Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-02-16

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tion.
Wriltcn for Every Evening.
Well. Susan Belinda, when YOU get this
ephistle, you'll know your Ma has gone
and did it. Yes, and wuss to say, she
| haint one streak Of sorror concerning it,
| though like as not, Deacon Saifkins when
| he hears of it, ii rise in meetin' and re-
| quest prar ers for the erin sister. He
| likes 10 sCorchifr peoples feelinks when
he kin. But la You'll be a won
derin' all the time what it is have did, so
| dividulate.
Last Monday night when your Brother
Nose KIM home, he throws little en-
| veope in my lap and SAYS Now Mother,
get your ear tuned by Wednesday evening,
and I'll take you to hear some glorious
music" Nose is Il good boy. and not one
bit ashamed of NV slow ways, though
some of the young folks to his boarding.
house do smile secrctiOusly when like as
not make some mistake to the table. Yes,
some of 'em laughed right out when Told
the waiter what handed me a little slip Of
paper that 81 didn't require noprogrammy
TO eat by, jist to bring me whatever Mr..
Nose took" Eut that dear boy only said,
That's right Mother, don't get nervous"
and went on unfolding his napkin as
gentccl-like as the Prints of Whales hisself.
Well, when the eventual night kim, you
| may be sure yOnr Ma was dressed in her
best bib andtucker, black silk, hand-nvcrs.
carryin' bag, your Aunt Jerushys big
plaid shawl--Strange what consolation
that ere shawl is to me. ! never wear it
'thout a hearty wCep--und my best black
velvet hunnet, with the ostrdge tips. 1t
was orlul aspirating in me- but TWO or
three looks in the monster mirrow in my
room was hardly sullishen., fur Belinda.
your Ma never looked more com plaCable
| | u a
him proud.
1t seems we were bound fur q concert by
a Mr.. Sidle, and ImistrustGd 'twuuldn't be
held i'll no log skrle-house and it warn't.
When we stepped out the car, was nearly
dead with delirium trelnbln', fur people
were comm in perfect droves. looked
around. OF all the buildings you never
seed this was the biggest. son" says l.,
where be we?n Now your brother
knows his Ma well enough to expectorate
that ii he tole me the bitter truth, home |
would 60 so he tcmerizes little. Near
the concert room, says he, and keeps
drawin' ME along. N.Y. but goods must
be high here, fur the man what Insured us
in hadn't more than two inches Of waist
coat on, and very shamed he looked, poor
thing My life. how the folks did pile
in The ladies' n swcenin' their trails up
the lies and a gettin bowed into seats, and
peepin at each other through little hour
at the men, it was proper delightsome.
In minute, or two, the biggest lot of
men came occupying the stage and gettin'
diluted with hearty claps. They scraped
and tuned and twanged and twinged, tell
well nigh my patients was exhausted, and
then feller with long hair kim out and
began waving grace hoop stick IN the
evenest way you'd think. Why. if the
music'd d go fast, fast went the stick, slow,
down it came keepin' step to the tread of
the tune. Belinda, if you'd seen some of
them tiddles as big yes. its no exacerba.
] ton, ms big rs the side of the milkhouse.
There was one man there that looked
rnthcr shiftless, a kind Of shoutin'
| through an immense telescope. but the
} others seemed well ntentioned, an tended
! amu2in' well to their own business.
The first piece was pome. A true live
pome. 1t seemed TO me certain, that band
must have stayed overnight in nelghbor
,Iarkins woods, for nowhere else did ever
hear such sounds. There was the water
arunnin' over the mill-dam. . drippin'
drippin' and the moon bathin her face in
its sparkle, and all around tiny, trlCksy,
i little feet titiyating, and the May air
, BLOWN peach blossoms into the birds
nests, and every lark asngin in the carly
dawn, and every Hover a bluomin and Il
uOddin'. Why, il you'd n paid me
couldn't kept back the tears from runnin'
, onto my best bonnet strings and left u
white mark. too. Everybody was pleased,
and so was Mr.. Side himself. Poor young
man, it is a pity his hair isn't mite
longer, so he could have wore a cue like
your Grandfather Styles, which is most
, genteel and bccomin 10 anybody.
Well. to pcrcede. The orchcster played
severeal more pieces all too bcatilic fol
, human ears. One remember sounded
like people no thicker than pins, dancin
on tipt0es OH plates OF silver, and the last
stoppin all ot a sudtlint, kept pinChin'
Moses arm to let him know was deYas.
tatlngly enioyin' myself.
Then the performers hushed, and the
leader handed out sweet smiling younE
lady who waited patiently till the post
script was over, before she began to sing
Now Belinda. please don't mix this singiI
with that screechin' Marian liopewc
+ does every sabbath morning. This younG
woman didn't pun and pant, she jus
: stopped over, right easylike, and piCket
, up the notes for all the world like q canary
pickin' seed. From all could make ont
il were u piece where she was most toe glat
= to live and wanted to dance AT every body,
/ weddin in the ordiencc. We was al
= mighty pleased and was agnin' too anchO
her, when out she trips beside a lappe
Z little fcllcr, who the paper called Romeo
= 1t appears twas late at night and She wa
= apleadin' with him TO 60 fore her relations
!
+ he made up his 'pinun he ought to leave
y She all but gets on her knees TO beg him /,
stay. 1t was too lovely to hear lhcm tw,
/, voices IneGtu' and partin' and sighil
alone and together. Everybody seemed /,
sympathze with the two young things
: and ii old Mr.. Juliet cher pal had showeG
i his head just then, there'd been war ii
; that camp.
/ Next, such genteel-looking young maj
: was executor on the great big fiddle aut
Y his hands fairly loved them strings nuy
i playing soft and low, now loud and clear
= and always sweet rs sweet could be. WI
: deslstcd in applauding him. till he playcg
i again. lie certainly was nice yuuul
{ chap.
y Pretty soon, two young women, the on
= | just deluded 10 and another and thrc
? men comes ont and sings a mighty taliin
: time, but the words ! couldn't make hrat
: nor tail Of bein writ in Algebrv, 20
I some of them other fllrrin langwidgcs
Then young woman in Il grand, pnl
gown sang such sad piece. II sounde,
like 4 prayer from q poor shipwrecke
sailor, acryin' for help. | declare
haven't AGerd nothing so lonesome an,
= tearsume sence the time Filda NcwCombe'
baby died, and yOn reCollect, she sat up al
( night arockin' the empty cradle an,
y asingin' baby songs TO herself I'll
n ordience recalled that Young woman, aut
), we had the pleasure of a rcsnng.
y Now it was the oTChestcrs turn, am
G they just laid themselves out. know for
: they were through Moses left arm wa
!, black and blue from my pnchin' him
= While they were keepin' 1t ap in comes
! fine, high-chested gentleman, with n Hoic
q that touched every corner of that b
: room, and he stands Lp and sings tn
e brayest hnldpst IipCp' Ii had its effect al