Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-09-05
A DIMINISHED SEVENTH.
ri ETGEE Y WOOD

loC- e~rurIr.tul Crippled AMI de-
formed there stretched behiui her a
record Of suffering before her the
prospect - reate torture still "a
rure haI used her cruelty. for while
lrr puav and m~isshapen franz in
spl-e1 rdcule- or. at h-s- <hutierinE
pirs s1e hat been lowered with a
capacity for affection that burnt itself
into n~rc-r intensity Waiting The love
that never cane NsunterSte-ld she
hal gradually -~etreate,i into a little
world es her ovn- with nothing % love
Nothing There was her vloifn- but
that could harfIv b. considered apart
FROM Ita> own Individuality Il was
her violin that expressed more elo-
gu-ntiy than herself cpuit ever have
aoue the I5ueiiueSs amt the l~ovele,s-
ness e her like How manv heart
conceived Tragedies hai throbbed
harDle away upon - vorati1g
.--1z- Hovv many d~elir5ous Lay-
dreams had <r1pet their Was FROM her
iun~r eou--iousn- : into exh arain-
life through that medium which fa5th-
tully Interpreted a. her vary NJ
u1o-is
f- -nsssS far M she an- -1n-
te~-el - the ot doc-,- vhs unier-
.ra-si her better tam anyone r
what other People fe~l ,iev can II
pain "a waris but ~--u = have no
power IF exp--~si1u EXCERPT -hnsuxa az
vsaliu
ur Marshall va si~nt Pr a mo-
nszt then as &sked Pre>~ntlr Dad
ypu ever near nv hoy Austa plavF
i4a saaaz beg h=AL b hal hear.
20 one tier ua-ha 81.
nsa prevented her from at--n,-
my sur puhl1- csucer aa4 A1s-In
Marshall - -i- we'd z2~v vaz p--
tssoual vlolu>t r-pute
Nog eu-hs % hear hEn Thev tell
me- as sv-c1tiou is remarkably xd
AMI h> xrnluses Ike Fou .wn
nl-E- 20 know eaca other Tu FOL
goa What ia dn= added kindly.
-IH 1ria< am re2at Que even ~ o.
S~ vna 2 you ~ wheu - su
hu~
Nat maEy lav- elap=~d eze the ac
our s@Pt aa p-uu anti Aass1 MAJ
shell tai All ,zrugz heI1 the sua
wa-te8 haa2 y the aI-inutwe NUS.
caa ant wousseret the wh how the
eee- sal hs father bal ssSrro.z.
hal alAuaE-f - tat Itself in th4t u>
slap~u little bsv AMI atsr 90.
when la ha1 conpI-te @toaucel
him vita her rendering - uvu-ak
EgmaEe viii intense azI heart.
1r-as2E-he rslt himself Ia. Szcn a
thing Wa Eous-ra4S Here xas A.
untutared -ruia> h->lde whom hiu.
-Lf wouli pale into comparative inSr
usieauce t-1meI bv nature 20 p-ru-r.
IA slltuie vhIle. urpasasIze. she
ought b. her music - charz into liz.
the ruess and tree
You want some ess1us To correct a
Few technical erru~ he AG AZ last
and then you ough; : ue abe - holc
your own a. Queen > hall or - James
with the hest - then II I eo1ld -
love IN the tranSmlzratioa % souls
would swear the Lost soul 81 s1rn= Re
Peut1ut sinner i i-mp-iso1ei n youi
violin
lie spoke with the generous eEthus.
zsm % genius. Mere talent : q u
ot praise and beZruases sgcce>a
4 eau never pl4y IN public sh- a.
svereL briefly. with a painful fusF
that testified u her sensitive reoo-ui
tiOn - Physical defects
Ida on aPubIie platform, Why they
never -se her. Etsrpolated a iowa
elder brother with The brutal eaado
adnfrlaz friends had sometimes mis-
taken for frank xeuiahtv I'VE cal
her the Diminished seventh h- added
with a conscious smile that betrayef
the originator u the questionable
~pleasantry-
Poor Diminished seventh. N,
wineed a. from a blow. and Austin
with the intention Of covering her coz
fusion observed with ready tact.
I suppo~e because the minor har
monies are most perfect and least III
dsrstoo.L
b r-tc-t was % sudden aud 50 ur
expected that for ouce the wag % n,
family was left speeehless aud nc
quite certain whether sone disguise
slur on himself had not beez subtIv in
trodueed while IDA feeling vaguel
that those few words mad sealed aeon
pact Of eternal friendship betweei
Austin MARSHALL and herself. took u
lei violin again aud dashed intoa vii
and characteristic Hungarian ar
vhose reckless iubilanee was shadow-
ny an underlying vein OF sadness An
When AZ last the muse was al owe
sae crrPt - her upstairs mar
Wiling that the Bon : o. Life. with {,
muititntinOus possibilities had n-ve.
fore been opened 70 her a. the e.
lanunE page % friendship
That evening was but the foreruuus
q mzny similar. >earee a dzy passe
without Austin Marshall eontriviug
, spend soUe time with the 5eform=
musician And as the days lapsed in
weeks and The weeks into months
Was Eotst that when Ida played aloz
ner airs we're more roman tic than b,
fore And ' her unmusiezl tauil
became infected with their .zyety. b
mother who frequently alleged &
!. could enjoy good music as much
; anyore-if she could o1ly get ii W,
easerec 20 the verge Of joyful antieip
ton For who knew that Ida rixl
Z not attain the supreme height Of i
: spring dznee-muSie. such a. h,
mother loved, aud abandon torev,
those gEoulish walls she said we
classical
Bat when the old doctor noticed Il
? change he shook his head II app-ehe
'io1- While tears Of pity silsd his ere
dis profession had trained hin 70 rel
the lougings Of the heart as well as Il
lnnrmities otthe tenement il inhabite
! and If all he thought and dread,
|. were true Had things been difs
4 ent, IL Ida had rot been distinct
Isolated BY aatare from the sweete
gifts that life can bold
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