Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-03-26
Laical Fairy Tale.

cult nowadays to form q good poet. i"
catch quickly an aspect of nature or OF the
mind; to find at once the words that shall
expressl 1t and plant these words In the
right places under the light; to imagine a
novel and unexpected relationship between
rhymes that come and COO like two doves;
10 create q harmony at once more precise
and less brutal than that Of music; to make
the word q sculptor, q painter, and q
delicate carver of arabesques; to imprisOn
the infinite and express the inexpressibie-
such are the least objects of q poets work,
and surely one who does it Is not lazy.
A Young man of New Orleans whom his
father had sent to New York to learn here
how to become a successful business man,
was studying how to become q poet. He
knew nobody, had no desire to k Ow any
body, but looked at the passerby and
read in their faces the events of their
minds. He looked also at the streets. the
buildings. the scenes on the rivers. and he
painted them in solid verses. He COM
posed poems, Odes, %sOnnets, rOundels, bal
lads and other works with marvellous fidel-
ity. He studied books also and newspa
pers. He had nc other ambition than the
true ambition, and cared for fame, celebrity
and glory no more than an elephant cares
for a violet. In New York where the
millionaire are SO poor, a young mar
rocked by the singing and dancing chorus
of Illusions may live happily on $50 a
month.
This young mar lived happily. One
morning that he was rewriting his "DOu-
BILE Ballad of Girls Without a DOwry,"
there was a knock at his door. He said,
Come in" and there appeard a robust
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hair in bristles brushed from q forehead
expressing joy and well being.
II am" he said. "Jose Miangolera, the
owner of this house:
''Have l forgotten to pa, my rent?
asked the young man offering a chair to
the visitor.
''On the contrary" said the old man,
YOU are only too punctual, but | intend
that you shall have no e to paw in fu-
ture. / wish to offer this room to you in
EXCHANGE for q great service you can render
mo II you wish. l am a theatrical man a.
ger.
There are sillier trades, said the young
man concilliatingly.
Doubtless" said the old man, ''but
there are less pleasant ones. l begun life
as a brigand in the Abruzzi. 1t was sweet
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copper-cOlOred woman, to be dressed in a
picturesque costume and to arrest stage
coaches, but there are SO few stagecoaches
now that my profession became a sinecure.
l had to look out for another situation. l
am not kicking as Miss Winfred, my
star dancer-have O not heard of herr
says. In my hall which is always crowded
l have already picked up millions. Crowds
are crushed at my doors, and the news
papers laud me to the skies. My children
whose mother is dead, are married. / in
tend to marry a young woman who Is
pretty, stupid, 'kiddish' and who deceives
me with exemplary fidelity. l have car
pets of Asia, rare furniture of all ages, and
you may eat at my table delicious meals.
My cook Is a scOundrel, stepped in crime,
but he knows how to make a sauce. l can
satisfy anyone of my whims. and that is
Why | have called on you. l should like
to produce an operetta as silly as all those
that l have produced but written in excel
lent verses. What do you think of the
idea?"
II don't think OF 1t at ALL" said the
young man. IL never 60 to q playhouse
and 90 not wish to 60 ever"
fright you are" said MiangOlare, ''but
the wise resolution may not prevent you
from fulfilling the object of my visit. /
have essential elements; a musician who
respects the poetry that he interprets and
has no objections to composing master
pieces; q libretto, Queen ~Lil;uokaiani,
which Is stupid, but which the public will
like, and c0~nscienceless actors. The au.
thor of the ltbrett0 Is q biped who writes
like . tinker, tut he has caught the pub
lies ear and by the way that he martyr
ICES that ear everybody may know that he
has 1t. What I want. the thing that / lack
Is poetry. l know that you can supply
that"
II never recited verses to anybody" said
the young q '.Who told you that 1
could write any?"
'.'rhe janitor's daughter. She knows,
for she has read Tennyson. and she saws
that you write adorably. Here is an anal
ysis of Queen Li~liuokalani.' 1t Is six lines
In length, and that Is long enough. You
may readily understand that the enlbassa-
dor and the queen. being in love with each
other, mag say anything that they like.
When will your work be flnished?"
You may come for It after dinner" said
the young man. At the appointed hour
the work was done. Weeks passed, and
the young man began to think that he had
done very little work for so much lodging.
He continued to write roundels aud ballads.
and never asked himself what had become
OF his Miang0lara verses. He learned this
one day that he met the theatrica! manager
In the street. The manager said to him.
"You must be satisfied with your copy
right"
pray what or who Is Copyright?'' asked
the young man.
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MiangoIara explained to him that he had
earned 100000. With this fortune in Ger
tilted checks tho young man startad for
New Orleans, but when the train stopped
at Pass Christian be saw at the station q
young girl and Rad In her eyes that abe
was saying to herself. IF . man q hand
some a. this wants me-. he can have me-
He stepped out Of the train, asked for her
hand In marriage, got II and has been pre-
occupied by nothing since except the
thought Of making his wife happy.
II you do not believe this story, which IL
. very faithful unadorned recital OF facts.
80 to Pass Christian and aSk any child In
the crowd that waits 1t the railway station
Tor the ARRIVAL and departure Of trains "a
tell you the address Of Professor Ludovic
de Montluzin. who lsoks like Richelleu.
and whom everybody likes ardeptly.-New
| York Times.