The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-06

aral dayR, panAane Oeben % break aha
stfllness q Cell and glade with The duf-
ct voice tx hss ystpain
At last III came upnaa q hArnlet neG-
Ting. like his own picturesque town. In
q stream threaded yalley nc the foot OR
n range oa hflla The danapness OF the
day yelled the hilltops heavily IN mist
q circumstance which seemed 10 disturb
the simple villagers very much They
were gathered IN : knot In front Of the
mountains regarding wistfully the sum-
mits OF the nearest range. The wander
ing musician, following the path that
skfrted the base Of the hills, doomed
suddenly in sight, and with . impulse
the peasants hailed him as o being sent
from other realms-to aid them per-
haps. They coniured him TO dispense
the clouds that for several days had
hung about the mountains and prevent
ed their getting TO their loCks grazing
on the heights
The traveller replied serenely i'm an
unintelligible dialect that the clouds
certainly were fine evidences of a
dull day, but that the herdsmen were
not TO be further alarmed, az he was
provided with the sovereign remedy for
such exigencies. 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 the magical way
to dissipate the mists and went by twos
and threes contentedly about their vari-
Gus callings.
As the hours wore away, however,
with no marked tightening of the at
mosphere, the people began to doubt the
strangers power and TO exhibit signs OF
impatience, some manifestations being
so stormy a. to affect the mudcian-and
his measures-tremulously. Ph9bus,
too, apparently was angry, for though
Herr Welt, with his liveliest notes, be-
sought an audience, the day closed nm
blessed with . glimpse of the sun gods
radiance. As the night became darker
and darker, the music grew more and
more faint, but it was only when the
weariest villagers had sunk to rest that
the melody ceased. In order to give their
would be deliverer sufficient time, the
inhabitants had resolved TO leave him to
his methods until the following day.
Bright and early next morning the sun
appeared, but long before it's rays gilded
the mountain tops Herr Veit, fearful
Of another trial, had stolen from the
scene OF his exertions-sighting after
many hardships the familiar roofs od
Salzburg.
One evening soon after Herr Vets re
turn the student was asked to sup with
him. and over the coffee the adventure
was recounted. The legend which hae
turned the shoemaker's head must have
been of Amphion, under whose magic
music the ramparts of Thebes are re
puted to have arisen, for when the cpl
sode had been rehearsed mine host, pre-
facing by way of momentum, "A httl'
learning is q dangerous thing" reflected
that In the olden time it must have beel
no small matter to build mp a wall b.
!, the power of music, seeing that nova
. DAVIS &c was most difficult to move eve
q cloud by the same.
ssTrue, = Gabriel acQuiesced, sue
! feats seem practicable enough on paper
I hat, success granted, I warrant that th
, achievements q mi across in chror
! icles were not the crust breaking PEI
I formances that the old bards report
! Times, moreover, have changed. w
{ live in another age; different condition
environ us Waving enigmas abroad (
in remote periods, there are problem
! at our very doors clamoring for solution
: Reviewing it all and recalling a trencl
ant observation touching the happine
1 Of home keeping wits, ] am more tha
4 ever impressed with the force OF o.
adage-
\ 'Schuster, bleib' bel deinen lei
temp" Shoemaker, stick to your las
!. anticipated Herr Welt gleefully, and 4
once at least aptly.-LL Summerscal
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