The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-30

led TO conclusion.
'sLet 10 taks, for instance, the 'Krsutssr
Sonata. tho first pFesto-and There are many
such pieces. ID il justihable to play such .
creation q soirees, sociablss, where ladies
are the auditors? We finish the piece, We
We play ii Bacio.' Such creations should
only be played Ut certain important, reason
able times, when there are deeds or actions
to correspond with tho music. But to call
forth sentimental energy which corresponds
dangerously. On me, 1T least. this sonata
had terrible effect. New sentiments, new
possibilities, were developed in me. Yes;
that is it. Not ut all as lived and Thought
before; No; 10 it is spoke voice within
me. What that new sentiment was which
had perceived by the effects of this music, I
could not account for. But the knowledge
Of this new state filled me with Joy: In this
new sphere there 10 no space for Jealousy.
These same people. my wife and no, ap-
peared to me in different light. Music at
once carried me into another world whore
and sentimentality which they had called
forth appeared trivial.
''After this presto they played the beauti-
full but we'll known andante with the insipid
variations and weak finale. After repeated
calls they, played an elegy by Ernst and
v6AAOAo Oe00A HAOO00s ! ICY WO4O yoAy IASSSJt
but there was not one that produced one
tenth of the impression upon me that the
first presto had done. / felt light-hearted
and gay throughout they evening. I had
never seen my wife as she was on that even
ing. Those respondent eyes! That dignity
of carriage during her play and that pitia-
BILE exhaustion after she had finished.
saw all those things, but attached no impor-
lance to them. believed that the music
had had the same effect upon her as upon
me, and that new sentiments had been re-
vealed to her like rainbow in storm"
the true genius of the author Of "War and
Peace" shines out through the dark fog Of
immoral miasma which has Cl0uded the
early part Of his romance. He throws aside
his preachings for the moment, and his keen
pen is bent to the description Of the tragic
scene Of drama which might we'll Be called
1.-THE Violation Of the Commandments"
His rare force of expression, the brevity
Of his style and the striking minuteness Of
his descriptive method are apparent in this
closing scene. It is realistic, painfully real
which holds the mirror up to all the evils
that are mans portion of this much ma
igned world of ours.
After telling of the fierce pangs which
have possessed him, he says:
II can see how relieved myself of my
0uOeS, INV 0QodA0U III btOCklu& Io0b I'd Vu0
closet, whore kept my guns and poignards.
took out curved dagger of Damacus steel
which had never been used, and therefore
presented good edge. remember when
taking it ont of my sheath how the sheath
dropped behind the sofa. said to myself
can pick it up later, so Ss not to lose it.
Then I relieved myself of my overcoat,
which I had kept on during all this, and
slowly advanced. / do not remember
whether I walked on tip toe, or ran, or in
what gait, or through what rooms, until I
reached the reception room. Or how /
opened the door, or how entefed-all that
has long since faded from my memory.
'.But the expression of these facts at the
moment when opened the door ia still re-
6ected in my mind. That portrait must
thave been confined by the optic nerve TO
my soul. remember that because it caused
me q joy-producing pain. 1t was the ex-
preston Of horror. and it was this provo
cation that I needed. Never can forget
that appearance of horror, that look of
lines of their countenances In the first
second of my intrusion.
believe he was sitting at table; but
suddenly jumps up as he peroeives my
entrance and stands leaning against the
closed door. HIS features betrayed but the
expression of desperation. Her features
showed like expression Of horror-but still
another. And had it not been for the
other, had the first one only been present,
probably that which has happened would
not have happened. But in the deep lines
of her visage there was manifest, at least
30 it seemed to me, a feeling of discomfort
and anger. Yes. anger that the love intoxi-
cant had been suddenly removed. Yes,