The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-09
HER JOHNNIE MORGAN,

His name was not Johnnie Morgan; 1t was Antonio Pansado. But from that day almost a year ago when she first heard and saw him, very dlrty ana very pc turesque Italian violinist, tiddling hls way through the frightened purse strings and into the hearts of all who heard hlrn' she had christened him Johnnie Mor- gan. Almost year 1t was and to her the shortest year she had ever lived, for 1t seemed as If this Antonio had brought with him into her life the blue sky and sunshine of his own Italy,
 Miss Anna Gilbert was the teacher Of drawing and painting in the Girls Col lege at Madisonville, and was more be, loved than any teacher of the college had girls had given her, Saint Anna, was -ruly deserved, for so thickly did she SOW the seeds of goodness about her that had her harvest of thanks from poor struggling students been wheat 1t would have given her princess income.
 During her youth, for it must be con- fessed her youth was mostly behind her, she had worked and sacrificed for her parents until their death, and then she struggled for the education of her young CT brother and sister.
 One gray October morning on her way to work she had been struck by the eVi- dent genius of the young Italian, who was playing his violin on the street. AL ways attracted by music she stopped to listen and was struck by the combina- ton of poverty and genius in the hand some young fellow.
 He certainly was unusually handsome and he looked even younger than he was for his face possessed great sincerity and ingeneousness of expression. The soft dark eyes and olive skin were en- hanced by the exceeding thinneSS of the face and by the hungry look in the eyes-a hunger for spiritual and mental as well as physical food, which, shining from those dark eyes appealed directly and powerfully to this warm-hearted woman. Knowing of an opening in the college she O1liatlV tbn aud fha opportunity together. with the result that the Italian, within month, was giving lessons tp class. And the class grew immediately from three to thirteen.
 To his patrons ess he owed all. and nev- CT did he cease 10 pour out to her his gratitude. He treated her with the gres test reverence and when walking home with her or meeting her coming to her duties he would hold open the gate or raise his hat as if she were a princess Then she got into the habit of asking him to come in when he walked home with her and of making a. cup of tea seemed cosy and pleasant to them both and mad made his thanks overflow to ''Mees Anna" She discovered that he was saving almost all his earnings to- ward a sum which would enable him to bring over his old father and mother. He poured out his music to Miss Gill bert. as he did his troubles, with those lesson" And to all his plans and trou- bIes she listened with sympathy. as she always had done to any of the students in whom she was taking special inter est. But sympathy and frendliness ir woman's heart toward man, when the man is young, handsome and manly Is going to grow into love as surely as the acorn which Dame Nature also planted is going to grow into an oak
 One June day after he had walked home with her she sat in her room ano with many blushes faced it-taced thii