Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1886 — The Lost Cord. [ARTICLE]

The Lost Cord.

“Hear that piano—hear that piano?” “Yes.” • ~ “Old Snagsby’s daughter. They just do it to tantalize me.” “Why, it seems a very nice song. ‘The Host Chord,’ I believe.” “Is that the name of it?” “Yes.” ~ “Meaner and meaner! The cheek of them Snagsbys is something terrible! Here the old man stole half my woodpile last night, and his daughter’s singing about the lost cord, right under our noses! A soar mask—An old maid in love.