Arizona republican., 1902-09-06

unhappy in Paris as at home, and con -tinued to waste away, until her body was a mere skeleton and her mird found no interest in anything. They told her that unless she braced up she had very little time to live, but life had no further joy for her. and the sooner death came the Irore it would be vel comed.
 She was in this mood when friends led her to the opposition one afternoon, where she heard the American band rlayiEg the inspiring marches com- posed by its leader. There was some thing about the music that stimulated her mind and body: her interest was awakened at last, and from that after noon she was a constant attendant upon the Sousa concerts, and followed the band upon it's tour through Europe when its exposition contract was full filled. She recovered her strength rap idly. and is now practically a well wo- man. cured by Sousa's music.
 With her soul full of gratitude, there was nothing else for her to do but to feWrite her will and leave a large sum of money to Mir. Sousa. oi which he was duly notified by her solicitors in London. He took no notice of the let ter, supposing il to be from some crank. but after few months received another, containing. like the first d detailed account of the old lady's ill., ness and cure, and written under the impression that the first had !niscar- ried. Sousa had the matter looked up, and discovered that the writers were a very respectable firm of solicitors, SC he replied in appropriate terms. but de- clined to accept the legacy, requesting that the lady be notified in order that she might find cnother heir.
 This letter nad an entirely different effect than he expected, for the old Irish lady was so pleased with his American independence that she de- stroyed her will and made another, in which she made him her sole heir in stead of merely leaving him a part of her fortune The solicitors informed him that there was no way in which he could refuse the gift or evade the re- sponsibilitY- without having the money go L. the king of England, who was already amply provided for. Accord ing to an ancient British law his maj Csty gets all fortunes that go astray and all legacies that remain uncalled for. Surely, the good old lady entreat- ed, Mir. SOusa would not be so rude as to refuse the little gift which 1t did her so much good to give him.
 So Sousa finally gave in but wrote the solicitors to inform his would-be berefGctor in the plainest language, so that there could be no misunderstand- ing of the terms Under which he ac- cepted the money, that he should never use q siXpcnce of it for his own benefi, or for his family, but would regard it as a trust fund left in his charge, and would use the interest annually for the relief Of busted and broken down mu- sicians, who are as numerous as dere- licts in other professions and are con tinually appealing to Mir. Sousa and other successful men for assistance. The old lady wrote back that she was delighted with the plan; that she hon cred MT. Sousa all the more for his in- tentiCns, and that when he comes to England this winter they will meet somewhere and make d date and have d good time and talk over plan for making immediate use of the surplus income.
 MT. Sousa has no idea of the amount of the legacy. The solicitors have hint ed that it is considerable, but have giv- en no figures. He has arranged for an- other European tour and will be gone for year, commencing with December. He plays in England and the continent under the management of a London manager who has already deposited a large guarantee. He looks forward, with great pleasure to meeting the kind old soul to whom he unknowingly ad- miristered the music cure. and will be just as glad to see her whether the for tune is f1OO, ,O0O CT 20 shillings.-Chicago Record Herald.