Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-09-08
ECCENTRIC REMENYI.
TIE FAMOUS WOuNlsT USED TO
HIDE FOR YEARS At = TINE.

The Delightful Fairy story That the
GS-nIus Told "a Little GiEl AFTER One
OF His Periodical achievements
From the HaunIs of Men.
Tdnuar,l Ermcuyi. the famous violin
st. was an ,,4rnlric genius 10 more
wars than one. ami many o1t stories
are told oT hi- perui.arilivS. lie VAS
pass.oua'yly fond u children and
would give 90 them many hours M
time, when hr ui-At nav" employed
himself e. greater profit un" 81 thS
cc.rutrlclllrS of his nature WAS tu lose
himself about uI..r v1-sicu. end when
tie world lad ruu lu3rj That hr was
dead from sa.pwrc"k or hai been eat
IN ly cauu.balS hc would rr"ppcar,
unchanged. smiling. iid!l.uE. II was
after The story had been current for
three years that he and his ship had
gone down one storay night OF the
Australian coast that h" came back u
America and visited old Chicago
friends. among them the very dear
ones that lac held al the Virginia hotel.
In This circle of friends WAS a little
girl who had gricvcd over the suppos-
ed drowning of the fiddler because he
had once played for her. When he re-
turned. she was delighted. and NJ their
first meeting she begged of Rcmeuyi
that he tell her of his adventures,
where he had been. what he had Suf-
fcrcd and how he had escaped. This
is the story that he told her:
"NIv little friend" he said. Il was
not shipwreckcd. | was standing on
the deck of NY ship with my dear iid-
die under my arm-you know always
keep it there. even when | slecp-and
big wind came up. and | was blown
off the ship into tn" air. | thought |
was going to drop into the ocean and
would thereafter have to fiddle for the
fishes. but the wind was So strong that
was carried right along until came
over W!rrlwil!a land You don't know
where that is, but | will tell You that
it is in Australia, and my ship was off
the coast of the island when l was tax.
en- hy the wind. over Wirrawilla land
I went in great hurry, still hugsing
my fiddle and thinking Of you and the
many friends who would wonder what
became Of me. blew past Arundel
plain and the Turret mountains and
came into great place Of mountains
and desert.
The wind suddenly stopped, but not
so quick but what | came gently down
to earth right among lot of people
who were black and who were so tall
that | could scarcely see their faces
when I looked up. They did not I'M
derStand my language, although
spoke to them in every tongue knew.
but when | took up my fiddle and
drew the bow across the strings they
all smiled. | thought | would try the
Miller of the Dee on them, so | gave
them a few bars, and they were quite
tickled. | was quite sure they would
not kill me or eat me up. Anyway
such a little. old, bald headed man as
am would not make good eating. They
made signs to me. and followed them
up into the mountains until we came
to a high place on which there was a
throne, and on this throne sat a black
man, who, l afterward learned, was Is
feet and 10 inches in height.
"By the side of this man stood fid
die which was ten feet high and whcl
had a bow nine feet and eight inch
es long. The strings on this fiddle
were as thick as your wrist, and the
bridge was made of pure ivOry-SC
pure that the sunlight came through +
in all colors. Tho big fellow sitting OF
ed before him. We could not talk t
each other, but he mOtioned that
should play on my fiddle, and did tn,
best | knew how. Never did any Ont
ever hear me play 50 sweetly or 81
well. l was very proud of my playing
and you know have right TO thnl
that | am the best fiddler even tina
You ever heard. When | had done. til,
big king said nothing. but he rot on
Of his throne and, STOPPING down. pick
cd me up and put me in it. Then h
picked up his bow and struck Il chOrt
on his 1iddlc-the great fiddle so mon
strous that its like exists nowhere else
"Ah, | thouGht-I coflld tiddle Blu
that fellow. lie made the mountain
tremblc, the clouds stopped moving
the sun wiggled in its course, animal
made no noise, and all the land wa
filled with music. When he touche
softly, YOU could hear the summer raj
falling on the leaves, smell the flower
i'll the forest, hear brooks laugh, fec
the gentle wind He was mOnstrOu
player, and |, Remenyi, knew that
was not tlddler--uot as he.
"Well, he kept me there 3 years an
z days and we came to uuderstan
each other, and If he didn't enjoy m
liddling | did his and learned many Iii
tie tricks, whichI have brought bac
with me and which YOU shall see i
time. When l left him, | told him tina
l would come back some day, and
Will, but not for many years, l feal
many years. But such fiddle as h
had and such a bow and such musi,
I'm glad the rest of the world does no
know of him, dear else they woul
never care to hear Inc fiddle again"
rs 1t true| asked the little girl, he
eyes almost popping out of her head
Just as true" said Remenyi. "a
that was shipwrecked eaten III
burned at the stake or hung."-Chic.
60 Times Herald.
Jane Wouldn't Stand It.
Before mnrriaGn she WAS q schnn