Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-02-12
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ALICE.
"Wanted-A companion for an elderly invalid
ady. Apply at No. q, ,---- street." - rGILIf
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Alice had been wiGhame nearly two
months, when one day, leaning her cheek
against the armof my chair, and looking
up into my face, she said: HDO you care
for music ?" '.ra irs sHi'ur1a ~ aarrlG
told her truly how loved it. l..r5fs
"When the sorrows of life fellupon me, y
sho oohtsaupd spannrnfnliU. al said tl,nrn
could be no more music for me. My heart
felt darkened and desolate; but you have
flooded it with love and light and i can
sing againl" and without further preface,
still seated at my feet, her eyes still raised
to mine, she began to sing. .......ss
had often marked, while she read, the
musical intonations of her voice when 1t
rose above monotone; but l had never
dreamed of its wealth and power until 1
heard 1t in song. The perfection in culti-
vaton which had evidently been lavished
upon it bad had no power to crush out its
natural purity and sweetness; the elaborate
thrills ard wonderful scales fell with such
easy grace that they seemed more the
spontaneous notes of bird than the result
of science; and when she sang ballads, her
| simplicity of style seemed more like the
heartfelt warbling OF a cottage girl than
the marvellous finish of the artist. For
nearly two hours she sang, g,uninterruptedly,
her dark eyes looking forward, filled with
rapt ecstacy, her form entirely mOtlonless,
the light striking upon her lovely face and
mourning roDes' framing noqel I0r St'
Seellia, ana wondering that had never
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Ilcil, you AiioW' '..4. '. ...... ~.
"Money cannot help me, she replled, III
it could should never tell you" and her
head was raised with a proud erecbpess
which it had never borne In my presence
before. Soon, however, 1t dropped back
into its old place on the arm OF my chair,
aud she said, y on comet help me; but you
have been SO kind that 1t seems wrong to
keep secret from you. From my earliest
childhood have lived in such house as
this, surrounded by every luxury, the pet
ted darling of the owner. llr. Greyson,
my dear father, made my happiness the OBJ
ject OF his life; he cultivated every talent
he thought he found Ill me, making study
delicious by his own advice and c0mpan-
ionship. lhsd masters for English, French,
German, and, above all, music, and every
days study was rewarded by his praise
and encouragement III the long and delight
ed evenings we spent together. DE was
wealthy and had not caprice ungrati-
fled, while his steady Judgment Kept my
wayward fances in control; my
Wnlms were analyZeu I'LL Iney MelCeu lnCO
air, or became solid foundations for virtue
or Improvement. Two years ago, my faith
er took a pupil, gentleman four or five
years older than myself, the son of widow
lady who resided in Plymouth. 1t will
scarcely interest you to tell you my love
story, for | soon learned to love this new
member OF our home circle. Evening after
evening, when his study for the day was
over, he would linser in our sitttng-room,
talking, reading or Joining his voice to mine
in thousand vagaries OF sound that spring
spontaneously to the lips OF music lovers"
She was looking intently forward as the
narrative fell from her lips; her voice sank
TO monotone, her words seemed studied
as If she were reading the tale from some
book, instead OF probing her own heart;
while the rigid erectness OF her frame, the
steady clasp of her hands, one within the
other, told of the strain for composure, the
forced calmnesS.
. "Horace and Il became very dear to each
1tmer' ste toHtiiueul Lil ioters M rom silnI- M
lsli.y VI e4aSe' III ;iIa noonI, Inue Luz nso.re @ ao-
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