Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-06
THE ENCHANTED VIOLIN.

A' "S "eiu Always WIN us gaze Dent upon |
the earth, though he had really no other mo-
tive for lowering his eyes than because it
was his custom to do so. He was poor, it is
True, but poverty is not an infamous thing,
as every one knows. Perhaps it was because
the young girls did not love him as much as
possible, for when have You ever seen mad |
caps act otherwise than thoughtlesslyf |
Nlasin Doroschenka was handsome boy, |
yes, even the handsomest boy in Sotwinka, |
his features energetic and grave, his com
ple1ion of brown amber, his hair thick and |
black, cut short upon the brow, forming a |
whole to which two eyes, profound and |
dreamy, gave something that was singu-
iarly gentle and sympathetic. The young
girls, those pretty Knockers, seeing him
always remain silent and pensive instead of
singing and dancing like the others, the
young urls, say, having formed their own
10 fox NJ .asin, did not willingly follow
-. sane road as he.
Nevertheless, if he showed himself so little
communicative and lowered his gaze with
such Tersistency, it was 10 lend more at
tentive ear, not TO that which was being
said 20 him. but TO that which was passing
within him, and the melody which he heard
there, yelled and mysterious, was an enigma
to which he as vet was unable to find the
key.
II, sil ~. .,,,,.,,,.,,,,,.. :. o,,,- ,,,-, .ho,,
he coIorrehar1s5 the conSncr If Dodana
the dau-btor Of The rich B.rzbor. who seen,ed
IA date., Nm, n anyri,ips- nor, than her COM
r,9nions and Ii ..ai her In with a lirtle dis
6ai,frl r,,..,,.t ,,.be,Ie,,ar s,,, e,,cop,,a,,p1
IN. moor hog
" II 70 --,,,- and rAnatrate This charm
ing snDi,,y rr..- y-la,in concealed himself 81
frequently behind tree stump to see her
pass, behind a column 10 see her pray, and
never took h.. ewes from her whenever she
was in seair,- ,3'.ta-,,,,
One eveni.fy Doraschenka WIS traversing
the villa.re. tho n,nor ,yas IN and strin;re
- WI shadows the road that she vhitaped
with her rars tjDpi1- with silver tho coral
las of the slean.ns flowers and the margins
of the we'll All at once be perceived a
human f-u-a, tall. sa,l9-. and which seemed
10 he srr,ylgy To hide irsei. m the nrlcSly
hedge. Aette same / me h.. heard a trembling
voice tbar .,a.aaered out PRAYERS and sun
phcat,ors V,.s.n unproached and reeo-.
rizad the .tI Abfsrb a man r,ucb raerac+e1
and loved IN fine country side ba,ouse of his
double talent of vio,iuist and cairomancer
They said. even, that be was something, OF a
sorcerer, but a s5rcerer on.y in the amiable
acceptance of TIE word
What is the matter with YOU, AbischF
the vopur man demanded
"Wha- is the marterg What is the matter
with me cried the unhappy artist In a de-
spairiug voice, do you not see for yourself
that feroc.o4s dog With my cap in his teeth,
and who wishes 70 tear me to piecesr And
looking closely Vllsin did indeed discover a
tiny little mug dog which had sroppei before
Abisch and PLAYED with his uropertv as gavlv
as any other Young and inexperiencea animal
would have done, He chased him away,
however, simply to reassure the Old man,
who decided then, but not till then, TO quit
his refuge all white with blossoms and sweet
with perfumes.
u owe you nv life, vlasin!' cried the good
man with efTusion; Il shall never forget it,
swear it, and he walked away RAPIDLY.
Some time after this he came uD1n Doro-
schenka alone upon the steppe. seated upon a
hinock, dreaming.
sWbat is the matter with Won ylssfn =, da-
manded the violinist in turn,
"Whar is the matter with mar ranna+nd
Doroschepka. God knows il doubtless hat
lam ignorant of II An tho ssms I'LL
important rs it i, l shopld Ike 10 low yvbv
every one dislikes me and why the vo,,ne-
girls turn away from me- as if had the ariI
eve
AIS II s,l~ rn-liad Ahiscb ooh biar, tb,,
am going TO give Won a cnrfi5ant far vor,r
trouble, n friend T. whom va, oar, ono, y,onr
heart and who will ras,c,d Iil,o an or,-ol
And So,
This noros,rart-o this - o,,d ,,,,o,,i,,,, lie
taIas tbe ,ro55 Abis,t ~ r., IT, 80.
violin far from a,i-,aqrinp new sra at tho
same tir,s rrasssi lr-o. hi banly tI,, ~,
UAh tlo,l. ,.-,, s,,j L-l5si,, ,i;y,,,rai,,-,l.
,J am r,arr =. nj. II So M, y
"Pardor me. II / 1,rracsessrv tb.. vn,,
should know how 10 play in
"Unnecessqr,., Then Is tbo ,-io1i, on
cbanteIf~ said rhs vour.- man s--1I ,,,,do-
cided The oh musician sb-1--..1 l,is sJ,o,,I-
ders. smiled and. rur1fn, away disan,earad
under cover Of the herba,e OF the grapDe like
bird that re-aiDs in haste the sheiter OF its
laafv covert
Doroschenl,a remained alone with his main
and his violin in the plain, immense and soil
tarv. contemuiatiu. with the s-r-,nrest and
most inexpHcuble sentiments the mysterious
present Of his old friend. At last he took
courage and lifted 1t 10 his shoulder.
"Wav should I r5tr' he said to himself
'Nobody can hear me-nobody but God
and perhaps 1t Is not a crime to render upor
the wool that he has created harmoniou:
sounds thar Will chant his praises
The steppn green and undulating. unrollet
before him as far as the eye could reach, th,
spirit Of the spring was in his soul, the bee
buzzed by hundreds in sort Of pious mur