The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-23

20 Bohemlans IN the panu unaJ
couldn't understand English they looked
at each other and wondered what it was
all about, and finally Pa wound up by
stating that it was every citizens duty
to own children of his own, and then he
invited the band and the crowd in to take
some refreshments. Well, you ought to
have seen that band come in the house.
They fell over each other getting in, and
the crowd went home, ieaving Pa and
my chum and me and the band. Eat?
Well, should smile! They just reached
for things, and talked Bohemian. Drink?
Oh, no! guess they didn't pour it down.
Pa opened q dozen bottles of champagne,
and they fairly bathed in it, as though
they had fire inside. Pa tried to talk
with them about the baby, but they
couldn't understand, and finally they got
full and started out, and the leader asked
Pa for $3, and that broke him.
PA told the leader he supposed the
gentlemen who had got up the serenade
had paid for the music, and the leader
pointed to me and said was the gentle
man that got it up Pa paid him, but he
had q wicked look in his eye, and me and
my chum lit out. and the Bohemians
came down the street bin full, with their
horns on their arms, and they were talk
ing Bohemian for all that was out. They
stopped in front of o vacant house and
began to play, but you couldn't tell
what tune it was, they were so full, and
policeman came along and drove them
home. ! guess will sleep at the livery
stable tonight, cause Pa is so offul un-
reasonable when anything costs him $3
besides the champagne" nf
"Well, you have made pretty mess
Of it," said the grocery man. "lt's a
wonder your Pa does not kill you. But
what is it hear about the trouble Mt the
church? They lay that fooljshness to
you"
"It's all lie. They lay everything to
me. 1t was some of them ducks that
sing in the choir. was just as much
surprised rs anybody when it occurred.
You see, our minister is laid up from the
effect Of the ride to the funeral, when he
tried to run over street car, and an old
deacon who had symptoms of being
minister in his youth was invited to take
the minister's place and talk little. He
is an absentminded old party, who don't
keep mp with the events of the day, and
whoever played it ON him knew that he
was too pious to even read the daily pa
pers There was q notice Of a choir
meeting TO be read, and / think the tenor
smuggled i'm the other notice between
that and the one about the weekly prayer
meeting. Anyway it wasn't me, but it
like to broke up the meeting.
after the deacon read the choir no.
tice he took up the other one and read:
Il am requested to announce that the Y.
NJ. G. association will give friendly
entertainment with soft gloves on
Tuesday evening, to which all are in
yited. Brother John Sullivan, the emil
nent Boston revivalist, will lead the ex-
ercises, assisted by Brother Slade, the
Maori missionary from Australia. There
will be no smuggling. but collection will
be taken up at the door to defray ex-
penses.' Well, thought the people in
church would sink through the floor.
There was not person in the church,
except the poor old deacon. but who un-
derstood that some wicked wretch had
deceived him, and know by tho way
the tenor tickled the soprano that he did
it. may be mean, but everything I do
is innocent. and wouldn't be as mean
as a choir singer for So.
II felt real sorry for the old deacon.
but he never knew what he had done,
and think il would be real mean 10 tell
him. He won't be at the slugging match.
That remark about taking up collec-
tion settled the deacon. must go down
to the stable now and help grease hack,
so you will have TO excuse me- II Pa
comes here looking for me, tellhim you
heard ! was going to drive picnic party
out to Waukesha and may not be back
in week. by that time PA will have
got over that Bohemian serenade," and
the boy filed his pistol pocket with dried
apples and went out and hung a sign in
front OF the grocery:
s.s......sssss.s.sssa ssssssss..sssssss.s.......
STRAWBERRIES, TWO sHILIINGs
A SMELL.
AND ONE SMELL Is ENOUGH.