Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-08-10
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the neighbors jealous
For about three weeks Mr.. Jobson re-
paired to the attic room Immediately
after dinner, closed the door tight, got
out his $55 Cremona and performed
thereon until nearly midnight. He put
mute on the strings to drown the effect
Of his practicing, but for all that the cal
lous world will never know what Mrs.
Jobson suffered. Mr.. Jobson ignored
the sharps and flats altogether in prac-
ticing, and, as for time, he was probably
Of the opinion that time was made for
slaves. Mrs. Jobson dreaded the hour
when Mr.. Jobson should demand her to
accompany him on the piano.
It came one evening last week, when
Mr.. Jobson brought his cigar store Gre
mona down stairs from the attic, opened
up the collapsible music stand and an
nounced to Mrs. Jobson that the concert
would begin by rendition Of Mendels-
sohn's Spring Song" by the famous
and notorious JoEson family, who had
played before crowned heads, bunko
steerers, porch climbers, etc.
Here the veil had better be drawn.
They hadn't been playing Mendelssohn's
"Spring Song more than two and one
half minutes before the gang of small
! boys began to assemble in front of the
Jobson homestead and to indulge in cat
calls Mr.. Jobson didn't hear the tumult
before his door at first. He was too busy
telling Mrs. Jobson that she didn't know
any more about playing piano accom-
paniments than she did about glass blow
ing; that she was all out of time, etc.
When the crowd in front of the Jobson
mansion had increased to about a hun
: bred and odd, however, Mr.. Jobson
couldn't help but hear the delighted yel]s
and shrieks and catcalls that came
in through the wide open front windows.
He stopped abruptly, laid down his vio-
lin, went to one of the windows and look
ed out, pulled down the curtains and then
walked back and regarded Mrs. Jobson,
who still sat on the piano stool looking
miserable and depressed, with an express
sion of awful calm.
MADAM" said he, trying to impale
Mrs. Jobson with his gaze, this is the
parting Of the ways. It had to come
some time, but I have been endeavorine
to stall it off as long as possible. There
is lot that l could say with regard tc
this job you have put up on me, but I'll
content myself with one simple question
which l desire you to answer me truth
fully: How much per head did you pay
these bowling hoodlums and rufians If
front Of my door to come here and in
suit me and heap vituperation and scorr
upon me ?'-Washington Star
Horses For Great Britain.
Representatives Of the British gov.
eminent are presently securing the
United States purchasing horses fol
Britain's use in the war in South Afri
ca. Recently they purchased 100 a,
Burnet, Tex, and they are to visit Aus
tin, San Antonio and other places IL
the state to buy more, says The Scot
tish-American. Two thousand will bt
purchased in Texas if so many can bt
obtained at reasonable prices. The an
lmals are shipped to New Orleans.
She-You used to can me an ange,.
He-Yes, l remember called you
my angel without WINGS"
She-But you never do any more.
He-No, I've begun to believe that
You have wings, after all. It's so easy
for you to fly into Catholic
Standard and Times.