The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-15

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War has broken out IN a certain
Euclid avenue clearinghouse. and
az along Of a maiden fair" the latter
being In fact. the landiady's daugh-
Ter says the Cleveland Leader. Among
the boarders Is a highly educated for
eisner who, probably. can knock a
greater variety Of sounds out Of
piano In given time than
any other person In this town.
For several weeks past this gen.
teman has been Il the habit Of
lettering In the parlor. after the re.
urement Of the other boarders. and
evoking sweet strains for the delecta.
ton OF the fair girl herelnbefore men
TONED. Those who profess to have OBJ
tained inside Information declare that
he did much signing. considerable gaz-
Ing with soulful eyes. and some whis-
perings OF airy nothlngs between
tunes, all OF which wSs strongly OBJ
jected TO by the less-gifted men around
him. Upon various occasions the gem
tleman from across the water was re-
quested 10 perform for the benefit Of
others beside the landlady's daughter.
but he strongly objected TO this. De-
cas'onally he would throw a little n
upon the keyboard for them. but he
positively refused TO sing for any one
save the sweet girl. although Il was
known that he had a fine voice. At
hrst the gentleman's attentions TO the
iandlady's daughter we're rather enjoy
ed by her, but they soon became 20
fervid that she shrank from them. es-
pecially a. she knew that everybody
else In the house was aware Of what
was going on. and was disposed TO
regard the whole business a. some
thing 10 be laughed al. So a few even
ings ago she intimated 20 some one
that she would be- glu.l Of an opportu-
nifty 70 rid herself Of the foreigners
attentions and a plot was arranged.
After dinner she was 20 remain In the
parlor. with her adorer. and ask him
10 sing for her. being assured that
something would happen. az soon as
he began, 10 bring matters to a head.
She carried out her part Of the pro-
gramme. and. having drawn several
long signs and Eazed at her IN mute
admiration for a long time. the lover
touched the piano for the customary
boom-boom-boom. p-s-r-r.r-r amp-amp
amp, and began 10 sing an amatory
song from the Italian or something
else that nobody In the house. save
himself. could understand. Then. Of a
sudden. there was n fearful racket up
on the stairway. Forty-thousand tin
cans seemed to be fastened to the tails
OF a. many dogs. all Of which had been
turned loose AZ once. The lovers
song became a feeble pipe In a chaos
Of distracting sounds II was a. A
a presidential election night. a boiler
shop. and the entire fre department
had been consolidated and we'll shak-
en- before using The young mans
face became white and be stopped
singing. whereupon the sweet girl
elapped her hands over her empurpied
visage and rushed from the room. Il
Is alleged that people three blocks
away heard the gentleman grlttlng his
teeth. after the other racket had sub
sided. and his wrath was IN no wise
diminished when he began to under
stand that the girl whom he adored
had been a party TO the humlllating
ordeal through which he had passed.
AZ present the piano remains unused,
and an Ominous quiet hangs over tina,
clearinghouse. The foreign gentle
man Is sim there. and Il Is understood
that as soon a. he can learn the
name OF the man VII engineered the
plot the latter will be invited 10 choose
his weapons. This Is why some OF the
others have ceased TO regard Il as a
Joke.