The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04

IT was nara tnat ne was " uAo A1t =" "s in a foreign land, and that 1t was mol
 to De given to me even to press down
 the lids and kiss his lips In farewell All that came to me from Heinrich was his precious Stradivarius, and Il ! was brought to me by devoted friend of his, who crossed the sea at his De hest to deliver 1t into my hand II
 was. as you may guess. potn sorrow Y. I and joy. The night received II sat many hours gazing at II With fearful eyes and recalling the swect 1 lharmony | had heard the dead wiring i from it fondied it. I kissed it, l embraced 1t, knowing that his loveo fingers had touched every part or II.
 It seemed almost as though Heinrich was In the very room with me
 Finally I replaced 1t in the case ana put 1t carefully in my closet on hish shelf. where 1t would be safe. 1 I fell into a reaceful sInmber tired I cut from the play of my emotions. ! do not know how long had slept when awoke and lay perfectly SUI I My wearines had vanished and I feit
 singularly peaceful while my mird seemed clarified.
 As lay there thus peaceful and pas | sive. there came to my ears perfectly l plainly the clear notes of a violin. And 1 the music was Heinrich's favorite What startled me was that tho toucs | i, sound was slightly untitled. The infer ], ence was clear. The music came from | the Stradivarfus in the case in the I closet
 My heart stopped beating as re called the many talks Heinrich and l I had had regarding psychic phenon- I ena. He had been a firm believer in 1 the imperishabiIity of the indiyidual spirit, although he held to no definite | theories or views. ' had been skep- | tic. Was it--could 1t be that the ar I dent spirit of my loving twin had re- i turned to his Stradivarius and his bro I ther?
 ] listened intently. The music cor | tinued jumqing from one of his old | favorite tunes to another--now sad. now joyous. now majestic, now pathetia --and through them all rang the very spirit and touch of Heinrich. | Finally in sheer respect to my ma | teriaiistic beliefs. L arose and opened | the door into the main hall. to see f l could trace the sound. The music ceased as I opened the door. l I went to the windows and lookee out and made every investigation. bui could find no physical source of the music As returned to bed I wa not surprised at hearing the vioiii again. One short selection was all although lay awake long waiting l for more.
 The experience upset me more than 1 I can tell you. as the phenomena l l had experienced was in most violent contradiction to all the philosophy of my life Before the next night I had half-convinced myself that the entire affair was an hallucination superin- duced by the powerful emotions pro- duced by the coming of my brothers Stradivarius.
 Again that night I was awakened | by the muffied music of the violin, and again I investigated to no pur- pose On the third night could not sleep. I felt mystified in the presence of the Great Mystery. Again the mu- sic came and, throwing on bathrobe. dashed into the hall and summoned 1 mv neighbor from the next room in l inc flat where 1 had lodgings. Not a sound could he hear. As soon as re- | turned to bed the ghostly concert was | renewed.
 became frantic. laid the case be- l fore all the occupants of our flat, who | helped me investigate, but to no pur- | nose, I was so insistent that they i finally agreed I was a little touched l in the upper story.
 1 The affair got on my nerves until | I became hysterical, and one night l when the music burst forth in a I grand melody I ran screaming into | the nall III nS b6NhhOON | my neighbors.
 They got together, and after con- | sultation decided that for my own | good I should be sent to sanitarium. ! Some of the people were actually 1 afraid of me. To tell the truth. had serious doubts as to my own san
 ity.
 | was summoned and it came attended by a big stout sergeant of police, with
 a thick neck and a small round head. He waited in my room while I packed
 a few necessarieS in 8 suit case.
 Of a sudden the music came again. I loked up wildly and grasped the sergeant by the arm. He regarded
 DO you hear it," I asked tremb- ling.
 1 Hear phat?" he replied.
 "The music" said pleadingly.
 Sure I do," said he, 'and purity piece 1t Is, too"
 nearly wept for joy
 Where does 1t come from?" ask
 ed
 T dunno" said he It's none of me business"
 Tt is," I cried. That is why they are sending me to the asylum for.
 They can't hear the music and say it comes out of that violin case, play ed by the spirit or my uehu protneI' "Gwan," he said, walking into the
 closet.
 Coming back he summoned me to fol-
 low him. ,,,
 mind," he said.
 T. followed him to the door of the flat
 and into the outer vestibule. He push
 ed the bell on the next flat Presently
 young woman attired in loose
 wrapper appeared.
 Whose playin' the fiddler" asked
 the policeman.
 II have been." she replied. all in ( l tremble "Oh, I do hope 1t hasn't dis turbed the people. l rented the whol'
 of this flat so could play without dis
 turbing others"
 well, there's a windy in your close that opens on the court" said the DO liceman, grinning. And there's an
 other windy in the closet opposite
 which is this gents room, and h'
 thinks it's ghosts.
 would willingly have gone to thu
 madhouse if could have gone tha minute, and never iaced them again
 But I had to tell my miserable storI
 to the beautiful girl in the wrapper and she listened with mingled laughtei
 and tears.
 It seems she was a musician just re-
 turned from abroad, where she ha(
 studied under the same masters Hein
 rich had (which might account for I'll! hallucination as to the touch) and sh'
 was doing concert work in the evening
 after which she delighted to play ava!
 all for herself. So she had rented thu big flat, where she thought she wa alone with her servants and would dlS