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Updated: May 1, 2025
I am highly gratified to meet with you, as I have one of the greatest songs you ever he'rd to show you. If you can but set it to music, and sing it in New York city, it will immortalize you, and immortalize me tew." Amused at the earnestness with which the fellow spoke, I inquired the subject of his song. "Oh, 'tis des-crip-tive; 'tis tre-men-dous. It will make a sensation all over the Union."
She drew back her chair for a few paces, with a deep-drawn sigh, in which disappointment and surprise seemed strangely to mingle. "Well, I have he'rd a great deal about you, and I wanted to see you bad for a long time; but you are only a humly person like myself after all. Why I do think, if I had on my best gown and cap, I should look a great deal younger and better than you."
This performance was drowned in an uproar of laughter, which brought our vocalist to a sudden stop. "I won't sing another line if you keep up that infernal noise," he roared at the top of his voice. "When a fellow does his best, he expects his audience to appreciate his performance; but I allers he'rd as how the folks at W knew nothing about music."
"Well, I've he'rd the parson of the old Independence say as how old age was deceitful; but I never seed it so true afore this blessed night. I'm sorry for ye, old man to see you so innocent-like, and Death all the while turning in and out with you in your hammock, for all the world like a hammock-mate." "You lie! old man," cried Thrummings, shaking with rage.
"Mortal bad." "Why! you don't say. Our folks heard that he was getting quite smart. Is he dangerous?" "The doctor has given him up entirely." "Well, it will be a bad job for the family if he goes. I've he'rd that there won't be money enough to pay his debts. But what of this marriage? They do say that Miss A is to be married to old Mister B ."
"Well," was the reply, "you see it's this way: Last winter I went down to Arkansas visitin', and while I was there I went to church, and it was called 'Piscopal, and I he'rd them say 'that they left undone the things what they'd oughter done and they had done some things what they oughten done, and I says to myself, says I: 'That's my fix exac'ly, and ever since I considered myself a 'Piscopalian."
I told the old missus that I would take good care that the right side was kept uppermost; and that if any harm happened to the instrument, you could set it all right agin." "I am sorry," said I, "to hear such a poor account of the instrument. It is impossible to sing well to a bad piano " "Phoo, phoo, man! there's nobody here that ever he'rd a better. Bad or good, it's the only one in the village.
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