The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-20

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stiffness Of dell and glade with tho duI-
cot voice Of his violin
AT last he cano upon q hamlet nos
thing, like his own picturesque town, in
u stream threaded valley at the foot of
range of hills Tho dampnoss Of the
day vciled the hilltops heavily In mist,
circumstance which seemed to disturb
tho simple villagers worry much They
woro gathered in knot In front of the
mountains regarding wistfully the sum-
mits Of the nearest range Tho wander
Ing musician. following tho path thas
skirtod the base Of tho hills, loomed
suddenly in sight, and with ono impulse
tho peasants hailed him as being sent
from other realnls-to aid them per
hapa They oonturcd him to dispense
tho clouds that for several days had
hung about the mountains and prevent
Oh their getting to thoir hocls grazing
ON the heights
The traveller replied soronoly in an
unintelligfble dialect that the clouds
certainly were fine evidences of a
dull day. but that tho hertlsmen were
not to be further alarmed, as he was
provided with the sovereign remedy for
such oxigcnoies. Seating himself on
stump near by, Herr Welt began conf
IDENTIFY to WOO the sun god with sweet
music The anxious rustics concluded
that this procedure was tho magical way
to dissipate the mists and went by twos
and thrces oontentcdly about their vari-
GUS callings.
As the hours woro away, however,
with no marked tightening of tho at
Inosphcrp, tho people began to doubt the
strangers power and to exhibit signs of
impaticnce, some manifestations being
SO stormy as to affect tho musician
his mcasures-tremulously. Phnbus,
too, apparently was angry, for though
Herr Veit, with his livolicet notes, be-
sought an audience tho day closed un-
blessed with glimpse of tho aun gods
radiance AS tho night became darker
and darker. tho music grow moro and
more faint but 1t was only when the
wcaricst villagers had sunk 70 rest that
the melody ccased. In ortlor to give their
would BE- dclivcrcr sufIioiont time, tho
inhabitants had resolved to leave him to
his methods until tho following day.
Bright and early next morning the sun
appeared, but long before its rays gildod
tho mountain tops Herr Volt, fearful
OF another trial. had stolen from tho
sccno of his MISUNDERSTANDING after
many hardships tho familiar roofs of
SalzburH.
Ono evening soon after Herr Veit's re-
turn tho student WA asked to sup with
him, and over the ooffoo the adventure
was reoountcd The legend which had
turned the shocma1Sor's head must havp
been Of Amphion, under whose magic
music the rnnpnrts Of Thcbcs arc re
putcd 90 havp arisen, for when the cpl
code had becn rphearscd mino host, pre-
facing by way Of momentum, "a littlo
learning ia dangerous thing reflected
that In the oldcu timo 1t must have bcen
no small matter to build up wall by
tho power of music, seeing that nova
days It Was most difficult 30 move oven
cloud Try the same
True" Gabriel aoQuiceced, such
fcats seem practicable enough on paper;
but SUCCESS granted, warrant that the
achievements ono comes across In chrOn-
tolcs wcro not the crust breaking pc,r-
formanoB that the old baris report
Timea moreover. have changed We
1.-Two IN another aget different conditions
environ US Waving cnigmas abroad or
In remote periods there arc problems
ut our very doors clamoring for solution
Reviewing it all and recalling trench
ant observation touching tho happiness
Of homo kooping wits, am more than
ever impressed with tho foroo of our
edage-
"SChuster, blcib boi dcinen lefs-
toni " shoemaker, stick to your LAST
anticipated Herr Volt glccfully, and for
once at least aptly.-I- L Summorsoales
IN Kaneoe City Times