The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
AN ARROW
AND A SONG.
Basil HetherinCton Sent Forth
His Verses, and one Day They
Came Back TO Him.

cn"neeu '""' "' N'-'.' " SUI ."
was Ei'ISa Grey II you want '' KNOW
and he addressed all Of ns poems 70 her.
He wrote about the dawn and told her
she was like that to him, and he wrote
about storm and midnight and said these
things were like lis drrary heart. He
celebrated her eyes. and her golden hair,
and her little feet. and the meadow
through which she walked. and her voice
singing in church. He looked ana lougcd
for some a,kuoy.l odgm,rt or tlr,. verses,
which seemed To- him quite the most sin
cere ana moving Of any that ever were
written. But none came. EloiSu went
her ways with only casual notice Of him.
And the first thing either Of them know
the days Of childhood ana poetry had
passed the meadows across which She
had walked To- school were built up with
houses, Basil IIrtherington had gone o.
n larger and dirticr city. and EloiSa went
away to the far cast and later To Europe
to study music.
Now though no one had thought much
about it in the old town. it was a fact
that size had am unusual musical talent.
1t was creative and original 1t some
times Tccmel go her Sis II She thought
only Of music. and every sound She heard
resolved itself into Imrt Of a harmony
for her-thc whistliug of mn engine. thn
hiSsina of steam. the beat of h,uf~ pn the
pavement, tho roar of tn" town. tAr pur
of s@i.t through tho waiter. 500 We're a
part Of natures symphony SHE wla had
sccmef to herself $50 simple and childish a
little time ago became complex. She
wondered 40 hcr own impulses. amid the
genius within her dominated Eyr and set
her to work whom 81. would tan EaNo
bcen ale. II compelled Aur tp llII-h
pleasures for The sake ui .'r #-,. She
set aside friendships lhat size might not
be tempted N'1 ua.Guro. ~, vi lor
care free life was dining ul '.o past.
Great thoughts 'uI impulses. i| .1iHt 10
abide in her and 10 .uuf..' a.. ..a. II.r
eyes were Opened to aH .I.. ZION 90.
the achicycn .ut> oi 1." gt-.,.-- .\I
that was daaNstl. W ..r e.. -.. ..V'
affirmed was dead or d t.. we'd
for the sake IL her art. iH ,Er.#s> u
lofty terms the inspiration ul her so.l
she felt 20 De- her destiny.
So by working early and latte il came
about that her gonia Was MHuu-o8, -ot
to pace II WAS E"I.., .U...ut. swift
and strong. And EI5i-a Grey. wao bad
a name which you would al know ID 10
were to be told You. was famous woe.
man. Good critics pronounced Lur y.rk
original, beautiful aud Of haunting char
acteristicS. They said few women COM
posers had ever got So at the root II
harmony; they talked about her must
cianly knowledge; they said she was
humble student of the masters that She
observed the traditions yet triumphcd
over her knowledge and made ii her own
and set the seal Of personality upon all
she did.
Having done all this, She fell to sigh
ing and wondered if it was worth while.
Inc laws of harmony, she reflected. were
existent from the beginning. Any one
could 9-sJoyer them; any one could make
peculiar arrangements of musical notes,
devise new themes, perceive that some
musical ideas stood for one set of emo
tons, others for other emotions. And
after it was all done where was the JOY
of it? She went to dreaming. i'm
memorial. little town on the Mediter-
ranean and moped, not caring much for
herself. thinking mighty little of fame.
alenated from the life of her girlhood
and feeling most bitterly alone.
AT the same time a young merchant in
hardware back in a dirty and boisterous
Town was rejecting that life was absurd.
To toll for the sake Of mere toll to
sleep for the sake of waking and to wake
for the sake of more sleeping by and by,
appeared to him to be dull game Get
ting along in business had appeared to
him to be difficult at the beginning,
though the business had not been at all
of his liking But somehow he had sue
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