Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-10-19
A Fiddler's Fortune.

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Mrs. de Luce, but Gladys was
Just as fond Of him as ifhe had been
born to the purple.
What happy days they had spent
together in play until that iateful
morning when Mrs. de Luce had
sent her housekeeper, Mrs. Bacon, to
put stop 70 the friendship by for
bidding Gincomo to come near the
house. But even after that Gladys
had the satisfaction OF knowing he
had not wholly forgotten her. After
dark she could hear him playing
4 remember Thee" on an old violin
she had giyenhim, and he had played
so well that all the neighbors raised
their windows to listen.
Al last he came no more.
Come here, little fellow, a musIci-
nm had said to him one night. You
IRE genius. And, in the name OF
heafen, how do you come by such a
violin?"
Then he talked to the boy and it
ended in his taking him abroad with
him. He had called TO see Mrs. Ba-
con, to tell her what had Happened,
but she was away, and the waiter
did not think it worth while to re-
member the message.
Fifteen years had passed. In lit
Tie room in a small suburban house
sat an old woman and young one.
No one who hadever seen Mrs. Bacon
could have failed to recognize her,
though she had aged considerably.
The girl was tiladysde Luce. Strange
things had happened since those old
days when Mrs. Bacon was her moth
cr's housekeeper. That mother, left,
a widow, had married a rascal, who
had wasted her fortune and finally
broken her heart. Gladys had found
Mrs. Bacon her only friend. The old
woman had taken her little savings
and kept Mn humble home for them
both in this little cottage, while
Gladys gave lessons on the piano 10
young children.
She was no genius, but had had
good masters and taught patiently.
To. night sic was busy trimming a
pretey, though simple bonnet for ev-
cning wear. Two tickets had been
given her for n grand affair. A vio-
linist, said 10 be unequaled. was TO
appear for the first time in America
and tickets were utterly beyond her
rcnch; but the bachelor uncle OF one
Of her pupils had given her two,
which lie had intended to use but
could not, being Obliged TO leave the
city on business.
lit was so kind" said Gladys,
"and we viii enjoy the music. know.
Oh. Aunty Bacon. do you remember
little Gincomo? believe he was a
genius. wonder what became OF
the sweet little fellow"
Il wish | knew" said Mrs. Bacon:
II do indeed. hope il was no harm.
He was n good little fellow, and he
might have stayed in that big house.
His meals would never have been
missed by anyone; but your ma
wasn't very apt to take poor folks.
So they talked over the past. and
Gladys itlt herself on the verge of
tears as she recalled the memory of
those nights in which she was awnk-
ened in her warm bed TO hear the
little violinist playing .sI'll Remem-
her Thee" in the cold street below
her window. She never heard anyone
else play that air in all her life.
The night of the concert came.
Gladys chaperoned by Mrs. Bacon,
took her place in the large room,
filled with fashionable women and
men of society. The lights were
bright, the dresses elegant. Great
pots OF plants adorned the stage. Be
yond hung a rich drapery of cream
colored velvet. Ii formed an ex-
qusite background for the splendid
figure and beautiful, dark face of the
great musician, MS he advanced to-
ward the footlights.
He played: none who heard him
ever forgot. Thunders OF applause
filed the hall. He played amid
n rapture of silence. Encore |
followed encore.
!. In reply to one OF these, he stepped |
forward and turned his face toward |
the seats in which Gladys and her
old friend sat. His eyes met those of
the girl across the heads of the other
listeners and suddenly she heard mu-
sic like a revelation from an angels
henrt, SO sweet, so low, so tender.
Not the less grent for its simplicity
was that to which the audience now
listened; they did not know the name
OF the composition, but Gladys knew.
She had heard it in the street below
her window many n winternight. IL
wns the tune little Giacomo had bid
den her keep in mind-"l'll Remember
Thee" Yes. he had remembered; for
a n. a. h.,s. |