The Coconino weekly sun., 1892-09-22
IT WORKED.
Tho Sad Experience of Notary of the
 Piano.

Tho Sad Experience of Notary Of the
 Piano.
 She was of uncertain age and thin, and she could not got her piano up the board ing house stairs. So the cartman rigged up a tackle from the roof, put Danger 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 min gled horror and curiosity. "Tm afraid she means business" he remarked sen cautiously to the hall bedroom boarder at the other end of the hall. "Some peo- pie have pianos for ornament, but no- body h'ists up pianner with pulley unless they mean business"
 That afternoon tho piano tuner ar. rived, and when he went away the owner started in, ravished the ears of tho hall bedroom boarder with steady stream of melody from 1 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 tho musical arrival de- voted herself to vocal exercises.
 "She has a new system" explained tho hall bedroom boarder, who had taken it in through the keyhole. "She stands off in the middle of the floor and takes fiiers at tho music"
 ''How do you mean," asked tho 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 of and peppers the piano with big and little notes"
 Its worse than cats," added tho hall bedroom boarder sadly, as ho turned in.
 The next morning was Sunday, and at so'clock the new boarder was at tho piano. She kindly omitted scales and exercises, and worked off Consider tho Lilies" Tho hall bedroom boarder next door dressed with feverish haste. A moment later he knocked at his neigh bor's door.
 T beg pardon for disturbing you" ho said when she appeared, "but have Q trifling favor to ask. notice you have been singing Consider the Lilies l 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 ill your music"
 "Youre impertinent, sir," she said angrily, slarnming the door in the appli- cant's face, and again the flow of melo- dy began.
 After dinner, just ss the boarders were beginning to stroll up stairs, pale, determined looking woman hurried down to tho landlady.
 "I wish my bill immediately, she said in an excited way.
 You arc not going to leave on Sun day" remarked the astonished mistress of the household.
 "I am. 1 will send for my piano to- morrow if you will have the dynamite taken out"
 "The dynamiter' gasped the landlady.
 "Exactly. There's a notice on my piano which says that enough dynamite has been placed under the keys at c major to blow mo mile and thi. se-quar- ters. l tiptoed arornl and packed up the few thir@,z had out, and now I'm going. You have q miserable house and a horrid, hateful crowd of people" and the musician snapped her pocketbook on the change and iounced out, leaving the landlady bewildered and speeches..
 But far up stairs form was leaning over the fourth story bannisters and aG excited whisper came down, Hey, Will kinson, how did it workY-New York Tribune.