alive erie, nis Hunoneve goldiers of Cheng. GWion"y oom: snadit Were systematically removing furniture from tite adjoining freight Socony Hill ad discovered that the two grand were to heavy for them, Extra mex were therefore summoned from headqntayters and the pianos were finally carrie. away to tie barracks."—News Item, It Was wi grand piano On Socony's famous hill A yourly and comicly instrument, whose notes were wont tty thrill aesthetic taipan Whom the day's exacting tot) Had left well-nigh fed up vith selling lubricating vil: How safe fair Clavichord was deemed amid her firemen friends: Little dreaming that the Cantonese would steal hor for their ends, And, each the tid was closed and locked up for the iielty Her coy univers knew mo element of fright, How changed the sceno—the dows of wat 30 suddenly unchained While on the undefended heights shrapnel and bullets rained! And oh! the pity of that Might—the need to cet aboard The gun boats—that entailed abandoning sweet Clevichold! Unchaperoned, she cowered im the empty drawing Toon, Her maiden instincts telling her of her impending doon!, Fronv deep within her there came sobs, ax plaintive a8 could Bes {A minor chant constricted in the commun key of Now hark! Upor the porch there sound the deeaited footsteps! THtse Are the unhallowsd trea! of the untutored Hunanese, They spy her! Ina twinkling, all the brute-within then, roused, They marvel at so fair a thing with foreign devils housctt, Spoke one, "Here are more foreign foods. Tet us proceed to-shanty "eis But ay for yerder lovely thing, she's for our General's harem With this terark, they stole oit her without formality; To titid that she they thought a sylph wits heavy as could We, She bit and scratched: the strength of six did not suMiee to life Fair Clavichotd. Then Wesdquarters sent brigade to'shift The stubborn one, who thence was cragged through the etibatted Her three lers kicking vainly, and her pedals in vetoest Dishevetled, breathless, next she stood before the creat Chet OW'iet Who forthwith barked in Angry fones,—most harassed, bey of fron "Go, bear her hence and work your will! tive not the time to' play. Tt looks to me as if thered be a' battle any: dxy."
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