The Washington times., 1906-11-11

he was the lord of all the rest. and
everything around YOU got in motion
then; there was never any stopping,
for you know the streamlet always
goes faster and gets more and more
joyous, until you cannot bear il any
more and have to- give up. We shall
have 10 play the Kreutzer Sonata
some time, MF Howard"
Il was thinking OF that" said the
other. smiling.
Il think it would be interesting 70
know what people Imagine when they
listen 10 music went on Helen. u
have all sorts of queer fancies for my
self: whenever IL gets too exciting
there is always one last resource, You
a hy away TO the top OF
ny nearest mountain. l don't
know just why that Is. but
perhaps it's because you can see $50
much from there, OF because there
are so many winds. anyway, there Is
a dance-a wonderfully thrilling thing.
II only the composer knows how 10
manage IT, There IL some one who
dances with mel never saw his face,
but he's always there. and everything
is fying fast. and there comes surge
after surge Of the music and sweeps
YOU Ou-peThaps some Of those Wild
runs on the viollns that are just as II
the wind took you up In its arms and
whirled you away To the air! That is a
most tremendous experience when II
happens. because then you go quite
beside yourself and you see that all
the world is alive and full of power
the great things OF the forest begin
10 stir. too. the trees and the strange
shapes I'm the clouds. and all the world
is suddenly gone mad with motion; and
SO. by the time you come TO the last
chords your hands are clenChed and
you can hardly breathe, and you feel
that all your soul is throbbingi'
Helen was getting quite excited
then. lust over her own enthusiasm;
perhaps il was because the wind was
blowing about her. rs that the way
as she stopped
Sometimes said Mr.. Howard
smiling in turn. ''UuJ, then again,
while all my soul is thrObbing, l feel
nv neighbor reaching To put on her
wraps, and that brings me down from
the mountains so quickly that II Is
painful; afterward you go outside
among the cabs and cable cars and
make sad discoveries about life"
You are a pesslmist." said the girl.
Possibly" responded the other. but
try TO keep your fountain OF joy
awhile. Miss Davis. There are disa-
greeable things in life to be done, and
some suffering 10 be borne. and some
times the fountain dries up very
quickly, indeed"
Helen was much more ready to look
serious than she would have been a
month before; she -sked in differ
ent tone. You think that must al
wavs happen?'
Not quite always" was the reply
there are a few who manage 10 keep
il. but it means a great deal OF effort.
Perhaps you never took your own hap
piness so seriously" he added with a
smile
NO" said Helen. u never made
much effort that I know Of"
Some day perhaps you will have
to" replied the other. and then you
will think Of the creatures of nature
as ] do. not simply as rejoicing. bat
as fghting the same battle and daring
the same pain as you"
The girl thought for a moment. and
then asked: DO you really believe
that as a fact?"
II believe something" was the an
swer. that makes me think when l
go among men and see their dullness,
that Nature is fiinging wide her glory
In helpless appeal to them. and that il
is lreadfui accident that they have
no eyes and she no voice" He paused
for Z . nent and then added. smiling:
1T would take metaphysics TO explain
that. and meanwhile we were talking
about your precious fountain OF joy.''
Il should think" answered Helen.
thoughtfully. that IL would be much
better to earn ones happiness"
Perhaps after YOU had tried il a