Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-22

From the window where the singer sat
s''very laugh fioated out The win.
dow closed. and the voice ACCOMPANIED
nis music no more that night.
Next day at the office he stole MANY
furtlve glances at Miss Dumont and
tried to decide whether he was in love
with her or with the voice he had
heard the night before. Already he
was beginning to think of it as The
Voice, mentally capitalizing the words.
Before the day was over he decided
that he was in love with Helen Du-
mont. The graceful turn of her head
and the purity Of expression in her big
Drown eyes seemed to him worth all
the voices in the world. But in the
evening The Voice again accompanied
his violin playing, and for an hour he
was near to forgetting Miss Dumont.
Ihls went on all through the spring,
and Herman began to lose flesh under
the strain of trying to decide whether
he was in love with a beautiful girl
or beautiful voice. Time and again
he wrestled unavailingly with the shy
ness which prevented him from get
ting better acquainted with Helen Du-
mont. He often met her on his way
home In the evening and knew that
she lived somewhere close, but he
could never quite get his courage I'D
to the point OF asking permission to
cah OIL her.
Then he made up his mind that he
would see the owner of The Voice. He
knew that she lived in the house next
to the place where he boarded, but q
projecting bay window cut off the
view Of this house from his window.
and he had no way Of knowing what
room the owner Of The Voice occupied
One evening in June he made his
opportunity. At the end Of a waltz
/. song which he had been playing he
softly laid down his violin and stepped
on to the next fire escape balcony. He
was long armed and athletic, SO II
was with little difficulty that he work
ed his way along from one fire escape
to another until he had rounded the
point Of the bay window. The bright
moonlight made him easily visible on
the fire escape, and he knew that he
stood an excellent chance of being
shot for burglar, but physical danger
was not half so terrifying as the pros
pect OF continuing longer with his love
divided between voice and woman.
AS lie reached the point of the bay
window he peeped cautiously around
it. He saw girl leaning out Of a win
dow, snd he instantly darted back. The
girl was Helen Dumont. He had not
he hoped she had not seen him. He re.
solved to wait where he was until the
girl with The Voice should come back
to her window. He had to wait only q
few moments before he heard The Voice
humming the refrain Of the waltz song
which ha had been playing few min
utes before. Again peeping cautiously
around the wall. he again saw only
Helen pumOnt. She saw him and
laughel that sweet, silvery laugh h'
had heard before.
1t struck him suddenly and very
forcibN that he was fool, a big Ger
man. musical, sentimental fool. TIL,
owner OF the voice was Helen DumOnt
Therefore he must be twice as much IL
love with Helen as he had thought 1
possible to love a woman. Very quiet
.ly he made his way back to his owl
balcony and picked up his violin again
II, stupid fool that he was, he cOult
not speak for himself, he could max
his Instrument speak for him. Thu
Voice was silent, but he did not care
He knew that she must understand
AS a hnale he played a composition O
his own only In time to escape epithet
hurled at him from half a dozen near
by hOuses.
And once having told his love wit
the violin, he had less difficulty tha
he anticipated when he called on he
en- Dumont the following evening an
proposed in due form.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Muller hve 1
one Of New York's prettiest suburbs, 1
cottage where violin music and sing
ing can disturb no neighbors. The Wit
is just as happy as woman can b
who takes vast pride in her husband
talent and stupidity. She is eve
, prouder of his stupidity than Of h
, talent Herman-well, he has neve
got over falling in love with his vii
, twice, a thing possible only to stupit
ity like this.