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

speech seemed to the utterer of it very
noble and impressive, and also veiy
sagacious and worldly wise. For If to
put a young fellow upon his honor will
not make him reasonably virtuous ard
economical what will? Ed certainly
showed himself pleased with the ar
rangement, If not so much impressed 10y
the phrases in which it was announced
TO him. He was an enterprising aud
able youth, and probably expected to
make fortune Of his own rather than
spend his fathers.
The next thing that occurred in this
eventful year was an offer of marriage,
emanating from no less distinguished u
parsonage than Hamilton Jocelyn him
self Beatrix thought it was exceed
ingly funny he should do such thing,
and not altogether comfortable; but as
it was instructive with her to consider
other peoples feelings almost as much
as her own, and sometimes more, she
suppressed her emotions and expressed
her acknowledgements, adding that she
had no idea of marrying anybody.
When Jocelyn found that her resolve
was not to be shaken he very gracefully
said that to have known and loved her
was privilege and a revelation for
which he should never cease to be
indebted to her. He said that he
had perhaps presumed too much in
hoping that she could ever care
for grizzled old fellow like him
self, but that his sentiments would
never change, and that if, at any future
time, circumstances should lead her TO
reconsider her present views, she would
find him eager and grateful to throw
himself at her feet. He concluded by
requesting that she would forbear to
mention the episode to any one, even to
her father, lest the latter should be
grieved to discover that she could not
bring herself to consent to an alliance
with his oldest friend. Beatrix replied
that she had no wish to speak Of what
had occurred, and that she hoped they
both would forget it as soon as possible.
Hereupon Jocelyn took his leave, and
went back to New York, probably re-
GREETING the issue of the adventure al
most as much as he professed to do, al
though perhaps for reasons other than
those he thought it expedient to allege.
The third event was the death of poor
Professor Dorimar, which occurred sud-
denly and filed Beatrix with grief, not
withstanding that it appeared i'll one
sense the most natural thing that could
have happened to the good and mag
unanimous old man. He had had habit
of looking upward rs he talked, and
Beatrix had thought that he seemed
much of the time communing with q.
better world, and perhaps derived from
some angelic source his grand ideas about
music and it's mission to mankind. 1t
was the first death the girl had ever wit
messed, and it invested the three years
of the association together of the pupil
and her master with u sort of RETROSPECT
tive sanctity. They had been altogether
the happiest years of Beatrix's life. The
professor had taught her something else
besides how to sing. Less by words than
by some tacit sympathetic influence he
had led her to perceive and mediate
upon the nobler and loftier aspects and
capacities of human nature. AS to his
share in her vocal culture and her own
proficiency he never had made any def
mite pronouncement; but on the morning
before his death he requested her to
sing for him the air from Handel's
oratorio Of "The Messiah"-"I know
that my Redeemer liveth." When she
had finished he said: "My child, you
have enabled me to thank God that my
voice was destroyed, and that my life
has been for so many years lonely dis
appointment. have had triumphs and
blessings that most men do not ever
know how to desire. A mighty sceptel
is in your hand, he went on, turning
his grave and gentle eyes upon her. 90
have helped to show you how to wieit
it. Power is very sweet, but it need
almost an angel not to use It harmfully
don't know what life may be befor'
you. my dear; but whatever it may be
trust that when you come to the end O
1t you will find as little cause to regre
having met me as have much cause t.
rejoice that have known you" Beatri,
hardly knew how to understand this a
the time, but afterward the words FIRE
quently revisited her memory, and ma,
have had some influence over her at crit
ical moments of her career
[To BE Continued