The Red Cloud chief., 1894-07-06

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eral days, pausing often to break the
stiffness Of dell and glade with the dull.
Get voice of his violin.
AT last he came upon a hamlet mes.
Ting, like his own picturesque town, in
q stream threaded valley at the foot Of
q range of hills. Tho dampncss Of the
day yelled the hilltops heavily in mist,
n circumstance which seemed TO disturb
the simple villagers very much. They
were gathered in a knot in front of the
mountains regarding wistfully the sum
mits of the nearest range. The wander
ing musician, following the path that
skirtcd the base of the hills, doomed
suddenly in sight, and with one impulse
the peasants hailed him as "a being sent
from other rcalms-to aid them per-
haps. They conjured him to disperse
the clouds that for several days had
hung about the mountains and prevent
Cd their getting to their flocks grazing
on the heights.
The traveller replied serenely in an
unintelligible dialect that the clouds
certainly were fine evidences Of q
dull day, but that the hcrdsmen were
not to be further alarmed, as he was
provided with the sovereign remedy for
such e~xigoncios. Seating himself on %
stump near by, Herr Veit began conf
IDENTIFY to WOO the sun god with sweet
music. The anxious rustics concluded
that this procedure was the magical way
to dissipatc the mists and went by twos
and thrces ~contentodly about their vari.
Gus callings.
As the hours wore away, however,
with no marked tightening of tho ut
mosphcrc, the people began to doubt the
strangers power and to exhibit signs of
Impotence, some manifestations being
SO stormy Us to affect the m~usician-and
his neasures-tremnlously. Phubus,
too, apparently was angry, for though
Herr Welt, with his liveliest notes, be-
sought all audience, the day closed un-
blessed with u glimpse Of the sun gods
radiance. As the night became darker
and darker, the music grew more and
moro 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 carly next morning the sun
appeared, but long before its rays gilded
the mountain tops Herr Veit, fearful
Of another trial, had stolen from the
scene of his exertions--sighting after
many hardships tho familiar roofs Of
Salzburg.
One evening soon after Herr Vets re.
turn the student was asked to sup with
him, II over the coffee the adventure
was %recounted. The legend which had
turned the shoemaker's head must have
been Of Amphion, under whose magic
music tho ramparts u Thebos aro 20.
ruted to have arisen, for when the cpl.
sode had been rehearsed mine host, pre-.
facing by way of momentum, "A little
learning is n dangerous thing" reflected
that in the olden time il must have been
no small matter to build up q wall by
the power If music, seeing that nova
days it was most difficult to move even
q cloud by the same.
True" Gahr'.l n"GUicsccd, ''sucf
feats seem practice. ,..spgh on paper
Dut, SUCCESS granted, l warrant that til,
achievements one comes across in chron
icles were not the crust breaking per
formanccs that tho old bards report.
Times, moreover, have changed. w,
live in another age; different condition.
environ us. Waving %enigmas abroad OF
in remote periods, there are problem,
at our very doors clamoring for solution
Reviewing it all and recalling n trench
ant observation touching the happiness
Of home keeping wits, l am more thar
ever impressed with the force Of oul
adage-
"Schuster, bleik' bel deinen lcis
tent" Shoemaker, stick to your last
anticipated Herr Veit gleefully, and To-
once at least aptly.-I. !. Summersealei
III Kansas City Times.