, 1870-10-30
size 1rtaM~tt1 tor al N'skEnrk.A =. rEnuN-
hns.uArr.t,

1lncuArr.t,
II. raris there lived youuE and unknown
poet, Etwarl EGet,r, OF great tal.nt aud Of
,Ec highest education, Ia! totally unknown,
and Ml.Lont j tricld even te give lin itsp,EE
hand in the carer o! letters Destai-iuE VI
literary tucecss. Roche obtained III insisutii-
caht post IN tho Custom Horee. T. all -an-
pesrAncc, In IVES likti II thus TO rrotract
Miss1 allie Al j lpgloriora exis1en:a y;,t. no ep-
roriuuity at exhibiting the ialra:a which he
undoubsedlr posses stI. Hi lnck scen1ed 70
have left Lin. and ho w.a .iespondrnt aecorl-
in.ly. Ore day, Willie Roche was working in
the Custon, House ctsice. that happened 10 be
c:cse to tho railway station, his attention vas
aroused hy tones Of angry -cxpostulation aad
loud remonstrancc heard just benc=:h his win
dow. Au irsfeitlo German I'nsSenSer waa loudly
ceelaiuing against the a''snt1li,y Of the rnlcs
with which he was troubled b! the short
sighted wisdom OF the railway administration.
1snche went out and heard the stranger, whose
1'asslcn eliminated III a strong vein Of solil-
oquy, address himse eli AZ Wsgncr. The ynung
man eeizeti the opportunity He s'erpea
fozwstd, bowed to the stranger, and speedily
| straiEbt. Wagner was pTofusc in his thanks !;
l;o< he was olehte.l that sio vas allie 10 rei,-
der even tho slightest service to so ilIns:rious
| mai. NFgneEs euerulous aud sont, CON-
trolling vans mu-t have bcen toachc,l !:
I:ecl,e fnt,cicd Re cav i,:a opportunity. and
commenced 10 hum au,uc melolies from
"Tannlsnctscr' aud "T,ohcnsriu.~ "Oh!" :"
sail Wagner. 'tths is srtc11aid Oman for
me- Thu fret raririau I meet kno 81 my
1nreic aEd aduists it. Liszt shall know thi..
Sir, ~e ni1st SEQ cacs, cthcr agAin."
/ Such vas the commencement ct An acluAia-
| tauco That MAS destined to bo ovcnlful to
iuth, trxElc to one. Wagner grow TO epter-
tam a high nyaniou Of Edwarl Il R,che: and
| wlcn l.e looked for a translator Of Tam
nrsu.tr," he tl,o1sst he could find noae bet.
H&~v& f1sa nv2S, -
savinr in the railway episode. Wagner offered
Roche the work, aud soche, in All eestacy Of
Jey. it IL needless to eay, accepted it. Hut
1lu, l,ocr fellow little krcw what ,lo would
nave 10 encounter. lie gave whole gear 10
tho se,k, sacrificing many nights slssr, aod
Which was not employed 1t tho counting
huusr. i:cche sooa found that his Illus
tneue clnplvycr was, 10 uee his own words
'a dreadlul man. Never was tlskmsatei
of the ESyl'iasls 20 rea'oEse.essly e1.es
,ns esn 9f M r,e7SS, i7 eoss'on of o,Ssrs We
hsrsel.. and Roche fairly had net moment
rest. When tho Young clerk eont1ived to oh
iain n holiday FROM his Office. every nomeu
Wis Aleort'ed by the demsn1s OF the authas o
"Tsnnbscuscr." On .ucil occa.ious AS these
Rcele thus describes The rrosranme Of th
irK VIC ent down to work. and vi bout Eest o
pause we went On till noon. There eat owe
my acsl-ttoopiuE, writing. b'otting, corres
ing, searching rasnfuaIv Tor tho syllable
j uGieh accorded best With particular notcs
Aeanwhilc, Wagner, With h.niog, eyes an AZ
room impatient(y, nov sat down to the piant
and Striking FEW chords shouted imp,
I t,cptly, *FoIwanl! forwarlt At IL or
J o'clock, wearlcd md sick. fsiut with hungo
aud With tching tinEers, l would let my pe
, drpl, and rink back In my cha;r. Then woul
T the n,aster AK me, in tones OF indigustion au
surprise, what mas the matter. Oh, I Al
J.. hungry I would mutter. Generally he woul
= reply, Very well. / did not think Of that
!: We viii cat romethinc quickly, and eontinr
II again. waA suffered 10 swallow fe~ mo
q sell. not more, and then was tpureed on
q resume my tolls, aud continued there I
: night ! grew exhausted, but he cared MOI
a my head glored like Ere. became driven
II desperation at this ceaseless hunt for appr
pirate syllables and words. It was impossit
) 10 rlcsee BIN. As for Wagner himself, he v
+ It'll fresh N ever. Nothing seetnsd to t.
]. upon tsso+e e4bau.tloss cnoFgses. still
4 stre4le up ard a.@n tt,s room. OF, striki
u The note- ., Tue .li.nc, nhook liH head. a,
= awsJed his body ii such manner shas