The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-01-01


he who astonishcd the world with the
perfection of his work, and who has not
since been approached in skill, though
the moierns excel in so many things?
The victims Of to-day, pert and foppish
in lustrous varnish and glossy as mir
rors are not valued as we are nor can
they approach lis in interpreting these
other masters to whose grand compost
tons and soaring thoughts we violins
give vitality and voice.
Beginning my active career In Italy,
have outlived many owners. but now
repose in glass front cabinet in Chica-
go. 1t was at first in n very humble
home, about the only thing of real value
the home possessed except my mistress
and owner, swect-faced, sweet-voiced
Inez Marylatti. You should see her and
know her as l do to properly estimats
her worth
OF Italian descent, small but shapcly.
with cheeks Of the swarthy red and
brown. which is my complexion too,
ewes of deeper brown through which
her soul gazes. teeth of polished pear,
hair blue-black like n ravens glossy
pl0mage, her cheap dress did not sue
coed in ohscuring her beauty or the
sharelness Of the little form which hal
The easy movements of n queen half dis
guised in bcggar' sgarb. When she laid
her cheek against mine. and charmed
ne into the proper mood until our
voices melted into one, you would have
understood in an instant how much ]
loved her and why
All know that have a voice which
is a marvel, but it is shy like all real
talent, and responds only to the Muster
~ touch it loves, knows and under
stands. Incz had voice as clear and
clean as that of bird, bell like in ring
ing tone, full OF lights and shadows
which broke forth in song, sometimes
capering mcrrily as insects do in the
sunlight, son times ripping with tune
full laughter like that OF mountain
brook, sometimes vibrating with deep
emotion, sometimes sobbing with
unshed tears. AndI? laughed, cried,
rejoiced. walled, or broke into cata-
racts of jubilant praise In touch and
tune with her. Our hearts and voices
were twins What wonder that they
rioted in joy or sobbed insympathy TO-
gether?
lnez was poor. and lived in a locality
where haggard sights and sounds were
but too common; but evil did not mai
this soul of noble inspiration and in
stinct. You may splash mud upon
diamond or dust upon the opal, but yor
cannot reach with IL the flame in The
hon ~ A.. n,
ing iridcscent light Of the other
Stains do not penetrate to the innel
altar upon which burns the sacred
flame of the really valuable gem.
And Incz had n lover, q brown-eyet
youth as poor rs hcsself and as deeply
devoted TO the spirit of song. He, too
played the violin, though not as sh'
did, nor did he, like her, inherit, as thu
only costly gift from an otherwise poo
grandfather, an heirloom like myself
lie lad been true friend to the often
times almost friendless girl, who, since
the death Of her old grandmother no
iong before this story opens, had Otter
needed protection, solace and advice
thlnk their souls first mingled II
music. and ran together as do tw,
sucamlets which join hands to trave
'ogether to the vast and boundlcs
ooan. We are all travellers to eternity
! s'rengthens two clear streams b
o'l.e their currents until they Great
fNer large enough 20 mirror tn
"nole earthw~rd side At heaven, In
..ead OF small fragments thereof. vim
'e souls but lenses, rejecting al di sfcr
"s anglia trua or falsA the light q