A RAT AND A REVELATION.
A story is told in Melbourne in connection with the pianola instrument, which benra as its moral the fact that it is wiser, ur der all circumstances, to tell the truth, A lady, lately arrived in the State, maintained a reputation as a musician foi some months with great success; she could play anything and everything. But her piano was behind a screen —she was so nervou3 and shy if she saw people looking at her, she declared. And she would never play on a strange piano ; she declared it ruined her touch. She consented to play to several friends who were visiting her one afternoon; went behind the screen, ard charmed them for some minutes. Suddenly a great rat ran across the room; the ladies screamed "a rat, a rati" The pianist leaped from behind the screen, in terror—and the piano went on playing!
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 11 December 1901, Page 4
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150A RAT AND A REVELATION. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 11 December 1901, Page 4
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