Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-23
MARBURG'S BIG HAND.

The most remarkable thing mat
know Of Julian Marburg's personality
IL his hands. They are exceptionally
strong hands. And then there arc ih
ferences In muscular development pe.
tween the right and the left hanos ul
most people which are not TO be sen
In Marburgs: that In 10 say the RAM
hand usually has bumps and knots OF
the knuckiog. and In certain paris OF the
palms. which are not to be- found 100 tne
left. From which 1t may be inforfci' "i
course. that Marburg has exercised nla
loft hand nv much as his right anu tne
inference a. IN accordance WIN ,he
facts. for the man has been practlcinh
on pipe organs since De was " years
old. ,-
This man with the remarkable
hands was with me one day ih autumn
walking along the sunny SIDE 90 hiual-
way, talking Of nothing IN patt,y,u,,,,.
and little " that. when Dc fudI NY
seemed 10 notice come one uut NJ the
scores Of men aud women Walking
ahead Of uF. ,..
ny Jovc." said Mafburg. there's
nm old friend of mine" Ana he rhu'h
led. Il wonder u be- would BE- Flnu 70
see me again. It's that tall man WIN
the military back. going ON ahead OF ~
with the young woman beside him 10
lice the strictly military style o. thc
parting at tho back u The hcadf Ihats
German "
us he German" asked.
'Sufc. You don't see that style OF
spick-nnd.Hpnn ofiiccr anywhere but ~
Germany. 40 little tin gods for Ger.
many: thousands Of little wcll.drllled
wooden gods In their order. shnW
tell you what Kind ~ face looks out
on the front eide N that plug bat, be-
tween II and the front Of that niand'up
collarT'
Can your"
"Can ~ IT'S an important face,
with an important mousiachc that u
takes money 60 keep In order aud curl
It's q ruay, wcll.nouriahcd. h'Fh.WeU.
born face. You SILL have look ~ y
presently, aud Hcc'. I'm not right Ana,
say. Tommy. no We pass. Just see how
ran make him jump and forgct hls dig-
nifty with just three words"
have not faid. remember that
MarburR'a hands were the only remark.
able thing about him. lie ~ a man
who II always surprising me. Ana yet
! was not looking out FOR n surprise nt
this time. I expected only that he
would Htnrilc the German uiilcer with
some familiar name that should have
associations ~ long agn ana far away,
for. Of course. know that my musical
friend had spent many ycnrH studying
and roaming ON the continent Of Eu-
rope.
"sltx ditch. rchwelnhund." were the
;hruc words that MarburF spoke Just a.
We passed this extremely well "act-up"
foreigner and his fair companion.
II II no oNagRcfntion 10 ray that
the German Hpfang from the pavement
as N n needle had suddenly run Into the
sole u his foot. His hat fell off. and
for one moment he was 20 utterly dis.
composed M 10 forget to pick Il up-all
TO the serious embarrassment OF the
lady with whom he was walking.
MarburE Just glanced over his
shoulder at tho horn" NJ he
passed. I too looked and recognized n
face that MarburE'H description nttcd
very we'll We passed IN, nnd-i sup
pose-the foreigner made his cxpana-
ton to the lady he was with.
Aren't you ashamed Go place a lady
In such an embarrassing positionT' !
said.
NO, a bit" faid MarburE. upper
tnrbcd. "iIo doesn't mind placing la
dies In embarrassing positions" And
he laughed 60 himself.
''whof The foreign gentleman"
''rhc foreign cad. The hiEh-weli-
born. III tell you about ".
DO YOU know what I raid aH
passed himl oh. you don't understand
German. That means. 'Sit thee, pig
dog II reminded him 81 something
that happened fiy- years ago, I was In
n compartment 81 n train whore had
slept all night. coming from iaytouth.
was tired out with three whole days
Of Wagner, and there was no sleeper on
the train. When awokr. ! saw very
pretty girl sitting In the opposite corner
OF my compartment. Shc was dressed
In black. shc had got In at some sta
ton We had passed while I had been
asleep.
"Now. 7 could see that this Flrl was
not German nor French. From her
independent manner. ana nt the same
time travelling alone. n was plain that
she must DO American, OF at least. Eng
liah.
'she didn't seem 90 notice me at an
worth mentioning. There was nothing
OF me that she could See. except my
nose and eyes. for was wrapped IN a
travelling rug ana had smoking cap
pulled over my forehead. And as she
took no notice of me, 1 took no notice
Of her, ana doxed OF again.
Then came tho gallant oficcr. In
uniform. with his rpura and his sword.
lie got IN at the next station. l don't
know what the name Of II was. Ito
went and sat directly opposite this gifi.
and l made No my mind that 1 had
slept long enough.
"rhe gallant officer began by pull
Ing and tormonting his mustache. and
all the time his eyes were fixed on the
girl In two minui"H | could Hrr that
she was getting nervous. In two min
ntea morr she was seriously frightened.
Then the officer grlnned and spoke 10
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