Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-06

woulu llkc 10 see your son, ,v,ti w, ~
my 70 kindly bring me the tleke,s hs,n
selt And tell him also that abonid Va,
,nuoh NE to see the programme Of IN
silnc. Jacquet went out radiant.
niolnent latcr the sound on the piano
coased, aud almost immodiatolv thsre
s .a two short raps upon the door Of The
Tome In, y said the Young lady.
Tue door opened aud gave entrance in
wy Young professor Of music, who stopned
snort overcome with confusion NJ Tho
sight Of the two ladies'.
My mother has Just told me-
mat desired two tickets for the
concert that you are 10 give this even.
my nnlshed the young lady; "that II
truo' you have a large heart; lt h by
tnat, monsieur, that one recognizes true
nlghtiY embarrassed, the young man
lowered his Dyes. The Young lady
Grew from her pocket little purse oi
pluc siik, fastened by two gold rings.
from which she took a twenty. franz
plocei which she placed In the hands of
the professor with the wordsi
lyon VIII plensc add this little sum 10
the amount which you have collected for
your interesting bcuellciarles.n
~ thank you In their name, mademois.
cllei here are four tlckcts.n
"Ohl two will sunce for my mother
and me" snld she, smiling
"Will the ladies' honor us with their
presence at our soirco Yu
1--WE would not dare promise IL. mon.
Hleuri we are somewhat iatigucdi We
ala not succeedAn obtaining seats I'm thu
diligence, and II Is only from necessity
that we are spending the night i'm Chaii.
mont to await the diligence which pnsscs
tomorrow mornngn
"And besides, musical soiree In n
modest provincial town IL not a partlcu.
larry attractive affair."
81 do not agree with you nt ALL the
young lady replied, eagerly. "paris does
not enjoy alone the privilege OF possess.
ing excellent artists you arc yourself "A
proof Of this, monsieur"
"Oh! madamoisellc.
81 hcprd you Just now, monsieur, and
am enough OF musician TO be capable OF
appreciatlng your merritt
(Which is very slight II Il partlcu-
studied the musical art that he feels most
koenly his lack of ability. All do not
agree with you In your opinion, madcm-
olsellci II Is only at Paris that the true
masters are TO be found. | have never
yet seen Paris, and ! would give, be-
lleyc, ten years of my life TO be able to
go there and spend even few days. How
happy would be to hear Adolphe Nour-
rit and Mademosellc Falcon, two perfect
artlsts--sublme slngers!n
The mother and daughter exchanged a
look aud a smile
"Monsieur Jacpuet,n said the young
lady after moment of silence, "can You
not show me the programme OF your con-
ccrtf"
"Pardon me, madcmolsollc, here Il Is -
The Young lady took II aud glanced
hastily over II.
"Whutp' she exclaimed IN surprise,
'you have only one lady slngerln
"You forget that Chnumont Is very
small place, madcmolacIlc, aud that the
distance does not admit of our procuring
artists from Paris. We hay 10 do as we
Cnn, not us we would like. We can have
only amateurs hcre.n
The young lady reflected.
"Monsicur Jacquct," said she after q
. moment, "nIy mother and will attend
/ your concert People who know me
and who have heard me, say that | sing
we'll; II you would like IL, | Will be your
second lady singer this evening"
The young mans eyes sparkled viii
joy.
"Ohl madcmoisclle, he responded
much moved, 81 know not how 10 thank
p, you; am too happy '
"Ncyer mind, IL Is all understood
them said she. cat the moment whot
| am 60 sing you win simply have to an
/ nouncc II 10 the public you VIII say that
Il lady who IL merely passing through The
town has desired 10 lend her assistance
/ 90 your work OF beneyocncc. Now, whht
shall | singh"
/ She arose, opened travelling satchol
| and selected from among quite number
Of pieces OF music the romance from IN
| Juiye,n al VA venir," aud the entire
/ score Of "Robcrt lc Dlable," the master
/ piece Of Mcyorbeer.
I "Sce,n said she, turning again toward
I the young man, 81 will slug the romance
of Rachel aud that of Alice from 'Robcr
10 Diablcj" 'Va, dit.elic, mon eniant,"
"rhc very two pieces In which Nile
Falcon has been most applaudcd,'
! thought the musician aloud
"Do you not tlink that II would be
well 10 rehearse together, at least once
these two plecest"
"Cerlainly, modcmoisclci such re-
hearaal N necessary in order that J mas
not accompany you too badly
al have no fear on that ntcount," re-
I Piled the young Indy, graclouslyi "bc
sides apart from the execution OF YOU
part, which you aro very familiar win
YOU viii have only TO follow my singing
How much time have wcY'
"Tho concert commences AZ O'Clock
and IL Is now only $3.50; we have there
fore at lcast bali an hour at our ais
posnl."
They passed into the young professor
room. aud he seated himself NJ the piano
The rehearsal commenced with the 70
nance Of Alice.
Before the end OF the first conplel, a
the moment when the singer was takini
up for the third time these words
"La mere m pricr pour mi,