The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-01-06
MELODY
DIVINE
) By BELLE mANlA''
~ BELLE MANUALS
Copyright, 1874, by Belle -A


Edith Wilmot looked in'o ~ ha-
a.. whose soft glow lntehN~
o,oor cut features ana soi"
ayes 1t was the night OF Ut s.aaa
home after an enforced absences
80 civ wears, which time had fn u
voted to the care of an Invalid a.a
ciuoa hfs death had occurred, t",ears
sneero she had aimlessly travel anu
uis;tod until now she had deceu "
'nan Nor old home, so long close
op on Arnold Graves, organist I 81.
pau,,s md teacher of piano. herouhs
air,ish fancy had centered Its Jams.
rho tvo hours spent weekly uner nus
t,telage before she had gone oaa
had been very happy ones TO me- Sn
Md mot her teacher Of music soa'is,
and their friendship had bee ,as.
merging into a closer relauoh
eoto had interviewed in the shape I tue
FAMILY physician, who had ordere NE.
Ui,mot to Switzerland. where tue so-
1ourn had been prolonged beyond ielr
original plans, ua
Faith had carried on a spasnd'c
correspondence with Arnold ura1s'
but, owing to his sensitiveness, ner NJ
ural restraint and the lack OF prolh-
unity their relations had not change.
Constantly on her journey ZONE ~
co,ne the question to her mind wheter
he would find in the woman OF TWEEN
six what had seemed to please MIN 4
thn girl of twenty. She had written
him en- route and asked him 10 G.
that evening. He had done so, al
now, after his departure, she sat bero.
the fire musing on their meeting.
She had in these years neum
feared lest her girlish inexpcrience ha.
read him wrong and invested him wit,
qualities that lived only in her owl
fancy. She thought she would almos
prefer not TO meet him again than l.
suffer the loss Of her Illusions. Blu
now her broarlened nature and wide
experience found him TO be all she hal
thought him-and more. She knew, too
that her youthful feeling for him hat
quickly and suddenly become some
thing elSe-something that was stron
ger for its long duration. She neyel
had felt quite sure of the place she oc
cupied in his thoughts and feelings
but tonight she had seen a strange
light in his eyes when he looked a
her, Perchance the expression hat
been there in the days long ago anf
she had been too ignorant to translate
it.
She had pursued her musical studio:
\ while abroad. and Arnold had asked
her to come to his studio the mex
morning and play to him. She wen
at the appointed hour, and after play
ing a few selections there suddenly en-
tered a most beautiful young girl.
Miss Wilmot," introduced Graves
"let me present my ward and pupil
Miss Beth Forbes. want you to heal
her sing" he explained to Edith.
Then. turning to the girl, he asket
her to go Into the adjoining room ant
look for q certain aria.
He had written casually Of a distan
cousin who had been left to his guard
lanship. but she had supposed his war,
to be a mere child. Beth returned wit
the music. So charmingly did she rem
DER the aria that Edith felt her hear
going out to her, though with conflict
ing sensations. Riding home she sanl
ilstiessly back in the carriage with
throb of pain IN her heart, Sh
passed a most wretched day, full q
snaipened doubts. 1t seemed to no
that Beth lacked no charm and that n
man could withstand such loye|;nes,
Arnold's ruling passion was music an
ne must love the girl for her voic
alone. ~
She wondered if Beth cared for hin
she had seer nothing in the girls ma,
ner 10 indicate that she had anytbin
more thar an ordinary affection Of
pupil FOR her teacher, but Their she VIC
young, and her innocent heart no
pfooaOly not yet awakened, Ed,
round herself consumed with an !,
tense curiosity to know more ., !.
MODS young protegee. Yieldjns 10
sudden impulse, she sent Beth = NJ,
asking her to spend the follow;na a.
with her. 'ns ua
seth accepted eagerly, and. aatt.r,
~ navlng aroused the interest ~ .
o.utf' more accomplished woman :,
was responsive in the highest as .
to Edith's advances. oegr'
IN discussing a popu,ar nor
ualVely asserted that the woman I,
not love the man. "n q
What do you know ahont H.
BETH? demanded Edith N''u' loV
Nothing; only from LOOKING ~
mold says that when I sine w =
! tear passion to tatters , N ts Son
. nnt,, eau express the song Of the hao
uu nm ! have been in love" uee
s,na lucy say a pupil never learns
saug until she falls in love with !,
.eacher. Mr.. Graves has tonn WIN : .
, 10 sing, hasn't her" ''snt ,
Rnt les 1s ne understands voice tra,n,,
y never learn to sing love aaA
! do : 70 IAN in love With him frs,
) then no .. you think him so lmno ssS'
For NE, yes! Arnold