Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-13

that night and Gavin's viO!in-"feedle,
he called it--fung out It's music wildly,
enthusiastically, and though the one
shutter and one door of the cabin We're
clos ed to keep out the chill night air,
the hilarious chords drew several Indians
to the entrance of wigwam a few rods
away. where they stood listening and
noddGng with grave approval, and Where
they We're presently Joined by a young
man with pa.e, de .icate face and narrow
shoulders.
Every night Gavins violin made music
in the depths of this north IN forest. but
It had been dreamy. plaintve, expostuia
tory sometimes imperiouS. as of an I'M
pr.soned soul questioning it's own i'm
prisonment ana demanding knowledge
OF the unknown. Never before had it
beer heard like this-bounding. soaring,
rapturous. 1t was Il waterfall breaking
into d thousand diamonds in the sun
hight, a jubilee Of birds at the dawnng
of a perfect June day, the exultation of
a soul breaking from its shackles. The
young man drew a. long breath.
Then, suddenly in the midst of a gal
looping alit gro. the music stopped abrupt
ly. Gavin had found even the delicate,
Quate TO the strange madness that was
bounding through his veins.
"Moder" he said. scarce recognizing
his own voice. as he laid the violin aside
and rose 10 his feet; what you think? 1t
be won erful eh-won erful?'
The old woman who was journeying be-
tween the table and fireplace. looked
into the eyes that We're gazing down at
her She never ceased to feel surpris.
That this grave. broad shouldered man
was her SON; and with the surprise was
ever a strange mingling Of tenderness
and reverence.
VA she acquiesced. placidly; lit be
'stonishin'. But who more right for
plenty of money den my Gavin? Always
It seem 10 me like dis" She carefully
placed her bread board in front of the
fire ana then rose and looked comfort
ably about. Always like This. it SEEM"
she corjnu IAN l make plan when 1t
Come. Dat wooden sink be take out,
an dose shelf dat be in de way; an in
de pace | tiXe big easy chair an a
something 10 ho' de feeble. Den we build
anudder room for de dishes an for things
we eat, AN we hab iron sink an doors to
hide de shelves: an dere shall be COW
to put in De barn an'-an maybe a horse.
Va it is nice 20 be reech.
The father was at rest and the BROTH
ers and sisters were grown up and scat
terel: and now had come this money
riches beyond his widest ina giningS
YES he would go out in the great world
and learn music, as he felt that it could
be earned. He would seek the best mas
tiers and give them handouts Of money to
show him. ana would study until he could
express al the beautiful things which
came to HIM, and which his fingers We're
now too ignorant to translate. The peo-
pie here thought he could already play,
but they did not know. He was only
poor trapper and lumberman. who had
picked up few things in the woods. II
he played, i. was the birds sang, or as
thhe winds chanted, or rthe brooks muir
INJURED. jus. as it came to him.
Eut it was wonderful the way the good
God was arranging things. What if he
had saved that plainly dressed man from
the flood, years ago even at the risk of
his l:fe? Il only what any decent
man would have DONE AND who would
have thought of him as turning out to
be ri h man, of his dying and leaving
his money the poor woodsman he had
known scarcely an hour? But 1t was So
The letter was from the lawyer, and It
said the money was there, subject to his
Ornv".
Well. he would go and arrange for it's
use in the morning. His mother should
not have the little room she was PLAN
ming for, but a brand new house, with
plenty of rooms, and she should not only
have COW and horse, but good car
riage to ride in. And he would build a
sawmll where all the neighbors could
mo w al "a
children could be educated, and every
boy and girl who wanted to be a musi-
clan should be sent to the best schools
the country afforded. And there was
that young man who had come into the
woods for his health, and who was living
with the Indians to learn their ways. He
would give him enough to finish his theo-
logical course and to begin the mission
arE work he was planning for. The
money must be put to the best use. 1t
had not come 10 him by accident. No.
no: it was from God. And then when
they We're all provided for, he would go
away and learn the things he had given
UP more than twenty years before.
A low knock aroused him. Crossing the
room, he swung back the door with a
''Come in adding cordially. as he saw
the dim figure more clearly, Eth. it's you
Mist Antony. Come in! Come in. Me
jes t'inkin' bout you."
The young man who was seeking health
in the woods came forward into the fire.
light.
Il have been listening to your music
Gavin" he said. warmly. 1T is wonder
full. have heard a great deal of play
ing. but none that seemed quite lilz.
yours
Gavin raised his hands deprecatingly
'Non. non he expostulated. "my pla!
be all pick up music. nOt'in. Me know
not one single-what you call thenl-nOt,
non" Then sudden illumination trans
figured his face. But me go way now
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