Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-03-25

nohored composition is entitled to
sure he plays that like rale Irish.
man. An there's Misthress McLeod,s
Reel, faith. Yerra, but phat a nagur
ne Is. BE COB he can play anything"
cnuckled Connors to himself as Sam
AFTER a minute of rest, sawed off "The
irish Washerwoman," in correct style
an It's mesilf as behaves I'll 20 inside
ana cultivate his acquaintance, fer
De Tn same token he's Casey. the old
scaramouch, faded, phen it comes to
Tn hddlin' Av he can call off as well
S he can fiddle, he's tn bye fer tn
dances"
Whereupon Paddy went inside and
greeted Sam cordially, to that gentle
mans Infinite surprise and satisfac ton
engaged him to play Tor a "shindig"
at the Connors residence the next night
but one, listened to the darkey's tale
of woe, loaned him a dollar on account
after hearing it, and then hied home.
ward to spread the glad tidings of his
discovery and incidentally to inform
the juvenile Connors that 9TH mkt
wan av thin who'd make trouble fer
that jool av nagur d feel tn weight
av his fist" a threat which the scions
OF that noble house communicated be.
fore bedtime to every lad in the neigh
borhood, thus assuring Sam peace
and safety until the edict should be
repealed
Sam fiddled for the dance and was
so successful that every participant
was willing to vote him a second Ole
Bull. He proved to be thoroughly con
versant with the science of calling"
and he had every dancer perspiring
before the first "set" was off the floor,
which made his calling and occupation
sure. The collection taken up amount
ed to trifle over four dollars, enabling
him to return Connor's dollar to that
worthys satisfaction, besides which
drinks were numerous, while his lunch
during intermission was of such vast
and varied character that Sam was
quite overwhelmed. His good luck
did not end there either, for visitors
from other places were profuse in
their admiration of his abilities to the
extent That he was engaged to play
for dance at Hyde Park, another at
Capouse and another at Dunmore dur
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perity that quite dazed him, and
caused him to wonder several times
during the course of the evening if he
was awake or having visions.
For some weeks all went well with
Sam. He made money fast and was
seriously contemplating the advisibil-
ity of uniting in marriage with a
dusky chambermaid in a downtown
hotel, when serpent Unexpectedly
entered his Eden. 1t will be remem-
bered that Mr.. Connors, when talking
to himself outside Sans door, men
toned one Casey. Martin Casey was
his full name, and Martin, until the
advent of Keel, had done all the fid-
ding for the neighborhood. He
played by ear entirely, and that or
gan being a bit defective, there were
times when his music was of a dis
connected sort important passages
being ofttimes omitted to the intense
disgust of the educated ones engaged
in "welting tn flure." Sam played
"by note" and learned his music by
heart before attempting to reproduce
it in public. Casey saw his occupa-
ton was gone unless he checkmated
his black rival and formulated a dark
scheme which he kept entirely to him
self A part of his plan demanded a
visit to Sans shanty and, much
against his will, he called one even
ing Like the serpent of old, Casey