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cd the viek. Consumed to th. snd, fell. and
was sxtisguishsd. Beethoven stopped I
opened the shutters to let In the rsys Of ,b.
meen, IL became almost .s light as before
IN the room. aud the radiance fell NOR,
strengly on the musician aud instrumeet
Bat this incident seemed to have broken
the chain Of B~stbsveo's idess His .d
dropped on bis breast, his hands rested on
his knees. he appeared plung.d/iD,o . pro
found meditation
HE remained % fer>-une time A, la.t
che yo1nA sbosmskT rose. approached him.
and said, i1N~ laS, respectful voies-.wou
derful msn, who are you, thenf
'Heetho.-s ,si.ea his bead. aud looked st
him, abstraetedly, as IL be had DOT com pr.
hended the nesning Of his words
The yousg man repeated the question
The composer smiled ss oalJ be could
smile, With swsstsess and kindly bspsvo.
l.uee
Listen said he And he played th. sr,t
movement in the r symphony A e,y of
ioy escaped from the lips of the brother and
sister They recognized him md cried With
emeiion-'You are. then, Beethoven
He rose to 20, but our eu,reaties succeed.
ed II OBTAINING him
Play 70 Us oucs more-iust once more
'Ie allowed himself to b. led to the in
sirumeDt. The brilliant rays Of the m oon
entered the eurtaiulsss window and lighted
up his cxpa 'sive caruSst forehead
Il am going to improviss sonata 80 the
moonlight said he, plsyfully lie contem
plated for some minutes the sky spciuklel
With sts's thea his fingers rested on the
piano, and he commenced 10 play in n slow
sad, bot Wopderously sweet strain The
harmony ISSUED from the Instrument. sweet
aud even a. the rays Of the moon srrcsd
over the shadow. on tie ground. Til. Ge
Eei"us overture vas followed by . piece in
triple time. lively, ligh, eapricious = sor,
of intermediate barlsslue like dance OF
fairies At midnight on the grass. Then came
rapid 0gitaio Gaai.--a breathless move
ment trembling. hurrying describing aeht
apd uneertsiuty. inspiring vague aud in
stine,ive terror, which bore US onward on ITS
shuddering wings. aud left Us, at last auiie
sGitAted with surprise aud moved To tears
'A'li"u said Beethoven, abruptly push
lag hack his chair aud advancing to the door
-'Adieur
Yen will come again . asked both at tie
same-time
He stopped and regarded the ysung blind
girl with an air of ompassion.
Yes, yes, said he hurriedly, I will come
again, aud give some lessons 10 ulademoi
sells Farewell will soon ermo again
They followed US TO tie door in silence.
more expressive than words. and remained
standing on the threshold iili We were cut
Of sight
Let us hasten home, said Beethoven to
me in the street. Let Us hasten. that may
note dawn this sonata while it is in my
memory
lie entered bis room aud be wrote til
nearly dsybresk'
still sat in n listening attitude after the
old musician bad fnisbed speaking And
did Beethoven give lessons Afterwards TO the
hini girl y asked !. at length
He smiled and shook his head Bethoy-
en- never entered that humble house again.
With the excitement q Ihe moment, bis in.
terest in the Lliud girl also passed away and
though the brother and lister lcng and pa.
'iently s~sited bis coming, he thought ne
more of them
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