The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-01-14

them 10 frlenuS anu SaltlE' NHiiN 'NiNHo'i
Hull, with numbing limbs and bursting
heart upon the icy car roof. IKE a soldier
true did battle with the night storm.
".
sunthn' Happens.
Another ten years has come ana gone.
The sweet sunshine was flooding into
Maple Valley, back there among the now
verdure-softened New England hills. 1t
was an early morning in May and but few
sounds broke the stiffness of the great
Gypsy camp in the grove alongside the
Highway on Maple Hill farm. The birds
above and rollickirg cid tinker, Zeb
Boswell, among the handsome wagons
and hooded tents below. were having
all to themselves the glory OF the open
ing day
Soon tinker Zeb beloved out in hearty
song the refrain OF an old Yorkshire
Gypsy ballad, when as If by magic every
member of the drowsy camp seemed
astir. Smothered voices in the close
hooded tents took up the melody. Grim
ming heads. musical as the morning, pro-
truded from snug wagOn-covers Half
dressed Gipsies came into sight every
where. As If possessed by some swift
and unaccountable spirit of mrthful mis-
chief, all seemed ready for frolic The
tinker repeated the refrain. More and
more voices Joined. Zeb looked up from
his mending Knowingly, conscious of the
ballads powers upon his fellows, and.
after briskly patting some dogs which
had bounded TO his side as II
they too knew the merriment in
store, began the roaring song Of
Its Chez. nee. when IN, bobbie- Come.
on the drom Goad) there's much that is
trying;
Make dickering do for thy buying;
I BE as wise as mn owl,
But if boobies should prow,
Just give them a lesson in lying!
Look them square in the yak (eye).
If they warn we!
Hit them plump in the max (nose),
If they scorn ye.
|. For its "Cheei chee" when the boobies
come;
Then its "Chee! cheew-when the bob
hies come
Far better be lying than cryinsl
on the drom there's much that Is trying
Listen soft! when the grye (horse) is Il
shying;
When the dugal dog lies low;
Get betin the hedge-row;
For then the sly hobbies are prylns!
Look them square in the YAK,
For thy raunie (wife);
Hit them plump in the max
Save thy caunic chen, fowD!
For its "Chee. cheew when the hobbies
come;
Then its "Chee! chce!"-When the bob
bies come
| Far better be lying than crying.
Gradually moving to the center Of the
camp from all directions. still singing,
| came the Gipsies; every face, from spae-
wife to chauvie, aglOw with the 10 them,
irrepressible hulnor of the song. Some
OF the men sang in wonderful baritone,
and powerful base voices We're heard.
The women and children carried the So
prano, rich. hearty eloquent; and many
an old and toothless woman lifting her
tones to a thrilling falsetto sang clear
and true above all the rest.
How they sang though. 1t was as II
one voice and spirit were bent on re-
Vealing the whole strange, weird drama
OF the tent and the road. The melody
to-, was almost lyric in its fitness &c
the brave situations disclosed; the whole
concluding with the marvelously rollick
ing and vociferous refrain
Far better be lying than crying"
Immediately upon which the entire band
INDUCED ina glorious frolic wherein many
above stout Gypsy heads to the covered
wagons to complete her toilet, and tinkel
Zeb himself was many time sent merrill,
to grass. finally being tossed over the feAc
into "A young hazel copse for raising thu
acceptable Disturbance
Tinker lob ef.vering his breath Will
still laughing uproariously, had just part
ed the hazel branches with his hand
preparatory TO returning TO camp by hi
. Of hf Afq 70 Il 81 az ha,
his eyes met ptiful sight. An old wo
man lay PROSTATE among the dew-we
graves few rods distant, her white fac
pressed close 10 narrow mound o
earth. and her thin arms clasped tight!
around the little Wccd-stained stones a
its BEAD.
A Few bounds like those of some pom
. derous animal brought Zeb beside her
lie peered sharply into her face. place.
his ear upon her breast and then bellowe'
oct. "Everlastin' hammers aud tongs
wat hever bc's the matter wi Grandm'
I'M"
He lifted her i'm his arms, and carried ne
into camn lignt.y a. thou sA-
been an infant; with few quick word
in Romany TO his companions, ne lei
her. tcnderly unused bv the women u
~ - fer and hUltNing away
In n few minutes had returned with Mar
Hull. who ghostly white but with SOM .
the calm OF her mothers early days III u. .s
quiet eyes, set straight about reVis'nS ~
broken old life: while Jane ana 'os PSI
trembling in feeble helplessness ana Tex lex
: roucned ana mosned by III
hopeless pair. o., to,k maryc
o,,r In their cunning as In their poui'
- ,c,nna ssion. drew from Mary a.
-, ~, whole sad tale: OF me spiu'e
lad who had suddenly stopped wr a,,,rss
his mother and had never an neaa
,,o,har-beart refused to believe him dea'
81 debt growing to obieation; and ,,d !,
,urn TO ercumbrance. which had swaii1 ~,
even the lifetime savings oil ios" star,r
and Josh. leaving them weah'y s a..
az" the noor-housc door as at an ",
crave @ and which was to take Mapie -, ~
f farm forever from Grandma HUI .,a IN
very day. and. finally, OF the 0 ma nca,
lees hand that had swept nops own GO,
| .....o,.x al victlm OF ucf O"h o'>