Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-16
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that lady, richly clad in silks and furs,
walked up Fifth avenue, N. Y. one bright,
crisp, winters day. She carried small
roll of music under her cloak, and
stopped at one of the large palatial hous-
es near the Central park.
She rang the bell and was quickly ad-
mitted into the magnificent parlor. She
opened her music, laid aside her wrap
pings and taking short sharp peep into
superb pler-glass set In an ebony frame,
revealed the face of Hattie Hadwin.
"Tall, gay, handsome and careless, with
a bewitching drollery about the mouth,
and rather masterful eye.
Presently the door was opened, and a
tall and withholding girl, with a pair
of flashing blue eyes, almost ran in. She
would have embraced Hattie on the spot,
but the latter stopped the effort in he1
own significant way; she laid her hand
on the young lady's shoulder, saying:
"Well, Julie, how is the voice, and
how have you prospered with the
soRg?"
"Oh, Miss Hattie, papa says I am
hoarse and that I have cold, but let me
try"
Hattie Hadwin had the knack of max
ing herself particularly charming to hel
pupils, who all adored her after the
fashion of young girls. Miss Julia Van
Zutphen was no exception to the rule,
so the two sat down and proceeded very
amiably for some time. At last the fan
tasv seized Hattie that Miss Van Zutphen
should repeat certain passage CIV
| en- number of times as penalty for the
falling short of the mode of performing
it.
The young girls spirit did not bear
the burden very meekty-frst her pride
arose, then modification did battle with
pride, and lastly the spirit of sullennesS
descended and utterly paralyzed Miss
Van Zutphsn's vocal powers.
A dreaded pause ensued. Hattie, smil-
inc to herself as the altered information
fell upon her ear, turned round and met
such full blaze Of indignation on the
pretty face as made her smile a great
deal more.
She then commenced the song herself
She sang it deiciously, and in so doing
forgot or seemed to forget her surround
ings. The invlncible spirit of music
spoke to her of other things, and, as her
fingers wandered over the keys, her face
grew very wistful, almost sad, and she
no longer remembered even to tease Miss
Van Zutphen, who was affected like Saul
in so far that the mutinous demon was
in some sort charmed out of her, and she
was wondering how she might best de-
scend from pedestal of pride, and make
submission to Hattie without losing her
dignity.
The song was finished, and both came
back to realities. Hattie did not care
about conquering herself, but was won
drously fond of conquering other people.
So she devoted an instant to Miss Van
Zutpnen, and having ascertained by an
almost imperceptible glance that young
lady's mind, she proc eeded to apply the
actual remedy. She took the song and
gave 1t to her, saying, sadly:
"Until to- day I always sang that song
with pleasure, Julia, but you have joined
to it a less pleasant memory. hope you
will like it better from this moment than
I shall"
Hattie gave two more lessons on the
avenue, and then walked quickly home.
Her father, poor in the first instance,
became poorer still. An amateur musl-
clan, he was compelled TO make his
pleasure minister to his WAITS. His
health failed him more than his fortune.
AS Hattie had said, so she had done, and
in the matter of daughter, he was de-
cidedly a much to be envied man.
When she returned he was sitting in
his chair by the fire, thinking long Of
her, as the Scotch say. In her eyes he
looked, each time she came back, more
feeble and shadowy than before.
In quickly told tales like this there Is
no room, as there is no need to detail the
course of each day which went to make
up Hattie Hadwin's life. Hattie was
fast growing rich. Work was a law and
necessity, but she did her work easily; il
suited her and her gains were sufficient
to not only support herself and father in
exceeding comfort, but to enable her to
pay periodical visits to the National Pask
bank, where she was received with that
consideration that speaks the entrance OF
person coming to deposit, not to draw,
money
ShesMas the fashion. Society liked
her, her splendid voice, her gracious
manner, her habits and fer rich neutral
tinted toilets.
No tidings from Berthfeld had ever
reach her, yet, in spite of it, she grew to
appear handsomer and stouter; she was