Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-03

WN ~FIJ do, my pardner, JOSH
H NpIEt ah. is attached to me
VI E(iNN with a firm and AL
" most caSt-iron de-
votedness
But said to him, Josiah l had rather
Tirzah Ann would have a organ because If
she is ever goin' to learn to play, now is
the time. And have got a couple of SEWN
machines, that have run pretty well for up-
"ards oi-"en II hain't no matter how many
years, but quite a number anyway"
But Josiah hung on to that machine, and
Iirzah Ann seemed sot onto her organ, and.
nnaliy, Josiah ups, and says he, II will get
both on EN-" And Tirzah and me thought
We would let him have his head in the mat
ter.
SO 1t got out that We was goin' to buy
SEWN machine, and a organ Wall. We
made up our minds on Friday, pretty late
IN the afternoon, and on Monday forenoon
was a-washin, when l heard a knock at
me front door. and l wrung my hands out
oi 'he water, and weat and opened it,
"A snck-iookin felier stood there, and l
invited him in, and set him a chair
L hear you are a-talkin' OF buyin' a
musical instrument for your daughter"
says ne.
No" says |, I'VE are goin' to buy a or.
gan
Wal says he. Il want to advise you.
MOI mat have any interest in it at all.
only don't want to see you imposed upon
1t rairly makes me mad 10 see Methodist
imposed upon. 1 lean toward that persvai-
sion myself. Organs are liable 10 fail TO
pieces any minute. There hain't no de-
pendence on em at all; the insides OF 'em
are liable to break out any minute. If you
nave any regard for your own welfare and
safety, you viii buy piano. Not that /
nave any interest in advising YOU ONLY INV
stern devotion TO the cause OF right. Pianos
never wear out"
Where should We go to get one?" saws l.
Ior didn't want Josiah to throw away his
property.
wal" says he, las it happens. I guess
nave got one out here Ia the wagon I
believe L threw one into the bottom of the
wagon this mornin, as 1 was a-comin' down
oS mere on business. l am siad now that /
old, Tor II always makes ME feel ugIy 10
see Methodist imposed upon"
1osiah came into the house in few min
utes, ana L told him about it; and saws l.
How lucky 1t is Josiah that we found ON
ABOUT organs, before it was too late,''
but JOSIAH asked the price, and said he
WASH Soin TO pay out no 800 dollars. for
ne Wuzznt able. But the man asked IL We
was wiliin to have it brought INTO the house
Tor a speli-we could do as we was a mind
10 ABOUT buyin it; and, of course, we
couldn't refuse, 80 Josiah almost broke his
back a-liftin' it in. And they sot it up in
the parlor, and after dinner the man went
away.
L mad just got back to my washln asin
UlDnerD.
when l heard a knockin again To the front
door, and pulled down my dress sleeves
anu went and opened it, and there stood a
tan, sim Teller, and the kitchen bein all
ciuttered up opened the parior door, and
asked MIN in there. And the minute he
ketched sight Of that piano, he Just lifted
up both hands and says he:
You haint got one OF them herer'
he looked so horrihed that 1t skairt me
and says ! in almost trenholm tones:
what Is the matter with emp" and /
ao1ed' IN cheerful Tone I'VE haint bought
He looked more cheerful, too. az said
1t, and. says he: You may be thankful
enough that you hain't. There hain't no
music in 'em at all. Hear that" says he.
goin' up, and strikin' the very top note. II
did sound nat enough
says /: There must be more music in it
than that, though hain't no judge at ALL"
wal, hear that, hen" and he went and
struck the very bottom note. You see TEST
what II Is, from tcp to bottom. But II
hain't its total lack of music that makes
me despise pianos so; 1t is because they
are so dangerous"
"Dangerous?" says l.
Yes, In thunder storms you see," says
he, liftin uD the cover. Here ii is ALI
wire enough for fifty lightnin' rods-draw
the nghtnln' right into the room Awful
dangerous! No money would tempt me to
have one in my house, with my wife and
daughter. [ shouldn't sleep a wink, think
IN | had exposed 'em to such danger"
Good Lord" says l, Il never thought
| on it before"
Wal, now you have thought of it. You
see plainly that an organ is just what you
need. They are full of music, safe healthy
and don't cost half so much"
Says l. An organ was what we had set
our minds on at first
wal, l have got one out here, and will
bring 1t in
What Is the prfce?" says l.
One hundred and fifty dollars" says he
There won't be no need of bringin' it in
at that price" says /. for i have heard
Josiah say that he wouldn't give a cent
over 800 for one"
WAL" says the Teller, "I'll tell you what
I'll do. Your countenance looks 80 kinder
natural to me, and L like the looks of the
country round here so well, that if your
mind is made up on the price you want to
pay won't let trife of $50 part us. You
can have it for s1CO."
Wal, the end ont was he brung II I'm and
sot it up the other end of the parlor and
drove off. And when Josiah came in from
his work. and the children came home
from school, they liked it first-rate
But the very next day a new agent came
and he looked awful skairt when he ketch-
ed sight of that organ, and awful mad and
indignant, too.
That villain hain't been a-tryin' to get
one of them organs Off onto you, has hep
says he.
What is the trouble with emp" says I,
in an awe-struck tone, for he looked bad
why" says he, there is a heavy mort
gage every one of his organs. If you
bought one of him, and paid for 1t, 1t
would be liable to be took away from you
any minute, when you was right in the
middle of a tune. leavin' you a-settin on
the stool. and you would lose every cent
of your money
Good gracious!' says I. for it skairt me
to think what narrow chance we had
run. Wal. finally, he brung in one OF
hisen, and set 1t up in the kitchen, the par
lor bein' full on 'em.
Wal, ne drv off. and he hadn't moren
got out of sight when the first organ man
came, and / treated him pretty cool, think
in in my own mind how he had tried to
cheat us He see my Brightness, and asked
me to tell him what was the matter, and /
finally up and told him. And then, Oh
how that man swore He said "the Teller
that jest left was the biggest liar in North
America. He had been turned out of
church after church jest for lynn" and
then he offered to bring down a lawyer to
prove it was lie. and says he. I'm swear
TO it."
You have swore enough about II now"
says i, coolly, and almost frigidly, for /
was a-gettm' out Of patience with the
whole caboodle OF 'em.
Wal. the day new ona como He