Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-08-05
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house trunks, broken chair, supsrannuats
cheat Of drawers, = spinning-whs cobwebs.
Years and years ago tramp had been take
IN vt the door In fAinting condition Ho Ia
all day IN stupor on the settee where they ha
placed him and, moved with pity, and in som
slight CONSERVATION ~ to what WAS to become O
him and Of themselves too, II this state con
linusd, tho household did what they could 10
him. Just before dark he began to mnrmnr
broken jarg0n OF English and foreign tongues
and took his little black fiddle from his side an,
gave 1t to Nj. Brooks with A. impressive an ri
Nh IL he bestowed = kingdom, the children look
ing on, wide eyed and opsn-mouthed. Then b,
dled. and was buried, and nobody over knew
snything further about him and the children
twAnged the fiddle awhile, and Al last it wa.
hung np In the sarret, and there had been th'
The little addls hing forgotten on it's nail
blit the children grew In strength, and beaut,
every day, and made the house nearly Al lively
as the ark must have been in all the forty dsy,
before il rested on Ararat Sometimes tho little
fiddle vibratsd to their laughter, and gave il {
sll the share Il had in II.
What ehearfl group they were, Belle aud
Jessie and Fred and Frank, and the twins al.
ways rolling over each other, and chuckling ~ II
that were the freshest joke in tho world. They
we're Just ~ cheerful when a dozen years had
passed. and the children were becoming men and
women, nhildish bosterousness was becoming
high-bred gaiety. and the special talent wAs do.
ysloping that belonged to each Of them.
hut the general talent OF that family WaA for
.hanty They had genius for it's genius rs
Mrs. BrookA neighborT used to sayI I-for tnrniag
themselves ont Of doors in order to lss somebody
alsa In: = little honse, but tbs largest you ever
knew. for Il held tho most-hnsp1tabls to rich
and poor, the wayfarer mover leaving Il unre-
freshsd, the sufferer uncontrolled. 10 ts4
Yet tho means to do 10 mnnh were but limit.
ei. MI. Brooks had but q small income; Mrs.
Lrooks fonnd it neces nary to count every penny
twice over, To turn aad piece and re-make, and
never to waste crlmb. But, whom that was
all done, there waa always something loft for the
widow and fathsrless; and the moment there was
anything to do, eitherj for North Street or the
Five Points OF Borriobools, MIRA Brooks door
was the one htst raped At And what vivid
interest 1t was that WAS taken throughout that
ionss IN every case that came up, from the time
The little bright heads could cluster together, tho
little ingers hold needle, tile little iegs run an
nrrand You could never see prettier sight
than those bright heads, those glowing faces,
those plying eyes. "My bunch Of blossoms" I"
their honey to every Doe that vagabondzed about
them. And by.and-by, when Belle was eighteen
and Jessie inst turning eixteen, and the rest COM
ing on, this same sympathy with all suffering was
aa active as Of old; and Jessies lovely face SEEM
ed every day to grow loveer with the melting
tenderness she felt To every one that needed
gentle word or deed, and when she saus her songs
IN the evening, the trait seemed somehow to have
strained itself through the rich sweet tones of
l'or voice, and to make the hearers heart respond
4" its touch and aiwaya iill his eyes with tears.
g Our Jessie" the father used to say, !" ought
TO have different instruction with that voice. II
Sou had not been such Bandemanian, wife, all
Jour life, We should have laid by enough 10 send
her 70 Italy and have her voice cultivated as 1t
Well, dear, would you throw away all your
pleasant memories Of pain relieved and ali the
benefit 1t has wrought the childrsn's character
aud take il ont in music Z" his wife would ask.
" l should like to have Jessie's voice attsnded
to; but bless you, it might do hor more harm
Harm !" said Bsllo once, as they talked 1t
over.
~ Yes, dear; ye Al have our y.nities, and to
!" Oh, mamma, but to stand up and Lift thou
sand people on your voice - II it wore wings for
them Think Of that +! Of the delight she could
give NO many, and then Of the fortune she could
make and the things she could do We would
have that childron'a hoepital, and"
"Verv true." sighed Mrs. Brooks.
"vsry true," sighed her husband. at would
lake fifteen hundred dollars to send Jessie to It.
ally. She would be too old to have 1t do her
voice any good by the time could get 80 much
tsr's wife to nee about the concert she WAS get
ting np for the benefit of the poor DeMAurice
children, whose parents-lately orgauist and So
prauo in the little ehurch-were lost in the De
stroyer OH their way to Europe for some pur-
pose, at which concert Jessie was to sing song
il she could find the courage.
''you needn't be afraid, Jessie" said the good
ministers wife ''there's nobody in the audi
ence knows note more music than you do"
"Oh, but he wili-the violinist, you know ant
Mat. J(opkAr "A Cor1, .
"she's coming. We're to pay expenses. AND
she represented the casa to Gienor PaxxAni, and
told him they were the children OF musicians
and he volunteered. 1t was too good Of him
They're to stay with me-
''6h, not both OF them, Mrs. King one'
saouSh with all your care Send one here,
said Hrs. Brooke. l.1.
"Well, should be glad to, really. III som
yon the s!gnor. Nov. Jessie, sing This harl
we're on the platform. and We were all down OF
And 40 Jessie sang IL, and her voice swelle
out AZ il young sibyl sang, with the words,
Tins Freedom now 90 seldom wakes
The only throb she Kives m.-
ls when some heart Indignant breaks.
To Ahow that still she ilves."
And the ministers wife cried and went home
one afternoon next week Madame Keute
pa77ani into tho Brookses parlor, and left hin
It was not much preparation the Brookses hs
,.sn onria oniv All hIa room In overfowjne Wit
,,Iy nn,}as anwor. th.t crav and blosaomed In q,
hee ,i.aos aow ,hs ..;n,s, lon" A. for their tab
il was always a miracle Of snow and silver an
a..iou tri,nmed ,ji.he. and II was impossib
~, -, r,sta rnrc,, 4; frarance THEW fonn,
H ot .nHn Ia - "a. ~ M con.ennencr, for N
''ous", u ,.a;Wsrans - ayarv thing hut IRA,
rRnv. ~. s'1 saIsS md nrosantiv iooled abo,
a',u tlm. ~, anu .am s" III. ~ ll,o VS. n sing ..Yf
nm iol NY so"IS .H nrcyssmtiv tn Jossiae and h
aie III, I,,n n with hsr ahont i,er music while
b,,.nlaa ban ss,s hra.J mt n WAS moi tili som
ntnDs % ss,ar .s ,,o~ I.t, ,ba fable that he car
,o'.n nos ,ron, h;s room and demanded to hear vii
uS "us conld do. ' "''N'
h"n oa,r ao 1assa ,,sa NJ, mora ;les of hesitaiine
oor "es.n ,,'. Hsu X m Nv .n,ai ~ .nnnnci.tion r
rs,ns'ms .nan aa hidSau hss She went Instantly
apleI pl,. .'.,',l,i. Wai,a van hasora hcr n II
me p'au, ps.n;,na,t S"on Raiis had to NAV tho n,
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l.aS .wG sr UsSj oo;c, s1I in ths tirst mesarres
a,.,hsaI ~ go ,h.t sys wss AFRAID shc wonId IN
,re.U '..o'' ."S y" sna ras nais as iiasth UCoura,
ns.p. W srop Amu nx coi,d rricd the sinnor. and
,onn y ii',tis and ws,t m and MON she for
,bo s;rmor and ber fright. and was sineino
,,.a n'sn'. h;rd in tha ,iid ,rnol q II Ii crsI
iteei! ~ nr u, nraS tss tho .;mncr i, ~
'.,,,,,,s ~ ,sS,;.h ys..is and Rei1a nnderstood
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sIsny. ~. ~ ,,,;li;on. II i. tha n;o
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4, " " '
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a.yins .,r . T,aix I mar ssthaT vnnid crsmn hin,s
nas're h, loI .' ss,asn u, hsr wSoSts tha nhiiJ
nor motner lolesu nei .,aw w. .,am,d . Sai
deny thomsenes ovoly.f snUs noa'u ,;sa 40 "Ii II,
piano. move M.o "oSnoi ~. moI'n, ~v.r o ;Ut,m.
gave nOtnhI6 away. jug Ia" uo'o. ,uu"'s