New-York tribune., 1903-03-12


That was all very sH n ''s ~ry nm rgoro.6ry
after every practice, il grew Too muCn TO D. - :r
When the crucial moment appF9tchsd tne sinsTnff s-f
would talk hard 20 each other dreadj9s ta. S9L,n 9
OF Abednego's voice. and would nurrsuE ,,6sdragn
never failed to overtake a Iuckless group IF them
" hG fb s TbT 70 %oud look at eb other
the utmost misery and would Sf GYMS Le' 20 ~
dismal SOUNDS marked down IN AbsdhcSo : pa apeL'
the most depressed looking LOT OF Sns'rs t W. ,d
nego with wonderful patience and good humGr
Human nature, 1t seems 70 ne IS a sentr ,,ra ~
ngs than in the selfish stress Of town 1te james
peTturbation wien he thought of Abednego and a
troubled look would dwell on ms uSHaiiy g[H1 g+Ie1
access Of fortitude and resolution in the fac ~
SONS some EreSs @ PfrlAS F m rel Inn lis getJin past all
bearin' Still James could never summon tne @ coi, u,
age to 'be unkind' to Abednego. and tne i GL,>S {"
the next practice would find him sitting meskE % ana
miserably among the other singers with ms eEtS
fixed slip Of paper. and AnednsGO o~atlnE time
stand up and beat time. Indeed. about this peTlou
he became SO "aten up win prIe aljI frv nad
Tbbs conduetor OF the choir and beat time but took
in the middle of their singing ana nIl mem I'm re
mence over ~galn exactly as '''uN" IT. WIZ
portance brought matters to crisis al last Try
ing over the chords of new composition ono DAY
came to him which caused him ris. from the
Instrument and walk 10 and fro in excitement,
Sunday service? Why shouldn't they: Iney t SSFe
good and better than many OF NOS % ri Slup,'i
old fashioned melodies which were sung At prr@el,t-
Here Vas - @ e5n9 Of 'qfs lh familiar hymns and they
should sing it on Sund4y rEenS- 4irTSGS @ VI M
nouncing the hymn the minister dilghter PIN In
rising to their feet and joining WITH tle EI,E pr
the grandest strains, and NJ A.rl'5, ,i n,
fun view OF the greater p"rtl"E "t ~ I5 ~
and conducting as they sang 3T e ~ "t5i 5irrs,I
their own work Ills bosom <welsd as hr 5h'ls9i f3
snbiTfon al oIf WogId b. SATISFIED With nothing "~s
They must sing one ~ ms tui''S d' " ''''' "
Then arose a Inn of great perTI.ylJy and dis, dis,
one of his tunes surg in <"rvi.r Fu,. cool a~~lr-
OF the propos took th,rr nm 6rT, syon w. Oh
they could not Hnd WHTIS L-L VIZ L,i 80 enough
he must Dc told straight ih"N ,hd' u, udd -. s.|.
1 , Nth fn,iIxT:,tiou declared lanes TlhhS
tell him erraighf ard Itur !'ns DOS ~ .t+ r.
minister teII him. and tn mil,l~Lr .as4s,S 1,
~ tbe ror,iiIrt,T u urdarrak" th., rs~k: and the
result ;at IN" rl4S. OF inT snnne ,''
grour of Others. trying ADetnrg".s - md Er.at
f5s f5sr1 Iur1, NOR o' parkiIy than EVER.
Then the choir. driven L" ds~psrttI"n. 7'.!d a
rpoms what might. they would r"r -rug Ahsf-
ntsof "f ,bs tune rbnrcb iamss thin, .vyd signs of
being inclined :" wayer and T. ~ nay 1rrn Tn'
and and announced their res"Ive lhs"rt themselves
In s body Dtriy rs{ff[ 5ik 5n If No. % nt% roil.
OF paper. and when h" lost his n-iI . rar as 70
pubic it proved IT,. last straw. ['nl- what might
they would sing his tun"- api "r thAt position
they stood nrn-
aIizs,T that there silent though determines
resistauce 10 his ambition. and IU great nun ne
STAYED away from the next Ildrti''- men uh-
niea esnn.ss aros4 i'm the church. for honest Lem
mol up All. dUeSOS Tau>F with aTdnr. ana
went about asking eyerybody- Why don't they
his +pon It's A rare good t"0n- and reckon its
a sing it Inc next >'lihaN Ao|H-
nego, LernueI and Hannah wern all absent from
their accustomed seats IN rndp~t a a tornla sign
OF their resentment. and IL short there IS nc
Knowing what things would have come 70 had
not rhr unexpected happeu-d-
no badne0o.s career as a composer short
nirped In the bud. 10 sprak-and that by
woman. Abednego. YOU must IndersLano. vas vas
maid at the Court Farm, which means that they
walked across the fields together. with preternatu-
raI lily solemn bearing. OnCr week Now Ann was
a clear headed. sensible woman ana when Aoed-
negO opened his heart her the subiscr OF his
grievance she turned upon him suddenly and said
with awful distinCtness:
Look here. AoednegO. You are hldklhR sihy
Of yourself
growing red as a turkey cock 80.
Don't answer me- repli"'! Ann Sharply les
listen here! Ef you do any more cuTpOSln. as
you call it. OF them awful things. III never speak
10 YOU agen
Poor Abednego could hardly believe his
His heart fell and his mortifiCatiOn such that
there loud singing In his head
'Eh? What" he stammered piteouSly You
"a Abednego they are simply awful. and there
end OF IL. replied Ann with unconnproIrstng
bluntness They're more like lot Of tarmyard
noises than tune, A man what sets tsselr VI 70
do what he's got gift for all IS maxim silly
Of 'isself. and a what makes a silly or iSseH
AbedneEo went home broken and dtsptrttsd
since that evening he has disappeared
from among she list Of his country : cr'n-s'sarS
CThe CULVER.