The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-12-04

On'e within tho charm Of that archan.
gel Of music, and size was Suttorly upoon.
soious Of all else-so absolute was tho
spell "h'oh controlled her, 50 intense
tho sensations go long l.psed ID ID indif.:
ference. Long after the music ce.,ed3 ;
1t "as vibrating through her spirit, aud
che did not sssel, The silence nor hear
|t1 witt ispPlsuss 'tha. followed that
nonsstssS qsis<, and shs know no.h.
ps Il sb' ssddsn; via confusion th.t
instantly ensued, orc tho l,st @pl,udit
Asd died % the air. .. Il.
Thessre'st had, bent b,s head to that
sdniriag shroos, and lifted it With the
desire to sse again. the face whose ask.
ing glanees had 50 penetrated bis per-
.oeptiops, but he s.w only =. glimpse
ofa beot, moptionless head, and at the
same instant, somewhere in, thst dense
crowd he heard . hoerse, hslf:smoth. .
cred CRY Of fro; then the crowd start
ed like the pulse Of . mighty, dslirious
heart, and there commenced the insane,
terrible rush to the doors.
Delando, the player, saw the sway.
ing Of that eonoouree of peopls-the
white, upturoed faces Of fr,gile women
so blessed as to lose consciousness at
that fearful moment, borne on those
dark waves lii . flecks Of frozen foam
on some black, demoniac sea.
- The mass writhed toward the door
full of choking exol.mations and
rmothered cries. In through some un-
seen aperaturs ourled thin spiral Of
smoke, and De]sndo detected its warn.
ing seent. He still stood q he had
eome forward; to make his deyoirs he
ssav:before him the frightened sudience,
but4 4p}ainest Of sif he@ saw the dark :.
h.iaed, bowed l,.a in the box nearly
opposite him. ga ~. .'@'
+ dshe ~ alone. =. Through Ill tbiI
npfasd y Auhbuh ~ ?enS, sas.s.d !. tkit
eox,e oy.3w3 ss!ea.a siIs e. r; 20
|se,.3 ..3'Is iesee)aatt tea hes To- Asrs /! POW.
bot SiAs ~ lipse. tap whaslY| he
Thought An5 ene,s loekisg sbaak 1t
the stage. would: have sesn the must.
clan standing metiouless, bis -trauspar.
ent face lfed and turned toward that
place where at the only. one Of all
those people whose presence he had felt.
Even st that memeot he was conscious
Of that subtlest and sweetest of compli.
ments to his power, in the entire un.
consciousness in which he had envelop-
ed this woman. Still there was bqt lit.
tie personality in this feeling ..he had
no vanity, and he knew we'll that no
Thought Of the player found a. place in
that trance OF: homage to melody. :.
If one had not caught the keynote
in that shout Of fire.. as Miss Earnoltfe
had not, there could be no arousiog in
*auenoe in the tumultuous rush below
her, for the arms Of divine harmony
wsre stiil enfoldina her and sustaining
her far above the earth,
"A thicker volume Of smoke crept 10
'Rsn b.yond tho wallis -; Del.ndo heard:
the ouinous cleaking and or,cklisg.
He turned aud fed , .athr than ran,
round to>;the entrance to.that box.
As be reached her side and bent to
touch her arm, > shrill, horrible shrek
from some woman's lips tore upward
from below, Is = fiery tongue reached
in through the wall and swept off line
Of drapery.
:. Miss: E.rnclitfe shuddered awake.
She raised her head and saw bending
toward her the figure Of the musician,
his white face glowing tho slender,
scarlet lips parted .s if in. some eager
request. For an. instant it did not
seem 50 much an weakening as tr.usi.
ton: Nor until he spoke, did she re.
,lise At oil that it was Delanda himself
who stood before her.
"Would you stay here. and bs de-
stroyed 2" he said, in . low: tone, "do
you not see the hall is on fire 2"
She had seen and known as soon as
ste had heard that dreadful cry.
She rose and hurriedly- elasped her
shawl about her, saying,
81 will Co." -. ..
r Dslando stood. before the door, and
said, j, >"a,
!"W'hees is your escort p =.
IL: sMiss Eatnoliats cast glance, down
at The almost deserted hall, thsn :sh .
pniea slightly ~ ahs replied, ar4 ,!
q ~ ~ uetsksaxs;oEAhink1 anafol-
gptteaN&s xt.sss. ,&=a >e,*e ;:'.o
s.ar scanned tAs. =. I t!xaerdss1sss spot-
sesi. ~ iaeaaat b aa1s stAe .ssssshs ~
islleviag Aimsasvp ssns1bsae asaa shp
stdss Of Aha ssass mteEasd sstAsspttsstp
lentraase.' g 81; s:;' <~:.'s y s. sozS
He had notafelt eouesrned about hi,
personal safety, Tor he had remembered
81, 't'' passage p and had thought the Ere
70 BE- on the other side Of the building
only.
Half way down the narrow fight
Of steps, and Kissing fame burst
through the door At tho foot, and leap.
Al nnvsp6 IN maak khn man n.