The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-10-01
hnnnted pY MUSIC.

young man." said a prosperous
looking citizen yesterday evening, Ibid
you ever observe the habits of musical
peopleP''
20. no. sir; that branch is not in our
department"
because if you have" he continued
without noticing the answer. ''you |
have seen a great deal of character |
that you would not have seen if you |
hadn't
With this strange declaration he |
subsidized into deep reverie. a cloud |
of pain occasionally passed over his |
face, and there WAS a twitching of the |
muscles of the mouth, as if he were
undergoing some mental torture.
Presently he gave start, and rubbing
his hands across his forehead for the
purpose of collecting his thoughts,
broke the impending silence with his
voice.
''Ah, metz he said, 81 was living
over again some nights of agony l
have spent am fast growing old. L
am haunted by terrible delusion. At
times feel that my hair is white as
snow, my hands shake as if with palsy,
and seem 20 totter on my knees
When the idea pursues me cahnot
get rid of it, and am driven almost
to desperation"
"a am sorry for you. my friend"
| SAID the reporter. ''But, really, you
don't look anything like the being you
describe" And he was, indeed, any
thing but like il Large. well-built,
fat and iolly-looking, he rather was
an impersonation of prosperous En-
glish country squire.
mime is . peculiar case, 1 guess"
he unused. 'tAnd, strange as it may
seem, it is true that the delusion that
haunts my dreams and makes my
i everyday life miserable existence is
caused altogether by the playing OF
Viclinist in yonder," and he turned his
head and pointed his finger toward .
dark, gloomy, dilapidated house that
doomed up in the shadows falling
around.
He is young man who has long
been in low health and spirits. Two
years ago his father died-stricken
down very suddenly; six months after
, ward his mother. one of the kndesf
, mothers that mortal ever loved. fol-
, lowed her husband. The brother and
) live in the old home. They were never
seen to smile. The young man is q
great lover of the violin ! believe he
3 was taught by his father. The instru-
3 ment he uses Is . wonderful one thai
Z was obtained in Italy over fifty years
3 / ago. The violinist never plays except
s at night Then he shuts himself alone
: in his dark room. and pours his sou
: out through the strings. And. oh!
3 think there can be nothing In thu:
a world or the next sadder than the
{ walls In that music. It is the melody
E of the soul that has been dead FOL
years. The players heart Is broken
and he plays heart-broken music
have listened ut my window some
Fl nights and eagerly drunk in ever
note. It makes me feel old and heart
broken 1t Is . terrible delusion. bu
sI can not shake it of when ii come
upon me. For days at time it make
me miserable. till grow desperate
The gentleman lives on DR. street
East end. Those who are intimat
3 with him confirm his story. His cas-
Is indeed peculiar. Yet il IS not tn
only one of its kind. for several SIM
& lar 70 it have been known TO occur. !
is q powerful illustration of the pecu
r. liar mental organization Of musica
- disposition, and of the mysterious II
6uence that music has UPON one wh
r. loves it and surrenders himself alte
n gether to its influence Pttss6strg IN
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