The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-03

respectable antecedents, who twenty
years before, had begun his musical
career with what was considered the
finest tenor voice of the age and whose
knowledge of the principles of music
was as profound as his proficiency was
remarkable. But before he had been u
year on the operatic stage the theatre in
which he was singing caught fire, and
he was burned about the throat in such
way as forever to destroy the voice
which would have made him rich and
famous enough to satisfy ambition itself.
Professor Dorimar, as he afterward came
to be called, had some small private
means which rendered him in humble
way independent, and with a philo-
sophical serenity which rarely char
acterizes the musical temperament
he settled quietly down to be writer
on the art and science of whose highest
triumphs he could never more hope to
partalie. For the last eight years he
had lived in New York, but he was
known to very few. He sat with his
piano and his manuscripts, and his
visions of divine harmonies, in u retired
little room u few blocks west of Wash
ington square, and seldom went forth
save to listen for half an hour to one
or other of the very few singers who
in his judgment were great enough to
sing He never was known to have un-
dertaken the personal instruction of
pupils, though he might undoubtedly
have derived large incorse from so
Jn,, p,,t 1,s af f,Vtn a
right to use the voice in music is given
to but two c. three in an age, and the
chance that the training of one so gifted
should fall to him was too remote to be
considered. To the myriad chances of
failure he preferred his comparative pow
erty and his peace of mind.
What arguments Jocelyn employed to
WOO him from his reserve cannot be
known But Mr.. Randolph received a
note from the professor, mentioning the
day and hour of his arrival, and request
ing Mr.. Randolph to meet him and drive
him up from the railway station alone.
This was done, and on the way the pro-
fessor stipulated that he should be
] enabled to hear Miss Randolph's voice
before she was aware Of his presence.
"There is train back to the city this
evening, SIR" he remarked, land, If
should conclude to take it, it would be
well to have spared the young lady the
annoyance of an interview" The mat
ter was readily managed. Beatrix sang
with the unembarrassed freedom OF
supposed solitude, and the Profes-
sor listened. When the young lady
bad finished her selection, whatever
it was, she rose from the piaAo and
passed out through the open window Of
the room to the veranda. Here she was
surprised by the appearance of q meager
and pallid parsonage, of gentlemanly
bearing and aspect, with broad scar
on the right side of his face and throat,
and many thoughtful lines and wrinkles
on his brow and around his eyes, who
advanced toward her with bow and
took her hand As she looked at him
she fancied there were tears in his eyes.
"Miss Randolph" he said, in a low and
very pleasant voice, Il am to have the
honor of being your instructor; my
name is Dorimar." He said no more ut
that time, but raised her soft fingers to
his lips and with another bow dis
appeared. He did not take the evening
train back to the city, but on
the contrary took up his abode in
the Randolphs' house, and being, In
addition to his musical attainments, O
man of cultivation, and of a singular
naive charm of character, he was nearly
as much of an acquisition to Mr.. Ran
dolph as to his daughter, and they al
became very good friends. AS to hi.
teaching, it was a matter between hi.
pupil and himself. and was not often re
ferred to outside. 1t seemed to atfort
: him especial pleasure to think that Bea
trix was singing for music's sake, ant
without any purpose of publishing O.
prOfiting by her requirements. "Musit
Is sacred thing, my child" he woult
often say to her, ''and like all sacred
things it is shamefuly and almost uni
versally desecrated. 1t is not u mer
; question of voice and ear, but of purit,
) and loftiness of soul. Great music neve
was greatly sung by charlatan, or ;
libertine, or fortune hunter. |, for m,
part, thank Cod that You are what yol
are. and that you will never be obliged
to weigh your music against gold. Th
world may listen to you if it can, bu
ycu shall be spared the insult of receiv
ing for it what it dares to call recon
penser'
Beatrice acquiesced in all this wisdom
but somewhere in her secret soul sh
may have ch' rished the germ of an am
bitiOn to meet great multitudes of he
fellow creatures, to test herself upoi
them, perhaps to delight and inspir
them, il there were power in her so Il
do. Three years passed, and then Et
went to Europe. There was some pre-
text about his attending lectures at
university of mining engineering II
Saxony, but 1t was tolerably trans
parent pretext. That he should come
back at the end Of two or three year.
somewhat toned down was the best Mr.
Randolph hoped. As to the question OF
funds, after good deal Of meditation
Mr.. Randolph came to the following
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