-
morrow, If you will have the dynamite
taken out"
"The dynamite!" gasped the landlady.
EXACTLY There's notice on my piano
which says that enough dynamite has been
placed under the keys at C major Co blow
me mile and three-quarters. tiptced
around and packed up the few things l had
out and now Pm going. You have q miser-
able house and a horrid,. hateful crowd OF
neoplen and the musician snapped her
rocket book on the change and fiounoed
out, leaving the landlady bewildered and
speeches..
But far upstairs form was leaning over
the fourth-story banisters and an excited
whisper came down: "Hey, Wilkinson,
how did it workp