The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-06-30


When the reality suddenly reapR Sred
TO her she closed her eyes, not TO sse
the sweet illusion. and said 10 hers> Il:
1T ought to be SO; 1t is so, and l am
happy"
She experienced a melancholy Joy L
talking of the past with Harriet and
Daisy. Like sympathetic cortege,l
all the friends, lost for the three years,
passed before her eyes. For entire
hours she lost herself in recollections
of the past. She thus forgot almost
the troubles and fears Of the present
and began to be happy.
When Stenio saw his dear patient
thus distract he went away noislessly,
and, relieved of restraint and relaxing
the lines Of his fate. contracted by a
smile of command, he left the house
to wander alone. He reached the
summit of the cliffs, and, sitting down
on the thin and yellow grass, with i'm
mense solitude of the sky and sea
around him, he lost himself in his rev.
cries.
He listened TO the meanings OF the
storm at his heart, and little by little
these meanings assumed a musical
form, and songs expressing despair
welled up in his inspired brain. In
hearing these harmonies, which, born
of grief, expressed it with such iniin-
lite intensity, he experienced a name
less torture. He endeavored to silence
his terrible imagination. But his genius,
vainly confined, spread its wings and
like an eagle which bears trembling
prey In its claws, bore him away.
Funeral marches dismal as knell
for the dead, and lugubrious rhythms
like the steps of pall-bearers, full OF
signs and Of sobs, resounded in his
thought. At tie foot of the cliff the
waves broke against the rocks, sound
ing an incessant bass. And In prey
of his Authorizations, Stenio remained
as motionless as haunted being. He
cursed this demon Of music which had
irresistably seized him and impaired
the artistic form to his grief to which
he had devoted his life.
At moments more calm he gazed at
the immense expanse of waves which
extended beneath him until lost to
view.
He thought that In these cold waves
he might find forgetfulness, calm and
silence. But Maud's pale face, rising
like white phantom before him, re-
called him to his duty, and weary and
sad he descended toward the village.
He passed through the street without
responding to the salutations, and en-
tered Maud's chamber with calm and
cheerful face.
At this watering resort during the
long days passed at the Casino, on the
terrace, and along the shore there were
TO be heard no end of scandals and
calumnies. The races had attracted
TO the little Normandy coast the flow-
er of the throng whose sole occupation
is to amuse itself. The last scandal
caused by the flight of pretty Span
ish marquise with young Jew banker,
was exhausted. Not the least little
bit Of gossip TO tickle the tonguel 1t
was decidedly tiresome at this sea
shorel
So with what enthusiasm was the
sister Elizabeth received when she ex-
pressed to her committee OF lady pat
rons the regret that Marackzy had de-
cided to appear no more in public. Sole
ly occupied with the prosperity of her
work she had asked herself ever since
the rencontre with Stenio at the Hotel
Royal how she was to obtain his con-
sent to play tor the benefit OF the or
phans. And while absorbed with spec
ulations on her chances Of success, the
lady patrons began an inexhaustible
gossip, recalled Maud's adventure
spoke of Lord Mellivan, whose name
they hardly knew, dramatized the
flight of his daughter, showing her To
have been pursued by her father on
horseback and TO have been compelled
to hide with Stenio in the woods. And
the whole story of the poor dying CIR
was gone over, disiigured, exaggerated
by the gossip of those charming idler'
capable Of speaking III OF themselves
rather than not TO speak at all.
"There are lengths that love dosen'
excuse" said one of these ladies will
disdainful gesture. "How can an,
one possibly elope with an artistY'
A young duchess who bore an illus
trlous name replied:
"My dear, you can never have heard
the wonderful Steniol Then do no
speak lightly OF the love he Is capabl
OF inspiring. / have known womel
with whom he might have done wha
he pleased"
"Nonsense."
"women whom you know well. Tn
influence OF yirtuoso on poor being
who, like us, are at the mercy OF thei