Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-08-09

vet. Why, the idea was absurd
But still" da capo, da capo, da capo
Hear me now play my lesson, said
Carl one day. 4 play il goot
He sat down at the piano, and Emily
stood beside him. AS the young mus
ician struck the keys her nerves yib-
rated to the touch She felt STANCE
subsection to the influence that made
it an effort to speak or act
you are making remarkable pro
gress. You viii soon play better than
/ can she said, in constrained
voice.
He played on, neither looking at
notes nor at piano, but steadily into
her face She moved to the end of the
piano, and called the cat to her,
And you are glad(' Carl contin
ued.
L shall be very proud of you You
are the only pupil | am proud of, "
said Emily, mhappily.
Ees 1t so," said Carl with comp ass
ion. Air they stupeedl Haf they no
museek in the soul"
Emily laughed bitterly
Your life ees not light he said
gently.
It's all l expect. It's more than
I've had any right to expect came
near being a dressmaker
The young German said nothing, but
still fingered the keys and looked at
her.
You say l shall one day play bet
ter than your viii you then turn and
| teach you? That would be little
joke, ees it not} to change our place"
If Emily was displeased she said
in reply, but continued you
should go to great teacher | am
for children and poor people, You
should go to Friedrich Heller | am
nothing. | can appreciate; that is my
one gift. | am nobody. Why did
you ever come to me?' she said, pas
and turned her head away.
There was a dead silence. Suddenly,
without a word of warning the young
musician touched the keys with the
hand of master, and dashed into
brilliant rhapsody of List.
Emily darted from the piano to the
middle of the room, her face filled
with dismay. She stood there, trembl-
ing from head to foot till Carl with. |
)ut stopping, looked round upon her.
She was pale and quivering with
anger and CONSERVATION. She met
his look, flushed a painful crimson,
md bursting into tears, rushed from
he room.
Carl stumbled out of the house in
IN agony of shame at mis- brutality. /
Il even added to his offense, he
thought, that it had been committed |
With entire innocence. That he had 1
lad no foresight consequences he felt
proved not only his masculine den
jity, but the unmtelligents cruelty of I
he dumb brute He subjected him
self to every form of selfcastigation.
every moment that Emily
,ould not know what he was suffer
ug. The next day he rang at Z Brick
treet, and the mother guardedly
,penel the door, thrust out bit Of
,aper, and said
My daughter don't expect you to
ome any more, she says. I've made
,ut our bill. ! spose you can send us
ne money ny bo-LlOfTOW.
In the meanwhile, thanks to Fried
ich Heller's influence, Carl Listmann
He played at one or two
and was at once adopted as
New York favorite. 1t was under
TODD in the highest circles that young
istmann the new pianist, gave but
ew lessons, and these only to persons
# decided natural gifts. Whether
he highest circles were right or not,
t is a fact that Carl worked night
nd day.
What did l tell youN said his
riend. "Who is more anxious to
make money than young Carl List
mann? One does not hear so much
bout his art these times.
Carl looked gloomily at his friend.
lie gave a laugh, out of which the
,oyish had gone completely He said
nothing, but in his heart he answered
hat work is desperate remedy,
which must kill or cure, and either
esult he would welcome.
1t happened that Carl was one
morning giyinga lesson to a merchant
on Fifth avenue. 1t must be
acknowledged that he had been sadly
alse TO his ideals when he accepted
his pupil The lesson proceeded
With many Alterations of humility
md rapture on the one side, and with
logged endurance on the other when
he sound of another piano in the dis
ance caught the ear of the young
German
Another ! hear
"Oh yes, said Miss Mcfarland, !
-ivaciously. Don't listen to that.
That is the nursery piano. The twins
re taking their lesson
The tweens' echoed Carl; "tne
tweens"
Instantly two things connected
themselves in his mind connected
themselves so wildly that it is to be
cared his eager pupil found him very
irresponsible during the remainder of
he lesson BY and by the distant piano .
eased, and there was a light step in
he hall Carl glanced at his watch,
md pleaded unusual haste that day