St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-04

No one knew how ne got into the
b hiding. The first they saw of his
ragged form was when his dilapidated
SHOES were pressing the velvet carpet of
the hotel parlor. He hesitated for
moment, looked around the room as
though in search of something, and then
rapidly approached the piano. The two
or three ladies in the room were afraid
to run out and endeaVOred to hide them
selves behind the curtains. One fat,
pomr ous-ooking man, who was reading
a newspaper. wiped his glasses care
fully and gazed curiously at the in
truder.
When he approached the piano they
considered the only use he could have
for it would be to steal it, and they
waited for him to endeavor to shoulder
it. But he did nothing of the kind. In
a scared way he half-seated himself on
the edge of the stool, tapped the keys
with lis fingers in heSitating manner,
and then his face lighted up as though
an answer had been received from the
spirit within. With the greatest of con-
fdence he seated himself at the instru-
iICHG anu OIL uOh LhO MY =
with firm touch.
Two of the lackeys connected with
the establishment had hurried up stairs
for the purpose of escOrting HINT the
door II an unceremonious manner, but
when his soul communed with the muse,
and his firm touch denoted a mastery of
the keys, they stopped at the entrance
to the parlOr. He saw no one and heard
n IL, IN fnH f0n nd
lines of sentiment and refineme nt, and
his bleared eyes lighted up with look
of celestial Joy. Rapidly his fingers
| touched the keys. and the strains from
| the instrument hOated down the stairs,
| into the lobby aud out into the street.
He cOmmuned with them all; Chopin,
| MendelSsonn, Verdi, were an open page
| to him, and the piano spoke the thoughts
of their souls. such as it had never done
| before. Then his fingers began to wan
| der aimlessly over the keyboard until a
chord was struck which seemed to cause
| him to pause for an instant. There was
a ripping of sweet melody, like to the
works of no master. He was imprOvlS-
| ing. The listeners could hear the gentle
! signing of the bOughS OF the forest trees,
the ripping of the brook, as it ran dane
ing through the gladeS, and the singing
| of the birds III the trees. Then the sun
shine seemed to fade, the notes became
| slower, and the darkness of night set
tied down over the picture. Then came
the rolling of thunder, and the voice of
the storm, the trees shook and Swayed
with crashing fury, and the wall or a
spirit lost in the tempest could be heard.
With crash it ended. He sat for a
! moment at the instrument and then
slowly gained his feet. His dirty coat
sleeve brushed a few drops of moisture |
from his eyes, and he turned to the door
with his face conyulsed and with I'M
steady steps.
"Ha-that was we'll done my man."
said the pOmpOus person, who had de- |
serted his newspaper to listen. What |
can we do for you now? Money, l sup |
pose well, here's dollar"
He placed silver coin in the grimy |
hand of the tattered tramp and picked |
his paper up again. The ragged fellow |
looked at the coin for an instant and |
then glanced at the pOmpous man. |
Then he threw the dollar Oh the floor |
and walked out. One of the cOlored |
men picked the coin up, placed it sur
reptitiOnsly in his pocket and then |
escorted the ragged musician to the |
door.
Everybody in the dining room of the |
Ryan was tittering and Snickering, with |
the exception of two men who gaZed |
with severe looks at the menu and tried |
not to let it be seen that they heard the |
remarks passed by man who sat at |
neighbOring table.
q He was in a jOcular mood. His sense |
of humor was directed to the discovery |
of race characteristics in the features of |
the two others. and his good Judgment |
appeared to be considerably warped by |
the quantities OF purchased hIlarIty |
which he had apparently imbibed.
Finally the two men got up from the
table and left the room.
1t was considerably later in the day
when }. S. Christian met Ii. l.. Jacobs /
and his friend in the bar room of the
Ryan. He recognized their faces and
stepped up to them with an apology for
his actions of 1.-THE morning with the
explanation that he had not been in
condition to exercise his judgment in
the remarks used. He then offered the
olive branch of peace by proposing to
purchase drink, and turned to the bar
to do so. Just then Jacobs right shot
out and colIided with the left eye of
Christian, and there was flash through
the room as though couple of electric
light wires had crossed. The lights
were caused by the stars which Chris
tian saw.
Break away" yelled the bartender.
They're Off" shouted man with
loud-checked trousers, as the CT OVID
started for the hotel lobby.
"H'it remin's me OF 'untin' the fox in
the old country" said little English
man, as he took crOpper over spit
toon and then Joined the chase.
But Jacobs had gone. He was no.
where to be seen, and Christian was
soon surrounded by crowd of friends
who sympathized with his condition and
proposed remedies for the Immediate
reduction of the swelling. One man
desired to bet that the swelling would
get to a certain height by 6 o'clock, but
there were no takers, and he went out
on the sidewalk to get bet on some
thing passing by
There was considerable excitement
among the guests. They took sides and
discussed the question of punishment
in such a manner that there were
number of approaches to scientific illus
trations. Then Jacobs appeared in the
lobby again and the chase was renewed.
He ran out through the bar room, up
Sixth street to Jackson, with the aven-
gers in full cry. The last seen of them
was at the corner of Seventh and Jack
son and the party was headed towards
White Bear lake.
The friends of Christian threatened
to have Jacobs locked up, but at the
rate ne was travelling when last seen it
would require a mounted officer on a
blooded Arabian to serve the warrant.
i.
Eddie Foy is known all over the
United States and in some other states,
and the stories told CT him are numerous
and varied. George BOwles. the mana
ger of the company, tells the following
OH Eddie
"Eddie's mother lives in Chicago and
she is not accustomed 10 attending the
theater very often. She does not care
to see performances and her son has en-
deavOred to have her 90 and see him on
the stage number of times One even
ing last summer while we were playing
in Chicago Eddie had persuaded her to
go ana see him act. He told her how
he played his part. but she would not
believe him and said she knew he could