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Show 91 "Why?" "Well, if ever I get...sick, or something, you could fill in for me. The songs aren't hard; you could just play the melody with one hand and chord with the other. You have to watch the screen while you're playing the piano, though, so you make sure to get the right kind of music with the different scenes. Like, in the sad scenes, I play 'Hearts and Flowers,' and when the cavalry rides in, I play the 'William Tell Overture.' You know, da-da-dum, da-da-dum, da-da dum-dum-dum." "Would the theater manager let me fill in for you?" Karl asked. "Why not? He has a tin ear, and he can't tell one song from another, so if you made any mistakes, he wouldn't even know it. Would you do it for me -- learn the songs? You can keep the fifty cents a night, if it ever happens that I can't play for one reason or another." "Sure," Karl said, "if you think I can play well enough." "Don't worry about that. I'll start teaching you after school tomorrow. You have such a good ear, you'll learn fast." On the fourth Sunday after Karl had seen Kathleen and Jame kissing in the gazebo, Maggie Rose and Hugo Kerner didn't go to Pittsburgh. They stayed at home to entertain Hugo's euchre club. |
