The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-05-08
soME REMARKS On sINaiNo.


khsrs Ara Times whsn IT, Blessing That
sssas Rsoyls csa't Sing.
a9ingin lis curious, oncertain kind Of
|puhoriAsnce.n said Uncle Jed Hawkins to
Aunt M'i', his VITA. There's been times,
OF IN on, when pve wished the Lord he'd
seen his way TO givin me Singh vice, an
then there'll come times, like today, when
I feel to be real grateful that sAch powers
WIS denied me, fer I persume t. say ]
shouldn't ro'lize when I'd lost my purchase
ON 'em any more'n other folks do"
" reckon you've ben hevin a taste of your
sister Alyiry's singin over to Cyrdsville this
afternoon, amt yer" said Aunt M'ri', sur
veying her spouse with critical glance.
II hev," replied Uncle Jed, ian it was
consid'able wuss'n common"
ut don't seem scussly possible" re
aponded Aunt M'ri'.
"Well," said Uncle Jed, "you see thu
trouble lays Jest here. Alviry's piano that
brother Peter sent her, "a years back, com.
Christmas, was good article, but it's he6
Children kind o'developin their muscles or
1t, an 80 oman as you're KNOWN to Il
amt ever been tuned"
II should jedge not" said Aunt M,ri'.
well, proceeded her husband "Alyiry'i
Twice, caPlate, hes sort Of formed itself Il
suit the instrument. Where there's beI
! notes on the piano that was kind O. queel
soundin, Alviry hes cultivated her vice, a.
ye might say, to chime right in with 'em
An it's sounded poorly far to me. know
jedges o. music like you amt been satisfied
with it," added Uncle Jed hastily, but t,
Cyrusville folks 1t hes sounded poorly far
AN this afternoon when I stepped in {,
see Alviry she says, jed, there's ben
tuner here in Cyrusville, an he'd my plan,
tuned, an / jest want you to come in al
hear me sing to it,
$50 we went into the fore room, an sh
, set down an begun to play Joys That View
Tasted, which hes allus ben a great fav'rit
o mine. Well, the instrument SOUNDED
fine. Inever he'd sech good notion O. tn
openin bars o that piece before. an thel
Alviry begun to sing.
;. Il callate my ears aint as sensitive a
some" said Uncle Jed modestly after
short pause. "but, my sakes alive! though
l should go ravin crazy before she finished
the fust verse. Her vice was patterned OF
the old way the instrument sounded, jes
the same ss ever, an l s'pose she was 81
kind Of wrapt up she didn't notice tn
difference. but there was times when It wa
wuss'n draggin pencil BACKYARD over
slate--or anythin else. you can think Of,
added Uncle jed reckiessly.
4 How d. you think 'twould be-" he ask
ed after moments silence, "ef we was t,
invite Alviry over here fer the day, an wa
to hire that young man to ontune the in
strument back to where 'twasa" He looket
obviously at Aunt M'ri'.
! Couldn't be done,n said she.
well, then" groaned Uncle Jed, "Al
yiry's singin will hev to be give up, and
shall hey to be the one to tell her, as tn
children are all married off, an Ellis as dee
4 as haddock. ASH remarked when l be
gun, this Is one o. the times when feel t.
be grateful WANT born singer.
STILL" said tho old man regretfully
, when YOU come right down to the roo
ont, 1t jest shows-Alviry's case doos-tha
j piano tunin amt sech good thing by al
large, when all's said an doner'
Upon this remarkable view of the sui
ject Aunt M'ri', with unusual forbearance
made no comment.-Youth's Companion.