. Busyman's Magazine, July-December 1907. y mind thatthis was a thing much to be desired—at an early date and without benefitof clergy! Von Earsplitzen then sang—or,more correctly speaking, roared—lyrically informing us that his herz 90 THE BUSY MANS MAGAZINE was beating only in connection withhis schmerz. Other useful informa-tion was afforded in the succeedingverses, and finally, with one long,last, dismal howl, he stopped. We applauded as in duty bound,and then I saw Bob furtivelyfingering his trombone. Er I began, you dont pro-pose to—to—you are not a soloist onthis weapon? Well, he answer
. Busyman's Magazine, July-December 1907. y mind thatthis was a thing much to be desired—at an early date and without benefitof clergy! Von Earsplitzen then sang—or,more correctly speaking, roared—lyrically informing us that his herz 90 THE BUSY MANS MAGAZINE was beating only in connection withhis schmerz. Other useful informa-tion was afforded in the succeedingverses, and finally, with one long,last, dismal howl, he stopped. We applauded as in duty bound,and then I saw Bob furtivelyfingering his trombone. Er I began, you dont pro-pose to—to—you are not a soloist onthis weapon? Well, he answered rather dif-fidently (I hoped I had touched his I really must be getting off to thestation. Sure you wouldnt like a shake-down here? struck in Professors not going back inthe fog—we are putting him up forthe night, and we should be delightedif Thanks awfully and so forth, Igasped fearfully—I had a sort of wildidea that this musical family mightreally make me stop—but I ab-solutely must get off. You see I. Been gone a arf hour or more, was the surly reply heart and awakened a better feelingwithin him), I do have a shot nowand then at The Battle of thePrague, but I dont know if youdlike it. My dear sir, I said solemnly—mind you, I felt solemn when I cal-culated my chances of escape—every man has his price—mine isThe Battle of the Prague, renderedby a brilliant exponent such as I amsure you are on the trombone. But have nothing with me, so couldntpossibly stop. Well, no more has the Professor,but he Ah quite so, quite so—but I dare-say he has brought the other collarand—and—no, really thanks, I mustgo—afraid Im rather late in startingalready. Good-bye, good-bye! Idont know when Ive spent such anevening as this; it is quite out of thecommon—absolutely unique—y e s, ENGLANDS HOUSE OF LORDS. 91 thanks, this is my coat. Oh, the fogscleared off now—hooray! And I rushed off down the stepsand started walking briskly to thestation, tha
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