The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-15

saesbrush macpIes ~ ,erkiiy like bats, only
worse, careening along from ono side TO. the
direction. The girl on the pallsade Of the Snake
River saw the mnEpie. When the bird was 9
good hundred yards from where she stood. and
the pistol like a flash and IL went OF. The mse.
girl ropiatped the pistol in her pocket and turned
with a smile to the dumfounded men who had
with his forage CAB in his hand.
girl, but there's only one woman In the world
with q pistol, and her name is Miss Annie Oak.
r,n,,dG 4. was ysr ny a n%%s bT SI%ssi i Tr s,@ NINTH; e.
: :sig ia nss : SaiFa; y 4Si. !. h ssmnSSnPIThlss,sse: fell thew 9ysE R aIId
Our third day at ,Glcnn,s Ferry happened to
their wives and mothers and sisters and sweet.
heart. living IN nth the II little place : wanted ID 70, e G SlH
over tho general store. The only obstacle was
that the, had no fiddler In the place, There
how TO thrum dance music on 1t after a fashion.
but she was considered a bit erratic as 20 time,
up were oemoaninR the recent transfer to an.
other division along the line OF a locomotive
fireman who had tddled for their dances. A
success OF this st. Patrick's night dance was
S STie 'p lenE.6sireS chap sla' in '" one Of the
drawinE.room cars who had a fiddle box among
his traps; The car cleaner was tickied over this
news and looked the passenger UP. lie found a
fat man With an oleaginous countenance. a
broad, high forehead, and a heavy mop OF Liszt
liz psfIns at a Cigarette. e'"p''"'"'
Say said the car cleaner to the passenger,
wSdine right into business, "a Teller out here
and so i suppose you Know how to play on it.
Do you r y ,..,,o. .,,a N. o,,ao,non. man.
with q strong foreign accent, smiling.
"fweil. went on tho car cleaner. We're going
to have q dancing ehindie over to the hall to-
morrow, ST. Pats, night. and there's nobody in
a. place 70 Eivs Us tbs fiddle alfi music " SON VI
for nothing. Of course We used ussd to Give our
| fiddler, when We had one, 81 for a nights play.
eaSSii "ao IN ms the a ber rRe name oy '0u' and DC " heap
81 should charmed be to play not for any
q thing 5s;r at AZ \ n 5Ispl,sS the b p} RssseSseff witt, ha ,hs ~o o.
sll-for no s4-for pleasure only
well. that's SO much the better said the
car cleaner, and well certainly all be a whole
! lot in your debt for accomodatin' u.s.
$50 it was arranged. As many OF the stalled
| passengers as could crowd into the hall were in
Of us who didn't care, TO dance climbing up to a
s &c sbs G p"sssnaaFs , asn fsSF' to hg dance a good sn %a aisS
| dance themselves. and It certainly was odd 10
zee the swell young women spelling around on
'n "The ef add aIg With With the foreign accent ana the
m rsTn OF n SSe 5ur he sa 1P pT i0 nP5 . on sin tSs sm iblnSS
up. and reporting to the wife of The locomotive
| engineer. who sat AZ the tin.nanny piono. for in
strsnctions. She bad an old book Of dance tunes
arranged for violin and piano. and she had turned
down The corners Of the dances to play.
..These foiks are mighty narticular about
time said abe To the man with the fiddle and
you've got to be careful not to play too fast or
too slow, just Won follow me and we'll yet
along ali right
The fiddIer listened IN her smilinply and re-
spectfmliy. said he'd do the heat he conld- even
IL he had never seen the music before. rot out
his fiddle, tuned in win the niano and stood
ready. The frst number WAS n waltz The two
musicians got through with II satisfactorily. the
woman at the piano showing a determination TO
lead in the matter or time and the
fiddler falling in with her determine
ton ouite sinilinaly as he plsyed. He
Appeared to be able to play the darces pret.
~ well for sight reading though NOT much
better than the AVERAGE fiddler: nut his instru.
menr certainly struck INV ear as being a sin9,.
larry fine one. with a powerfully deep and sweet
volume. We'll. ANYHOW they played the dances
for fully an hour and a half the mop-haired
adder receiving the directions and adjurations
OF the pianist. whose music WAS surely distress.
insly thrumn,y. with the very greatest air OF
courtly Difference and obedience.
been finished. the sur2riseEthe shock, | ought