The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-04-30

people. No mother, father, hon !,
friends, nothing save the garnenls
lie wore and violin which former y
belonged to his faith r. There were
,i.y- when his pincned I'D face .xclt,
Cd u. sympathy ofsome old v ndor
who had children Of her owa -pro,
badly his age, AID she to ssd
him cake or aFYi 81 other times
he WHIT without. Bur with the yicissl-
tud Of ife 10 ba lei br4vely, and
in the learnel Pial the lovc,i uid
violin as dil ~, I.lnef Day after
day hs .ruagsA sniough lbs street.
sL..uirg unasr WIN lows on his WI,
and plying tie bJw with all Lls force,
making a souud--but little else Or,
lie Joyous ieellns when the iirss coin
lropped into his hat! What feat
was his! He was delighted aud de-
ermined TO be u street musician.
lie wandered ir.n place to place
with the i.yJd I'd Ia rument under
his arm, his only relic OF home.
| Another had suppiaui.d It's use,
though won away iron none Of his
affection.
One day when he was still youth
renowned Musician cnanced 10 be
on the street amung q crowd OF bis
hearers. The talent Iv.hced pleased
nlm and he induced the youth 10 be.
come his pupil. He was welded TO
his wandering lite, anew no other and
was happy. but the deep interest OF
the man induced Linn to forsaks the
old lie for the new. lie proved y
INST ambitious scholar ID gained
fams iap,tly. In alter years he sat
by The side VI his great master and
played n grant halls where people
turonged 10 hear him. lilo walls
tlem6led with applause, the sound
Of which vibrated through the street.
Frequently his masters hands
were seen 10 become still that be
lnisat listen to his pupll's wonder
iully soft and mellow. IIch and bril-.
daul notes. The faces Of his hear.
ers flushed, Their ey,s glowed with
wArnth and they scarcely brsathrd
&c one sound might be lys,. Twas
said that every iulsation Of bis body
MAS hing oI music; that hls genius
nus grand, powerful. and Lis name
was on every tongue. His master
| sloritied 10 him ana said in the pupil
ne should live all over again even
though he himself died.
"Dut nil of this was not true. II
WIS not talent or genius he possessed
"a little OF both, perhaps, and great
inspiration. He was a new person In
u new world, a youth no longer, but
- man, with n mans heart, mans
pAssious. IL was 1--we wnIcn urged
MIN ON. IL was the Image Vt n lace
whicH addict blood to bis lips, lustre
to hrs ey es, strength 10 his brain, lite
~ his heart, heaven to hts soul and
might and ierYency to his music.
when he first saw her face be
loved her aud fell on lis knees ana
played that lie might one day win
distinctions aud a name like that OF
ner father. That prayer was gran
ted, bat il was not enolgh. Hand in
hand it were--they walked along
liIeis pathway for months, and both
we're happy. BY night or day her
face was before him. Whether
waking or dreamidg be bsheld her al
bis side.
"His music was the echo os his
thoughts Of her, gushing forth from
the fuIIness If his heart. He com.
posed .weet,st melodies, and the
mu &c as II uttered the galanxies Of
tender notes which ne evoked noes
saEtly repeated the loved name Of her
who he'd 50 great 8 part in his. lif
Had he been u sculptor he would
have copied her beauty in all Of hi.
statues; mai he bgen . painter he
would have pictured her loneliness q
milton times over mot as d duty
but because an Intetior and Irreslstl
bic force would have imp, lied hin
todo 20.
Those years we're TO him like The
perfume OF flowers. They were day
when the rich sunlight seemed 10 bios
som in the air, while fancy, like {
RAINBOW, spanned the waves OF time
aud thoughts Of joy sAd buoysnl
hope went forth 10 reyel in cloud, sur
and sky. The future seemed love
" thrOng Of bright and glorious VS.
ions beckoning him on TO the beauty
Of lifeis Ellen. Sweet memories un,
ceesingly came stealing into biz
breast, and with their wild melody
thrilled the depths of his being.
Then was life rorth living. They
we're hours Of joyousuess which Aoat,
ed lightly as angel shapes upon hi
hoart and illuminated the spirit o
his new existence. There were NJ
nights. no shadows; all was day. eter
hal day.
She was his idol aud he worship
ed her. lie was in Paradise and sh,
1 raiuuad mn hsa I,yhk ..d III. al