The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-21


ally took her husband : part but EEzra
4 wxs fnsmovakle. Her fssiEsd was made
!. nr, ard her unansweraIEe argnnlsnt
wAs
II bare nz0se,r ct my owns and /
Al CT age.
Year s.rsrscspaf wonIsl ssYEsors ard
esszea:e y0n f0S aeoEt foEr years re-
turral her brazhsr wssE the eaimness
q desperation s-Toar interest = :
mere soma.
Thea I Will Es1 the principal as far
s. IL gU1s resurneG the Endauntea
{ Clara. III I szleseed hare fortune
assured III I fad can give lessons
/ as least. and ] am nOs afraid
They we're obliged 60 g1ve way be-
fore ter determination The world
discovered that the CEzrtlsss had q1ar-
reIsss ~ith Clara and sent Der TO
Europe. and her name wGs dropped
from It's visiting books. ard. after q
while. from It's mind.
/ she sent one letter 20 her relatives.
bEsg Lizzie returned Is unopened, with
out consulting Frank, and they re-
ceirsG no raore communications. They
I learned through an ever yIgilanf press
3
/ lear. girl had a. Tiara Anseluo, made
a brilliant debut abroad ard after that
they lost sight Of her for several
years.
On taking ar his paper one morning
1 Frank discovered that the celebrated
rfosIniss. Msne. Clara Anseim0. and
+ the sreas Polish pianist and composer,
Philippe Noel, who rivaIed Chopin IN
/ his delicate fancy. aud the strain OF
/ Preach slood tha; gave him his name.
had been engaged for series OF con-
cegts.
ssIt l. sn the worst possible taste for
/ her TO come back. here. said Lizzie.
ssOf course you win take no notice"
Most people have forgotten her ex-
iztence fJT this tifne. said Frank,
deprecafingiy. III shouldn't dream Of
yonr going. but think I shall go and
hear her Play.
/ He vent. Acfc@s the hall he saw
Harry Bennett ard his pretty kancee,
unconscious OF any interest bat music
on Hary's part. for Clara was years
before her day. Harry seemed excited
and nervous, amt in watching him
Frank forgot 10 look for his sisters
entrance until the welcoming applause
/ of the audience reused him.
She was the same Clara. simple and
quiet as ever, except that close OBJ
server could see added power in her
serene forehead and direct gaze. But
once in the full tide of sound she seem
ed 10 become ethsrealized with excite
ment and delight Max Heidman Was
right. This was her world, the career
for which she was born. Her ;ssgatssz.
eramped for lack Df scope, would have
frettcd away It's fragile dwelling place
or else. dwarfed OF its full develop
ment, turned back on itself. would
have turned her into an irritable, I'M
happy woman.
The audience WAS reused to furore
b. lie violin AMI piano duet COM
posed BY Noel. and played by him and
Clara. Even Harry could not but feel
the sympathy and perfect accord be-
tween the two. EIe turned to the pref
ty girl BY his side and knew that she
was all his. but be felt that ii he mar
riea Clara she would always have es-
capped from him on the wings of mu-
sic. When she played she no longer
belonged 10 earth.
Unknown TO Lizzie, Frank went TO
see his sister the next morning. He
met Harry in the hotel parlor and
they went together TO her rooms, an
noyed 10 find that, early as il was, the
pianist Noel was already there. appar-
entity on an intimate footing. But per-
haps he had only come TO practice.
He rose with Clara as the two men
came forward.
Frank. am very, very glad TO see
Won. ! didn't hope for this she said,
giving him an sffeetionate kiss and
holding out her hand 10 Harry. This
Is nav husband, NJ. Noel. Philippe,
my brother. Mr.. Curtis, and his
friend. Mr.. Bennett. !"
Frank was startled, and Harry dis
mayed. Something still stirred In the
depths Of his heart for her in spite of
| the seven years and the new love.
| Noel excused himself on the plea of an
engagement, and murmered in French
/ 20 Clara: "fou will do better with
out me. and departed.
And you never sent me word of
the change in your life, Clara" said
/ Frank, reproachfaliy.
/ II had no encouragement" she an
swered, and blushed q little. When
my first letter was sent back, un-
/ opened, naturally | did not make a
second attempt, considering our part
ing
Sent back!n began Frank; then
| remembering Harry's presence, and
conjecturing Lizkie's work, he said,
/ hastily:
Forgive me, and tell me about
Yourself now"
IF YOU care 10 hear. Mr.. Bennett.
| YOU won't be bored. No7 Well,
studied hard, night and day, as you
may suppose. Ny debut was wonder
fully successful. I may tell YOU that
without coneeit. They said I was a
fulI-fiedged artist, and the house fairly
rocked with applause. You cannot
imagine the triumph, the bliss. To
know that yon have the power
/. To express to others what mu.
sic SAYS to YOU, and that
you sway them with your emotions
90 feel~-feel 10 Your highest and deep.
est capacity, and % have il all here
She held out her hands with quaint
foreign gesture. ~ am happy. Then
Philippe she paused moment and
went on--smGstc gave us 10 each
other. His first composition was dedi
Gated To me, and | never play any
thing 80 well rs what he writes w,
were married three years ago, and--hs
is half Of my soul As | am of his
Don't smile. Harry. You cannot fee
the divineness of music. and cannot
tell you. bat the universe is in ii. aud
when words are too feeble, we play
together. he and L."
She had risen. and stood before then
with loosely-claspcd hands and far
away eyes, Frank, in his weli-fed
placid, domestic life: Harry. IN hi,
struggle for the almighty dollar and
his tranquil engagement, could not
follow her # thew tried. and they did
not try. They vaguely felt that she
lived in an atmosphere too rare foi
them. that poets write of but never
lind. Then Noel came back and they
rose ta 80.
God bless you, Clara. whercvei
yoa may ~, said her brother in fare.
well
ICED bless you Clara, said Harry
|, elasp.ng her hands.
Bns when they were gone she leaned
her head against her husbands arm
with the light stu tn her face, and. a
he bent his face above her haiF, In hei
heart she blessed Max Heidmann
who hal given her 20 Art ana Love
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