The Morning herald., 1877-06-01

him. The brother and slatss wess trans,
fixed with delightful astoniIhmsnt apd Nh
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should troble those accents Of 70 magic
sweetness. It seemed that We were oil
subjects of . strange dream, and our only
feaS ,H4 Of waking from it, bliss too soon.
0eaenly the flame Of the only caadA
va,Jllated. the wick, consumed to thesl1.
fell ~ was extinguished. The mul1elan
oedsed.s opened the shutters to admit ~
rayg Of, the moon. The apartment W.
neatgySs. light - before, while upoa The
inarument and ito player: the illumination
fsll laote clearly.
Ri the occursence seemed to have
broken the chain ~ Beethoven's ideas. His
he'd ! Vas inelinlig upon his .brsaat, his
hal sested 10 III, khees; hs appeared
plugged in protound meditation, and thus
renAined for ponA time.s Y:
At last the young shoemaker rose up,
and approaching him, saM in . low and
respecthl voiee iss..s. ...-,, 81,
1Wenderfal mau, who ~ your.
Beethoven raised his, bsad md looked at
him With an distracted III, = II be did not
con1pssAend bis words. The other repeat
ed hsn. The oonposse smilsd q only be
knew how to smils With ! gsntleness md
regal benevolence.s ..'. z.
'Iihen," said he, and hs played the
first measures Of the symphony which had
attracted him to the house.
A cry of joy escaped the lips Of the
youthful listeG T6ey recog1ized him,
and exclaimi1g,h 4 1op safe Besthoven r.
covered his h1ads nth kisses and tsay4
He rose to depart, but our supplicadons
restrained him.
"Play for us one more piece-only one
more."j 9qGnElE'.HtJ T1; ~ #
He returned 10 the instrument. The
moon rays entered brightly 1t the incur
tained window and illuminated his severe
and massive brow.
,.. e '',s;l'';; 23 81 ! j: ''ss's :ssi': I:
do 1oueo0p1os0Q . NV moments the
heavens sown with stars, and then his fin
gers sought the keys again, and he com.
nenced in low, pensive, but most ex-
quisite strain the harmony coming out of
the instrument softly and evenly as the
light ofthe moon is nightly shed upon the
earth.
Good svsning," gaid Bs&hovss, ab>
straE EediH pushing back his chair, and
moving toward th1 door.
"Yoawill come again." entreatsd the
brother ssg q &tT
He paused ma regarded the blind girl
with compassion even tenderness.
Eyes, yes," responded he, precipitately.
II will come isgain, and will give the
young lady lessons. Good svening-rwill
come again soon."
They followed US to the door in silence
more eloquent than words, and remained
standing on the sill they could no longer
see or hear rs. ..... !
"Let US hasten to my room," said Beeth.
oven to me in the street; "lst us hasten,
in order that I may note this sonata before
l forget it."
We entered, and he remained writing
long after. daybreak. Such is the history
of the Sonata to the Moonlight, which is 80
much admired. i-
What of blind Beatrice? Beethoven
fulfilled his promise to become her in
structor = her improvement was even b..
yond what could have been anticipated.
In short time she received Z few pupils,
and when it became known that her talent
had been guided by the greater master
whose star was now risen never to set
applications counted ten-fold more than
could in auy wise b entertained.