West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18

.hthleu ~ Said the Young man, still un-
decided. The old musician shrugged
his shoulders, smiled aud, turningaway,
disappeared under cover Of the hcfbage
OF the stePpe likela bird that regains IN
haste the shelter Of its leafy covert
poroschcaSa remained alone with his
pain and his violin, ia the plain immense
a1d solitary, contemplating with the
strangcst and most iuexplicable sonti-
meuts the mysterious present of his old
friend. AZ last he took courage and
lifted Il to his shoulder.
why should not he said to him
self; ''nobody can hear me-nobody
but God-0nd perhaps il is not a crime
TO render upon the wood that he has
created harmonidiS sounds that will
chant His praises. ep
lhe stenpe, green aud undulatinr. un-
rollcd lt'forc hAn as far asthe evo could
reach. the spirit Of the Spring was In
MS soul, the bees buzted w hundreds in
Q sortOf pious nlurmuring, while above
Bum sounded the clesf song OF the birds.
.lossn< ITSELF in the sblue air; the light
warm and golden. +. y lasin rose up and.
throwing "a glance about him. drew the
cAQriss3ross the how aud listened. It
seemed TO him as IL the whoe world
had hushed itself TO pay attention.
s Soon the notes, undecided and hes
itating at-iirst, came fast. aRd pre ssing;
1t was like the vanishing of an evil
charm upder which hc, DoroschenKa.
untii then had been bound aud fastened.
llc perceived it himself, this wealth Of
dormant melody that was in him and
which he nude TO pais iato the sonorcus.
cehoing body Of the Instrument in his
his hands lie COM rchendod nothing
Of th 8 miacle thai bad happened to
nm he who had received lessons from
93gppe.
No matter he remarked theRc in the
mlIst If atsn atg9e 50 sud only reborn
No hip pldying, IOgHe, in the fuh 10y
Of the liberty chat poTeSsed him-thc
liberty of he cage, king of the air; OF
the Cossack, king Of thc desert.
In thcvillage or at work il was with
the solicitude of miscr that he hid his
treasure from the eyes OF al. Int when
ne found himself alone again IN the shad-
ows OF the forest or in the immensity Of
tho plain, when no oFe saw him. no car
heard hiHtshe onened his long oyercoat
OF thick cloth, took thG Instrument that
he carried tp5n iis heirt and PLAYED.
II was thus thu ppEight one eFening,
under. ashcayen pnrc and studded eWhh
Stars, lac drew srom the hamsnious
chords no.es of inopre. sible sweetness
and me4ancholy All noheSwcrc hu he'd
about him; the insects that wavered al.
ways above that emerald sea troubled
not even by the whining Of a wing the
silence lmpre siyo and sublime, igasin
lss ~ played, aud, dreaming.
IT, Lao. IL 4
whose corpse3 had once lain thick as
leaves upon tn soil in those deadly
struggles between the Tartars and The
OttomIhs.
Then the stcppe began to talk 10 him.
aud the wind that passellencFoss tlfe
long grasses 10 bFing hin tho echo OF a
voice, and soon tho words OF
an.old song 70 ne2rly forgpttcR sng by
4imieipizSi,. i,.thesC sCossackN that Goatcd
in the air ailasScet with per!uae Pho
voice approached Olwaysi suyFle5f9
n charming head emerged fointbc glecn
17hVes' "a fairy OF thc s'cip3, fcrhaps,
her eyes, dag.S and sofa expressing pro-
found ast9hhment hsr face OF ravish.
ing beauty; Eer breast covered with
S riggs Of coral and scluiRssoi goHh A
fairy OF the steppc ~ noffnclus. Tor
the hair that Ys imprisengl ondot4Be
Sii ". iKcr. .hefch ei was 'oTown-not blonde,
l'Ne Ipenin8 Wileat-and shV carried
upv1 IieI y-c0 ofc,t f")e s0ukmlhna
OF o. g ,otn DINO as the heavens
The heart Of ylasin boghdcd in his
brwst, while Dodcna, uiodoales three
hlep5 from MIN, Plucked a Hover, then
9Po'Aef' tneR SUIT a third striving to
concea. ne. trppble. A. ca
~ As sUlsoE thenf ~ho p'aycst so
vel sho said OF last Bat Vlasin,
"i'Hont IePiyih@a single word, recon-
lEslie ~ i9si24iis, dliectin8 his
tet9 oW"ru tnc depths OF tnc steppe,
w cnchaaied Vloiin, showng iticlf
t.'sy WW.hy OF JUS name the young
lascinatea oy lho'e ardent and
.'la,e aus l"iioWns by his sidc
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~" g'ie i'']fo a-5or3o' "h'l presently
9n2 P''cv ilet IAn1 upon tho arm ~
~ oselIe,'ke' Hng Whcn nc raised MS
! oio' an slnh sh' sang also ana with
i''il --A QUO 5pR "opio hlYe sad, OF The
y 20 IN Doal'lol i,i. ala the s1Vcr Dail
.t .- 80 ,o' (. lo's 5lno' happy
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