The independent., 1907-03-28
MIR. D0OLEY ON MUSIC
BY r. p. Dun NE.

I'd, Sttfu NIL IlciillCooys hIA y
was nawthin' to do an / thought I'd
run acrost while Honorya was takin'
her music lesson"
"It's a grand thing, music said Mr..
Dooley
''It is,' said Mr. Hennessy sadly.
'I'm crazy about it," said Mr..
Dooley Il don't know what there is
about tn power iv music, but it has
tur-rble effect on me. An If there's
wan piece iv music that moves me
more thin amy other tits tn five finger
exercise Was that what Honorya was
playin'?'
ut was" said Mr.. Hennessy.
II thought So" said Mr.. Dooley.
"'Tis tn composition I'm most famiI-
var with 1 don't know how NANNY
millyon times I've heerd it, but ivry
time it gives me new thrill, kind
iv tn jumps that / don't get firm
dhrink OF tobacco. Whin ! hear its
sthrains pourin firm tn windows next
dure I am strangely excited. | cease
to be tn sordid, money-lovin, practical
man ye know. I'm lifted out iv mysilf.
] long to quit me business an go into
tn wilds. / pace tn room, tear out
me hair in handfuls. l beat on tn walls
with me fists. Take 3 good hot sum-
IDtT 5 udy WIFI L We OCCii uP iliOce ~
tn night befure an tn flies ar-re plen-
tiful an th' fine finger exercise, 70
matther how inaccrately played, makes
me think I've got tn artistic timpra-
mint, although otherwise a man iv
clane habits who shayes four times a
week.
''Did We iver notice how tn sweet
music iv pianny dhrowns all other
sounds? Not even a deef man Wud
call this quite neighborhood. But tn
throlley cars may be clangin' by,
man may be shinglin' tn roof, tn peo-
ple upstairs dancin' breakdown an a
couple iv Germans at tn front dure
debatin whetheE they will play ten
pins or pinochle a week firm Sunday,
an all I can hear is doremifasollasido
dosilasolfaremido firm Miss Mary Nc
Graw next dure, who weighs. hum
dhred an five pounds an cuddent
make sound enough to be heerd If she
was leadin' tn ace iv spades in. a card
game 1t ain a loud noise, dye molnd.
1t don't shatter yeer hearin. 1t Slips
into what Hogan calls tn chambers 1v
ye'er ear, snuggles down close to tn
dhrum an goes to Wurfk with an
auger. I've known a man with a large
family iv girls who was employed to
edit pnoomatic hammer on a SKY
scraper pause with look iv anguish
on his face an curse as a lady in til
house next dure begun tn FIVE finger
exercise.
ME neighbor gives me concert ivry
mornin, She was just through whin we
come in. TIL music yteacher arrived at
ten O'Clock an at ten five Misther Nc
GraW boorded an east bound car in tn
direction iv th lake. | had to stay.
Things that will dhrive a man firm
home won't dhrive him firm saloon.
TIL entertainment begun an wint on to
its usual lenth. I've got it timed exact
N. FIR th' music teacher is hired be tn
hour. She's atchooated with tn play
in iy her pupil, but Whin l peeped in
wan day see her lookin' at tn CLOCK.
I've got tn performance timed to tn
minyit, but I can't help it, ivry day
give way to onmanly hopes that
ma. be wrong. / think me clock may've
stopped. but it hasn't. Thin / hope tn
music teacher or tn pianny will jump
out iv tn window or, Gawd f'rgiye me,
something will happen to tn poor girl
hersilf. | pray to keep firm thinkin'
that tn innocint young thing may
luckily squash a knuckle. not bad, dye
mind. but enough so that / can get in
me Wurruk with DOCK OIeaTy an
have him tell her if she doesn't stop
practisin' f'r awhile she'll niver be able
to get a weddin' ring on her finger. But
nawthin' iver happens. AT tn end iv tn
half hour she's as fr'resh as iver while
I've hardly strength to kick tn dog.
"Afther these prelim' naries tn
thrainer hauls out 'Th March iv Nor
ma or 'Th' Fily iv tn Rig mint Hav-
in an extensive acquaintance among
IT, .marrid with families | know thin
two gr-reat wurruks be heart. IN
music teacher sets on small chair
alongside tn pianny stool an me
neighbor sets on tn pianny stool. 1t
isn't high enough TO give her in prop
er reach fr tn back molar teeth iv tn
pianny an she gets up an twists 1t.
Thin she sets down again an looks
tn pianny to see II shes
got her feet right on tn pedals; her
face assumes an expression Nv a man
bout 10 make a difficult pool shot fr
tn corner pocket, tn music teacher
begins: one an two an three an wan,
two. three Thin ] hear. Dunn dun te';
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