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Harlowe's but a jew's-harp, and the tongue of that was broken. As she seated herself at the piano, Mr. Regulus reached forward and took up a violin which was lying upon it. "Do you play?" she asked eagerly. "I used to play a good deal when a boy, but that was a long time ago," he answered, drawing the bow across the strings with no unskilful hand. "Delightful, charming!" she exclaimed.
So they sat on ant-hills all day long, and played on the Jew's-harp; and if the ants bit them, why they just got up and went to the next anthill, till they were bitten there likewise.
And on the title-page was written, "The History of the great and famous nation of the Doasyoulikes, who came away from the country of Hardwork, because they wanted to play on the Jew's-harp all day long." They were very fond of music, but it was too much trouble to learn the piano or the violin; and as for dancing, that would have been too great an exertion.
Then the Gardeniers, of Hudson and thereabouts, distinguished by many triumphant feats, such as robbing watermelon patches, smoking rabbits out of their holes, and the like, and by being great lovers of roasted pigs' tails. These were the ancestors of the renowned congressman of that name. -Then the Van Hoesens, of Sing-Sing, great choristers and players upon the jew's-harp.
A call at Meg's, and a refreshing sniff and sip at the Daisy and Demijohn, still further fortified her for the tete-a-tete, but when she saw a stalwart figure looming in the distance, she had a strong desire to turn about and run away. "Where's the jew's-harp, Jo?" cried Laurie, as soon as he was within speaking distance. "I forgot it."
I'll send you a copy of the Century dictionary." This gentleman carried purism to almost extravagant lengths. He objected to the customary pronunciation of "jew's-harp," insisting that the word should be "juice-harp," and instructing the actor who mentioned this innocent instrument of melody to write it down so in his script.
The old feller was temp'rence, an' the boys put up a job on him one hot day at gen'ral trainin'. Somebody ast him afterwuds how it made him feel, an' he said he felt as if he was sittin' straddle the meetin' house, an' ev'ry shingle was a Jew's-harp. So I kep' mum fer a while.
A spider's web rolled into a ball produced a prickly feeling in the hands, and a restlessness in the whole body. Glow-worms threw her into the magnetic sleep. Music somnambulised her. When she wanted to be cheerful, she requested Kerner to magnetise the water she drank, by playing the Jew's-harp. She used to say in her sleep, "Magnetise the water by seven vibrations of the harp."
And the wind out of the mountains was singing like a Jew's-harp in the pile of old tomato-cans by the railroad track. "I felt a kind of sensation in my left side something like dough rising in a crock by the fire. Mrs. Jessup had moved up closer. "'Oh, Mr. Hicks, says she, 'when one is alone in the world, don't they feel it more aggravated on a beautiful night like this?
"You mean a jew's-harp?" "I guess not! I mean a flute with all silver on it and everything. My father's goin' to buy me one." "I bet he isn't!" "He is, too," said Penrod; "soon as I'm twenty-one years old." | | | Miss Amy Rennsdale | | | | At Home | | Saturday, the twenty-third | | from three to six | | | | R.s.v.p. Dancing | Penrod Schofield and Samuel Williams.
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