Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-03-22

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shs asked, With svidsnt svmpathy,
my eyes are doing vcxy voal-heHAor
than my dngers, q tact, snd. y I rneo1v
play By note aftor I ouce IesSn : rioss
the eyes make 10 diSsrssee. WhaS
music DO yoa liksp I msssly looksl .
this collection thinking you nm -
something that pIsassd you.s /
/ Mn. Ray told me you plAysd Rubiu-'
STEIN % well-that melody IN }, % -. :.
odd Mn. Ray speak Of tha&ys-his
facs bslghtsning. ssIm glad they fuund
anything to enjoy In my music.
Iney found . great deal, NJ. Hayae.
and there are = number who are euviooe
Of their good fortuns--I. Tor oue.S -
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Mrs. Waldron will Be here Ia = nninuIe :.
And when MFs. Waldrun casnnih : n.
tie later Miss Travers, seated In g eeev
chair and looking intently into the blass.
was listening as intently to the soft, rich
melodies that Mr.. Hayne was playing.
The freight was Pickering on her shin
ing hair; one slender white hand was
toying with the locket that hung at her
throat, the other gently tapping on the
arm Of the chair In unison with the mu-
sic. And Mr.. Hayne, seated In the
shadow, bent slightly over the key
board, absorbed in his pleasant task and
playing as though all his soul were thrill
ing in his finger tips. Mrs. Waldron
stood in silence at the doorway, watch
ing the unconscious pair with an odd
yet comforted expression in her eyes,
At last, In one long, sweet, sighing
chord, the melody softly died away, and
Mr.. Hayne slowly turned and looked
upon the girl She seemed to have wan
dered of into dreamland. For q mo-
ment there was no sound; then, with a
little shivering sigh, she reused herself.
ut is simply exquisite" !" she said "You
have given me such q treatw
"Tm glad. owe you great deal
more pleasure, Miss Travers."
Mrs. Waldron hereat elevated her eve
brows. She would have slipped away
If she could, but she was woman OF
substance, and as solid in flesh as she
was warm Of heart. She did the only
thing left to her-came cordially forward
to welcome her two visitors and express
her delight that Miss Travers could have
an opportunity Of hearing Mr.. Hayne
play. She soon succeeded in starting
him again, and shortly thereafter mani
aged to slip out unnoticed. When he
turned around few minutes afterwards
she had vanished.
"Why, had no idea she wasy nper'>
exclaimed Miss Travers; and then Me
color mounted to her brow. He -
think her extremely absorbed in his play
ing; and 80 indeed she was.
"You are very fond Of music, see"
he said, at a venture.
eyes, very; but I play very little and
very badly. Pardon me, Mr.. Hayne,
but you have played many years. have
you not?"
"Not SO very many; but-there have
been many in which had little else to
do but practice"
She Redeemed again. It was so un-
like him, she thought, to refer to that
matter in speaking to her. He seemed
to read her:
II speak of It only that I may say to
you again what began just before Mrs..
Waldron came. You gave me nd oppor-
tunity to thank you the other night, and
! may not have another. You do not
know what an event in my life that
meeting with you was; and you cannot
know how have gone over your words
again and again. Forgive me the en-
barrassment see ! cause you, Miss
Travers. We are SO unlikely to meet at
all that you can afford to indulge me
this once" He was smiling so gravely,
sadly, now, and had risen and was stand
ing by her as she sat there in the big
easy chair, still gazing into the f1re, but
listening for his every word. "In five
long years have heard no words from
womans lips that gave me such Joy and
comfort as those you spoke so hurriedIy
and without premeditation. Only those
who know anything Of what my past
has been could form any idea OF the
emotion with which heard you. II
could not have seen you to say how
how thanked you, would have had to
write. This explains what said while
ago; lowe you more pleasure than can
ever give. But one thing was certain:
could not bear the idea that you should
not be told, and by me, how grateful
your words were to mellow grateful
was to you. Again, may God bless you'll"
And now he turned abruptly away,
awaiting no answer, reseated himself at
the piano and retouched the keys. But,
though she sat motionless and speech
less, she knew that he had been trem-
bling so violently and that his hands
were still so tremulous he could play no
more. 1t was some minutes that they
sat thus, neither speaking; and as he re-
gained his self control and began to at.
tempt some simple little melodies, Mrs.
Waldron returned:
"How very domestic you look, young
people! Shall we light the lamps?"
'Tve stayed too long already" said
Miss Travers, springing to her feet.
skate does not know I'm out, and will
be wondering what has become Of her
sister," She laughed nervously. "Thank
you SO much for the music, Mr.. Haynei
Forgive my running of SO suddenly,
won't you, Mrs. Waldronr' she asked,
pleadingly, as she put her hand in hers: