The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-07-19
ECCENTRIC REMENYI.
..e FAMOUS WOLINlST USED TO
HIDE FOR YEARS AT a TIME.

q ..,ius Told q Little Girl After One
a Ills Periodical Netircmcnts
cam the Haunts of Men.
a .iouard Remenyi, the famous violin
Il wos an eccentric genius in more
rrs ,lian one. and many odd stories
u ,ol,l of his peculiarities. He was
Il .ssiola,ciy fond of children and
8 ,nll give to them many hours at
.'r,cs when he might have employed
q ,uscl TO greater profit. One of the
q ru,ricitics of his nature was to lose
a ,nself about once so often, and when
Il -, world had concluded that he was
Il ,.,l from shipwreck or had been eat
4 hv cannibals lie would reappcar
4 !, rha,l.cd. smiling. tiddling. 1t was
s.cr the story had been current for
.,-c. years that he and his ship had
4 !. !, down one stormy night Off the
4 ,slralian coast that lie came back to
,-,rric:l and visited old Chicago
t,cnlS, among them the very dear
4 :. IS that lie held ut the Virginia hotel
n this circle Of friends was little
ri who had grieved over the suppos-
/ :. drowning OF the fiddler because he
d once played for her. When he re-
,-yned. she was delighted, and Mt their
-,-st meeting she begged of Remenyi
,at lie tell her OF his adventures
mere !.e had been, what l.e Ind suf-
t.,cd and how he had escaped. This
!. the story that he told her:
Ny little friend" he said, II was
,pt Sllii,wrecked. I was standing OH
.,e dcrl. of my ship with my dear fid-
H.. under my arm-you know always
Erp it there, even when I slcep-and
@ wind came UP, and l was blown
o.. Tic ship into the air. thought 1
WIS going to drop into the ocean and
M,,l.lI thereafter have to fiddle for the
,.llcS. but the wind was so strong that
vas carried right along until came
o,cr Wirrawilla land. You don't know
vncrc that is. but 1 will tell you that
i is in Australia, and my ship was off
~ coast of the island when l was TAX
y. by the wind. Over WirrawillG land
. vent in n great hurry. still hugging
i 'iddlc and thinking of you and the
i friends who would wonder what
;. anne Of me. blew past Arundel
,,.in and the Turret mountains and
rnc into great place of mountains
81 desert.
The wind suddenly stopped, but not
St quick but what I came gently down
io earth right among q lot of people
N..o were black and who were SO tall
lat could scarcely see their faces
WIEN l looked up. They did not un-
dsrstand my language. although
sT"kc TO them in every tongue knew,
bit when took UP my fiddle and
dew the bow across the strings they
ali smiled. I thought would try the
Miller Of the Dec on them, so gave
1l.cm few bars, and they were quite
,ichlcd. was quite sure they would
ne kill me or eat me up. Anyway
s-.ii Il little, old. bald headed man rs
s'i would not make good eating. They
nadc signs to me, and followed them
w into the mountains until we came
IL a high place on which there was a
1!:onc. and on this throne sat black
:ran. who. afterward learned. was IS
fe''t and 10 Inches in height.
by the side Of this man STOOD q fid.
d, which was ten feet high and which
a;'l bow nine feet ind eight inch
6 long. The strings on this fiddle
were as thick as your wrist, and the
':dgc was made of pure ivory--so
lEre that the sunlight came through 1t
n all colors. The big fellow sitting on
nc throne -Tas king, and I was plac-
81 before him. We could not talk to
fa III other, but he .motloned that
s:"'lld play Oh my fiddle, and did the
hcst knew how. Never did any one
ricr hear me play SO sweetly or so
wHl. was very proud OF my playing.
ahl YOU know I have right to think
':at am the best fiddler even that,
yea ever heard. When had done. the
Ms king said nothing. but he got out
oi his throne and, STOPPING down, pick
co me up and put me In it. Then he
iscIcd up his bow and struck a chord
Oh his fiddle--the great fiddle SO mon.
siFous that its like exists nowhere else.
All, thought could fiddle! But
'.at fellow. He made the mountains
fcmble. the clouds stopped moving.
'h@ sun wiggled in its course, animals
made no noise, and all the land was
A''ed with music. When he touched
so,iiy. you could hear the summer rain
.ai'ins on the leaves. smell the flowers
N the forest. hear brooks laugh. feel
'.c gentle wind. He was monstrous
Payer. and |. Rcmcnyi. knew that
VS. not a fiddlcr-not as he.
Well. he kept me there 3 years and
: lays, and we came 10 understand
zen other. md II he didn't enioy nv
adding did his'and learned many III
lic tricks. which hive brought back
w'h me and which you shall see In
'ime. When left him, told him TINT
would COME back some day. and
VIII. but not for many years, fear.
''any years. But such fiddle ma bc
.ad and such bow and such music.
III glad the rest OF the world does not
how of him. dear, else they womb
-pvcr care to hear mo fiddle again."
Is 1t true?" asked tile little girl. hcr
'cs almost popping ont OF her head.
Just as true" said Isemcnyi .sos
'at i was shipwrecked, eaten m
'7rned at the stake or huns."-Chica.
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