The story of The Mikado . he allowhis beautiful purple eyes (which exactly matchedhis uniform) to wander from the music paper onwhich his notes were inscribed ; so it came to passthat while Yum-Yum was engaged in the act oftransferring her admiration from his work to himself,Nanki Poo was quite unconscious of the effect thathe had created. But one happy day while the bandwas playing as usual at the end of the pier, a drench-ing shower of rain fell and Nanki Poo ran for shelter,with several others, under a refreshment pavilion inwhich such attractive delicacies as fried snails andscraped sharks
The story of The Mikado . he allowhis beautiful purple eyes (which exactly matchedhis uniform) to wander from the music paper onwhich his notes were inscribed ; so it came to passthat while Yum-Yum was engaged in the act oftransferring her admiration from his work to himself,Nanki Poo was quite unconscious of the effect thathe had created. But one happy day while the bandwas playing as usual at the end of the pier, a drench-ing shower of rain fell and Nanki Poo ran for shelter,with several others, under a refreshment pavilion inwhich such attractive delicacies as fried snails andscraped sharks fin were sold at a reasonable rate ;and there he saw Yum-Yum, who had also soughtprotection from the heavy downpour. Their eyesmet, and Nanki Poo was quite as much fascinatedby Yum-Yum as Yum-Yum had, for many weekspast, been fascinated by him. From that momenthis performance on the second trombone perceptiblydeteriorated. His Too, too, too was given care-lessly and wandered into several keys, for he was 6 THEIR EYES MET. THE STORY OF THE MIKADO always on the look-out for Yum-Yum, and when hiseyes met hers the three beautiful notes with whichhe was entrusted were scarcely recognizable. TheFirst Trombone came into favour with the crowdonce more, and Nanki Poos performance ceased tobe generally attractive to the audience at the Titipu season came to an end, butbefore the Purple Tartarians left for another part ofthe country, Nanki Poo, in the course of anotherobliging shower, contrived to tell Yum-Yum of theaffection he entertained for her, and I need hardlydescribe her distress when she told him, with manysobs and endless tears, not only that she was be-trothed, against her will, to be married to her un-desirable guardian, but that their marriage was totake place in a years time, as soon as her educationat her Finishing School was completed. As the wholeband had to fulfil an engagement at a distant part ofthe country, Nanki Poo and Yum-Yum were neces-sarily sep
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