The Newark journal., 1904-07-01

tualfW cr1ngIng, ike dog, unsFF-
faih u IsetherTf is to receive lsek
or ascafess, and spinelli was cls al
X the cause osit, He wss adv;EF
ing toward a,er across the room
with devilish leer on his face.
@Hah r'zhe said in a harsh, graf
ing; voice that made Wendall
vince, $50 fthd beautiful Mile.
Jacques have, come to hear ffe
great Spinelli make music on Ais
.vioIin::"i : = =
".Yestn replied. Lita, as if wiqh a
great effort. Il could pot resist"
! spifrelli made ON. of his ex
traordiparK eontortions.
so! Was it the divine music or
spfneli1 himself that you wished
forw = -. Is
Without answering the impefIi-
nent thgsfst;, but without apparent
" resenting ii, Miss Jacques pre-
scented the musician to the young
American, and Spinelli again
leered and bowed with the ease
and grace of an automaton.
"4ou, too, have come he said,
':to. hear the god,like sounds from
my four leetIe strings"
: 'sYes, I'd like to hearyou tear off
Il few bars of hot harmony re
piled Dick. in his calm, matter of
fact way and in his peculiarly New
York fashioh7of expression.
Hot harmony! Bahw cried
the Italian, failing into a passion
Of rage and grimacing horribly.
You Americans are so impohte.
I DO not tear Off music. / play; |
nrake mem and. women weep;
l make sounds that people hear
in Heaven and women die for love
ofshearihg. me;a
He HUNG off into the crowd ina
white heat of wrath, leaving Dick
greatly relieved at his departure
and mildly surprised at his emo,
ton. But Miss JACQUES gave his
thoughts another turn. Indeed,
she gave him.the &eaIest surpsise
of ais life hs Ten,a ing in dull,
level, conversational tones: -
. I've promised to marry tina
awfil creature"
. Dick almost adissraeed hiisdae
MISUNDERSTANDING ;tloudS@
Yes, shecontinued. ''Father's
game. TO the PhilipPines-ana-sea'r re
the enfy MANI know here you
may b64a BILE 70 helPsmdss aads |
miglrs IS welftelf gou7aH aboutIit,
if!!yor dop't mind. - III
,~'Isie1s was inariirt1lanaiH asshr-
gir1ftLat he didrhot IN ind
and She Went on Wifi her storyin
an expressionless voice as if relat-
ing events totally unconnected
with. herself .ia=f e -. stAs:
III Met Spinelli six months ago,
after his first New York concert.
From the first he exercised an al
most hypnotic influence over me. |
kney'from the Paris papers that he
wasa nameldss guttersnipe picked
Up id theH Sums Of Romt-bt .an
Italian maestroand trained till his
genius made himthe worlds great
est violinist. / also know of. the
excuses of his private
life. He deserted his wife years
they say she was an Amer
lean, and hef son changed hishamc
and wastlbrought nj, in this
Spineifi is As. yearstofd,
with a heart like granite, and with
no restraining impulse in his pit
less disposition. At the piedrich
he fixed me with those
awfnr 'feerihg EYES of His anatdld
me. that / mus tfmafryi hfnit /
promisedI would, and less seine
one: steps in and prevents. I'm go
ing TO do.it." s.ss xq,fs-
\ wailing chord from'fa sielin
made Dick jump. and, prevented
gseply to. ibis astonishing, reyela-
tiop. The. great Spinelli had com
menced toplayand everything else
must CEASE for those Within ear.
shot of his bow. No sooner had
the first notes -feverberated