The National tribune., 1884-05-29

Ibank Non, IN an eflDalfasScu SOIl Cb way
and said little during the dinner But as
the professor Joined IN general conversation,
she heard again, as it seemed, the very voice
and intoration Of Captain Adams of st. Louis.
Full. decided distinct, bat soft, round and
musical she had heard but one voice Ike that
before. ana this, as did that, thrilled her 10 her
inmost soul. The voice Of one we love is al
WAYS touching and there sometimes appears TO
be more than sympathetic response, which
finds its harmony in the nerre-cords them
selves But the voice OF Captain Adams, as
before recitcd. and of Professor Adams at Nom
abel. arrested the attention Of all ears, and re-
maiucd ever after as a pleasant memory What
was The secret OF itl Not its pitch nor its force
or softuess nor lis mclodic intervals. nor any
OF its modniations;-n was il all Of these COM
bined. Il was-as mere yOice-more in its
fiiabre han all things else that its charm lay.
But il was more than that-as we all know,
for al have heard at least one such voice.
There was a soul in it, and one felt as well as
heard II. and now THIS SOul-sympathy which
had SO wrought upon the heart of Jane Water
bury at ST. Louis was called upon again for
response 2t Nonabel.
What could she do, One thing she deter
mined fG ao-and did. She asked no questions;
she awaited revelations. She learned little by
little that Professor ADAMS was principal of the
that be had acted in that cspacity for a num-
Der OF years; that he was esteemed and re-
spected hv all, and that he was unmarried
and. SO IN Is anybody knew. heart free.
That was about all she learned.
Aud 50 autumn wore away, and Jane was
happy, and only very dimly conscious of
changes going on in her own heart
Little by itlle, day after day, a psychical and
physiological Substitution, as it may be called,
was transferring a love which had been morbid
toward one object to another equally worthy,
and WAS becoming bealthlGl ana strong. Such
substitutions do occur, even with the animal
where reason is absent and blind instinct is
the only gniGe.
How tenderly the mother cat bereaved of
her kittens, sometimes nurtures with fond af-
iection even the rats forsaken youngi How
the hen with her brood Of ducks watches them
with tender care, lest. IN violation OF her own
instinct OF safety, they go upon the water: or
how. when robbed Of the eggs which she is so
diVOtcaly warming with her own body, she
shows the same devotion TO the substituted
stones. And how IN ali these animals where
the maternal passion has had its day and the
excited brain has cooled together with it,
proper emotion and all manifestation of affec-
tion ceasei 1t IS probably not true las held by
some advanced" scientists that mind and
emotion are only affections OF organized mat
ter il the brain, but it is certain that
and high activity Of certain portions of
the brain are coneomitant, and that they
rise and fail together. The bro0ding hen
"scts while the physical and emotional ex-
citemeuf continues, and no opposition or depri-
walton can subdue the instinct. And the same
blind instinct cxpends Itself upon what is Of
1ered 10 IL In the same way animals accept
substitutes for their young; those which are
hereditary enemies consort together, lost dogs
attach themselves to new masters and incon-
stant Inen-and sometimes women-transfer
their love by substitution to another And
when the one is hopeless or impossible it can
not be reprehensible TO find an object in an
other; Tor only foolish hen viii brood with
hopeless c0nstancy upon an empty nest.
At any rate, whatever the philosophy may
be, substitution was slowly going on in the
heart Of Jane Waterbury by which an idol at
Aonabcl was being set up in the place of one
she had LETT behind. And this substitution
went on all the more naturally and without
shock from the wonderful resemblance between
the two physically, morally, intellectually and
socially. And he, all unaware Of his adyan-
fages, besieged her heart with all the careful
strategy of a first battle, having thought 70
himself from the first week Of their meeting
= Here, at last, is one j have waited for all
these years" There was nothing strikingly
beautiful about Jane Waterbury. Her slight,
well-prcp0rtioBed figure, brunette complexion.
lS+-lleNt --eA-l ssBA ldSllIlR a10
languishing by turns, and her soft, low voice
ripping Or murmuriRg IN its ftfal changes
were ali in perfect keeping. But that did not
make up the image which lad been Lemuel
Adams ideal And yet. when he found himself
III the society Of Jane Waterbury, and saw her
going about among her friends as the very soul
OF chcer!alness aud yIVacty, filing the house
with happy laugh and song. he banished the
old ideal forever. He had not thought o1
enc SO petite; but this slight figure was per
1ectiOu. He had not looked for raven locks
but here was jet more beautiful than gold. He
had always supposed his fate must be flashed
from blee, not gray, eyes; but now the bolt
which reached his heart came from those great
gray orts, and he knew his hour was come
With her musical taste he was especially taken
Coming home from his school duties, one day
Unexpectedly early. be heard some one playing
on his Own cottage organ up stairs.
And who is thatg" inquired he CT Mrs
Nancy Waterbury il pleased surprise.
Dh, that il Miss Jane; she and her mother
are IN y9ar library. We have no instrument
down stairs, you know, and sent Jane to trl
your organ."
lie went softly to the foot Of the stair ant
listened anti the music ceased; and then 20
ing up aid knocking gently at the hali-opel
door. sid,
Nay ! come in3"
Oh. Professor" exclaimed Jane in reply
you have caught usi"
Come right in interposed the mother
Jane was % hungry for a little of her owl
music thas we ventured 10 come up In you
absence"
"Nel" said the professor, going in, q I an
also hungry for some OF her music, and sh
mus keep right on, just as if were not here
lt was the music Of her presence he was hun
gering fer though he did not say so"
hate tae piano said Jane with shar-
emphasis, ~ the professor came forward
Indeed be replied :" ] thought ali youB
ladies WCsaipped the pi-an-eri"
kngw one who does not and ] homo
your good taste ia having an organ instead"
Wei. RON, Miss Jane, what is the matte
with the plane as musical Instrument" in
quired he, giad 10 find she had no better opin
ion of x than tie himself had
thiak b is not musical instrument g
al" replied Jane.
"Oh, terr5le." " replied the professor; +" wha
VIII al the young ladies ssyf"
" care n0t what they say 1t is ONLY ma
ehine-RultaT at best and not equal to that 3
an accom- mpaniment 10 the voice. For solo pul
poses il is absurd-all Etaccato, without swe
on modnlaticn, without prolongatiOn, and with
out soul"
Bavol" exclaimed the professor. "But
i Dc only maehine-guitar. is not il yer
perfect Iaaehineg"
10 sir" land her eyes flashed as she T,
pied). IL is not even that; for the lowe
notes crash into disc0rds and the high one
are DO more enduring than the snappin
hpflnEs q a French music box And moi