The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-11-20

the tlute-like warbie, but dfeaMily aid sad
ly soft and low. The FIRST melody was the
carol of sprihg, with tie glhrlohs sunshine,
the opening buds, tie sweet perfume and
balmy air of natures youth; the second is
the wall of autumn. as with m6tfnfu face
she PAGES the deserted gardens, her breadth
sadly waving the drooplhs stalks Fhd stir
ring the stricken leaves cohpassionately
the while her eyes rain bitter tears. The
first was the rejoicing of the bridegroom,
strong, manly and exuberant; this the
mourning OF the widow over dead and
buried hopes and hreary desolatioh. The
FIRST, The children Of Israel singing 20 the
music of their tiihbrels on beholding the
long. sought Canaan; this, Kachel rh6hrn-
ing for her children and refusing tb'be COM
forted because thayAte 'ibt.
The last'is fhe triumph of srt, and the
singer feels it. Thought, sense and Sctish
fare all yielded to the expression OF loves 5
deepest and saddest impulses. The hostess
and guests listen with pleased attention
and at the close tender polite congratula-
tions. The artist, accustomed to such coui-
piments, receiYcs them with well bred self
possessi5h Shd retires from the instrument,
I+hh f5r all present the incident has ended.
And is this all ? Can 1t be that in the
economy of the Universe such 'diYine gifts
are to be tfii1s tightly wasted-the inspira-
tion Of the poHt, the art of the composer,
and the heaven born melody of the singer
to be thrown away? Let us look fafther
and see.
Out where the shadows fell deepest on
Tire close ttit sward, ears unthontht of by
hostess or guests have listened to tic sifig-
Ter. CrouGhing against the trunk of a 'tIee
I'm the thitltest gloom a man has listened
with strained attention 10 every note. A
mana tramp, vAgabont=-in Whose eyes
is fixed look that convicts ard the hunted
whether human or brute. wear. An auditor
certainly never dreamed of by the artist.
He had crept in here when the shadows of
night were coming aown. Trudgng weari-
\ ~ oa 10 the city's lights, the satTusion of
the place attracted him and he stole into
the deepest shadows to rest and hide. To
rest. for he is tired; to hide, for. he is
huAred. fle is Huder the 7ia1l of the law,
ne has committed Gf'ffse and merits pun
ishment. Almost Ai5 %hole life's history
is summed up in these words. He is faml-
\ iaf' with the interior of courts and prisons;
more familiar with thert tran with the in.
sides of school-house5 or churches Per-
haps one is the complement of the other.
The learned jurist upon whose ground nc
is now titslYassing could hot better reGite to
YOU the list Of offenses against property
than this man. He has been a criminal
4 from boyhood, the records of the courts
would tell you, but the courts have never
asked the question you you'd perhaps ask
why?
Feeling the laws penalties, invoked by
the commission of fresh crime, he is seek
ing the shelter of the city where, in the
haunts of the most hardened criminals, he
will be comparatively safe from pursuit
Pausing here; he has unknowingly taken a
step towards working out his problem of
life. The artist has sung within the house
to the surieited ears Of an audience to
whom such enterlainhicnt is net Novel, but
floating out beyond theln through the open
windows her song has reached this man
crouching low among the trees, and heed
lessly and carelessly as it may have been
sent on its mission, the accomplishment of
| this purpose has begun,
| Awakened rom restless and fcar-haunt-
ed sinhiber by the first burst of song the
fuaitive's earliest feeling is of annoyance
at being disturbed. 1t is a warm, Balmy
night, and the air Is laden with the perfume
of roses. but lie has fallen Indifferent to
their SWEETS. What are roses 10 such as he?
More Inviting would Be the stifihs a:rhos.
phcre of some greasy, sweltering den in the
city's slums-that is now associated with
the idea of safety from the laws sleuth-
hounds. But there is something hi the air
tonight which affects him strangely. 1t
impresses itself upon him vaguely as the
shadowy form OF dream. He tosses rest
lessy about in his hiding place, uneasy
under this influence, He can not shake IL
OH. Some tiiehiory within him is stirred;
ue snONS not now or why.
| He is not given to analyizing his feelings.
He knows when he is hungry, when lie is
tired, when he wants to drink; he knows
even (but this only hdistinctly), when he
looks back to his childhood, which is sell
dom, that h+ is troubled as he Is now, and
that his trouble is the consciousness of a
face associated with those early days-a
woman's face, sad eyed and weary-his
mothers face. All that's 1t. lie sud
denly starts up as the thought flashes across
his mind. Now he knows what affects him
it is that song, IL is the odor of those
flowers. He h IS heard other songs, not so
well sung perhaps, but Just as full of lite
and spilit-the gay cIidruses Of Companions
when eXhilarated with liquor, and not yet
brntalized by il; and fOr him flowers ordi-
narily have little attraction. 1t is the com
binatiGn Of tiiese. With The thought Of that
sad face, that brings back in an instant a
recollection. He listens, and as he listens
his lliohgHts turn back 10 the little village
in which he was born. He walks through
a lane of howegs ali that parliamentary
are roses, afid they border the little path
/ way UP to tile church door. Some one holds
his hand. 10 is that sad-fscsd Hiother. A
sound Is in his ear% 70 IL the glorious burst
of choral song pouring forth through the
open door of the churcn. All those memo
ries, now they unnerve him lie is pros
trate on the sward now and as lie bures
his face In the fresh green grass tie burden
OF the song pours into his eats. 1t ceases.
There is murmur of voices audible event.
to him, and then comes a pause, and then
the beating of his heart is almost stilled as
the first l0w-toned notes of the succeeding