Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-12-23

and when he lett her lew momehIs,
fotInd her upon his'returu- singing, IN
her baby way, bits of old street BALLADS
caught and kept. But when the re-
| ouis,te exercises had been gone through
wifi. and he could resign himself to
his own fancies TO weave garlands OF
lberraony and intoxicate sense and sight
/ Uitb an elixir of delightsome thoughts;
| or when ON the wings of Mendelssohn
10 souobt heaven or heard the foot
haa,s II the stars in the grand strains
of Reethoven, or felt all love and pa
tbos and infinite beauty throng from
ont the human, spells of Mozart to en-
fold him, then he would find her paus-
ing from her little tasks, drawing near
| his elbow, gazing into the sky, with
lIarpe-eyed ABSORPTION, or plunged In
tears. her head hidden among the pill
lows of her bed, net to be soothed 10y
tenderness or wooed by reasons, till,
through exhaustion, she fell asleep, and
woke smiling. He had added to his
department very dainty room, and
called il Saints. From ont his mlsera-
bile pittance he dressed her hastily and
neatly, reserved for her the most deli
cate morsel of his table. bought her
fruits and flowers at the stalls. instruct
ed her in her lessons, and paid a trihe
to poor lodger, who taught her needle
work. Too Young to be left alone
s.venincs,c he accustomed himself to
carry her with him to the theatre. leav-
ing her, perhaps, in charge of some
woman in the greenrOOm, or she
wonld nestle on a cushion and nod off
into dfeams. Whereas he had before
first Thought upon waking of his violin,
he now thought of her. Poor Ariel
you are like to play second fiddle in
deed. He taught her to call him her
brother Philip. and the children in the
court. apt at authorizations, called her
Saint Abb.
At length the fates let fall one magnif-
cent night upon the earth for these
twoZyouth and child. Having taken
her with him rs usual, he left her in the
green-roOm with the children, who were
to sing in some part of the grand gala
thing TO them. and one with headache
grum5les necessarily.
''Let me go aud sing in your place,
suggested Saint es
"Will you? Oh, but you don't know
the part p
Cant yon sing it to me?" persisted
Saint
Pooh ! l might as well sing to them
as t. yOu.
| "Won't the others sing over little !?
shall catch it soon. i have some of it
now. See - and she thrilled bar or
two; the others glad of the excitement,
crowding about her with corrections,
interpretations and additions making
a fascinating hurly-burly, while they
dressed her In the stage garb of the lit
tie shirk, and in the pell-meil and con-
fusion she made her entree unobserved.
Itso happened that she had become
somewhat familiar with the different
parts, having listened with attention
upon successive nights as tho voices
from the stage RING i'll upon her; wait
ing in the passage-way, or stealing up
to the very entrances of the side scenes;
so that now, as the leader, beside her.
self with merriment at the success of
her scheme, tripped, hesitated, and
paused at the second bar of her solo,
Saint canght IL MP, and drew it along,
through all its airy and delicate mean
behring's, till at last her Voice seemed TO
feet ecstacy, as If it were laTk's. Philip
sat below In calm concern. At first the
song seemed to Iningle with his dream.
He was at home in his garnet, express
ing lovely image, and Saints voice
supplied want he must otherwise have
experienced it spanned the actual and
ideal ; but soon the applause aroused
him. Them, glancinS upward, he saw
and heard without any keen surprise,
only murmuring half audibly, ''Oh, it
is Saint - His neighbor believed he
called it sanity, and, not nice in dis
criDination, returned, Exactly r.
When all was over, the manager waited
upon Philip TO engage SAINT. He de-
clining, she acquiesced. Saint" he
asked, "do you wish to go and sing for
this gentleman ?"
From that night lie gave her constant
Instruction, spared NO pains, left often
and often his musical devoirs to snper-
intend her musical instructions, Alas,
Ariel then first love. 1t is no fable,
then, this fate of first love? Still he
grew {; his genius pushed his pinned
wings through all these engrossing la
bors it found thousand escapements
which proved its genuineness at last
he scared His name was in every
mouth, his skill the topic and enthusi-
asm of the day. He grew rich as well
as great; he, the. once neglected VIOLIN
list. became the feted, courted, the
toasted, the everything that was SPLEEN
did of court and country. Those who
only knew of the result could form lit
tie conception of the terrible means, the
persistent labor, the. continued sacrifice,
the cramped necessities that oil went to-
make up this grand sum total. just as
there has been since, frenzy for Som
tag or Lind in hats, capes and fallals,
SO his name was invoked, to add luster
to toy or trinket. Saint and he no
longer inhabited a garnet and drank
bitter draughts from pewter cups, but
a lovely suburban retreat made his Eden
a villa smOthered in roses Here, after
having done his best for Saint, he bro't
her instructors from far and near they
modelled, they perfected her rare voice;
they fingered needlessly in her rare
presence. Phillip perceived, without
deeply considering only a vague I'M
rest. tortured him, made his nights
sleepless, left strong footsteps at his
temples, scattered saw-dust in his curls;
people said his soul had worn thin his
body, that it might lave clearer vision
In the meanwhile, he thought that Saint
must go to Italy-the land where sound
first awoke to the bliss of melody /; it