Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-02-04


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"A violin--playod by n master"
The bird Suddenly husbed, and At
once the strain abandoned the woods
note and took another motif. At first
II played softly in the higher notes. a
tinkling. lighisome little melody that
stirred n kindly surface SMILE over a
full heart. Then suddenly without
transition il dropped to the lower reg
lister und began TO sob and wall In the
full vibrating power Of n great pas
sion.
$na the meme Il troa ted WAS love.
At last the poignant ecstasy seemed
slowly. slowly to die. Fainter and
faintcr ebhr1 the music. Through II AS
through mis-; the solemn aloof forest
began to chow 10 the coueciclisness Of
the two. They sought each others eyes.
gently smiling The music was very
soft and dim and sad They leaned 20
each other. with SO their lips met;
the music ceased
Ard over behind the trees ont Of the
light and the iove and the beauty. 1T
=
bowed In uis arms Beside him lay hls
violin and beside that his bow. bfokrn.
He lal snapped il across his knee
That day be had beard Mt last the
heart song Of the violin and, u,tcrin,
Il lad bestowed love. But la lad That
q y lost What liz cared for most III AL
Gle world lis friend
IifNc pm Disappeared utterly, talk
iag vita him his violin. In, IcnviAg his
l1Hsan bow Thorpe mas il even to
th.> day Tho lumbprm'n cnusod
search aad inquiry on all sides. The
crippl" was mover heard Of again.
~ snw ror long ago" Eaid itilda to
TLo'pe "icrg. Tong ago, wien was
cute q yours Kirl. had been yi2't-
iNg in Detroit and WAS on N, wny en-
alone TO catch TN early n~ln. ion
stoyd Oh the corner iNinhius. tai. and
straight and brown, with a w"a Tier
beuton Old HAT and q weather b"atc1
chi cont aud weather beaten Old roc
,aSius. AID such Il lroAh. dear, IN
GaGutrd lock on your face. Lave re-
n.eiu'tred you ever sncc.'
And then be ted her Of thr race to
IT, ieul Office. whie her eyes grew
.tr and brighter with tn" epic
g. nlor If Ire STORY. She told him
that sic had loved him rom tlnt 10.
mrnt. and believed her t"liins, VIA.
he the UasenNmcuiai leader Of men,
persuaded himself ard her thet he hsd
always in sonc mysterious manner
carried her image prouhttically in his
hrG"t. So much fpr TIE love % It.
In th- laSt days Of the month Of do
light Thorn" received q second letter
from his partner, which 10 some extent
awokrntc him to the realities.
My dear Harry" ii ran, II have
mad, q startling. discovery. The Other
fel!o~ Is Morrison. bave been u blind
stupid dolt and AIN caught nicely. You
can't call M any more names than |
have already called myself. Morrison
has been in il from the start. By an &c
cidcnt learned he was behind the fci
low who induced NE TO invest, ard 1t :.
he who had been hsuimering toe stock
down eyer eincr. They couldn't lick
YOU ut your game. so they tackled Ire
at mine. In not III. man you are.
Harry. and Tvs made mess Of II. or
course thclr scheme Is plsln enough eIl
the facc Of IT, They're going to Involve
me so deeply tha, viii dag the firm
down with zee.
~ You CEN fix + tn Ineet tGosc notes,
they can't DO L. have ample luapRir
to cover any mere declines they TlAy Re
able to bring about. Don't let q out
tIat Just ~ sure as yea can ~. that
$4,000, just so sure We'll Do ahead ~
the game ct this tlIae ~. va. ror
heavens aske, get . move on yoI. old
! man. II you don't the firm II bust
because shr cun pay. ri bUst because
III have 60 let ny STOCK - Oh lnnrk a.
lt'li be AZ awfei slansh cut YOU !. &c!
there. 80 we nr9dnt worry. I've 0scn
an awful fool. .lI &c no rrh. to do
the getting into trouble and leave you
to the hard work Of getting out ugaiu
But as partner I'm going to insist on
your hCing Il salary" etc.
The nsws aroused all rhorpe'a mar
tal spirit. Now at last lilo mystery
surrounding Nrrrison h paly's unnnt-
ural coIpiaisance was riyen. 1t had
cone 10 grapples again. He was glad
of It. lie thrust the letter I, his pocket
and walked buovartly to the pines.
The two lovers snt there all the after
noon drinking in half sadly the Joy ri
the forest and OF being near each other
In week the canpln: party would be
breaking up. and Hidn must return &c
the city. II wa uncertain wher they
would he aule to see each other again.
Suddenly the girl brok. off aud pm,
her fingers 20 her lips. Tor soma tins
! dImly an intermittent and fainr sound
had hecl felt rather than actually
heard. like the irregular mu.;'cd heat
Ing of heart. Grad ''ly 1t had Insist
ed on the attention.
what is ~" she asked.
Thorpe listened Then his face liz
nightly with the Joy of battle
My axuen," he cried. They are
cutina the roao."
A faint call echoed. Then without
warning nearer at hand. and the sharp
ring OF an AK sounded through the for
est