Putnam patriot., 1908-04-17

your iltBtts iof the Inst eou- t---J cert" NH. WESTON STUDIED Mss Amy sat mn eoHioCsfY. Ike one eHtfaHeed Here WINS n girl who dld not simply buy admission tickets md listen To others she was in | all. h tbe world of maaie From which Miss Any baa always been X elnaed hY the lron key. mnrhed duty
 .llo# heW do Yau manage te gel Into q choir or lengue or anything of that snftfs
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 ~Oh. ihex xte ANats iHeslHR fer eeed sight naIete aih ffesh e.ear sasses iu the bls elalls somezmes yan e=t pala aaHefimea 4oa don didat ast anything iust gear Eat the easlezt wuy la gei lH E fo take ies-eus From the ehafmaHter rrleHie lessons Then Mfr Wealoe Will put yeu h the choir to jolly you niaug. whether yen enn sing of not Naa're HeR fo New York. and you wouldn't believe tbe gmft'.- The ciang of thc sappal bell drowned 
 glrl for. abruptly Miss Amy followed her down to the dining roem but scarcely knew what Nas spread before them What matiefed faod or drink or serdld lundladies or Knssiping board. crs when she had found the key to her paradise at last7 Perhaps f Nas graft szpothnps the glfl spoke tbeaehtiesaly, ..as neSt morning Yers eafiy Ms AmY went shopping She tod the mlf= liner she wanted brown hat ta match her suit "No, not | toqae like she had su, something younger, aud she de. terihed q0itc accurately the hat nhtth ihe gifl had worn to church the after noon before
 aiH wear this." rhe seia. and yoa eau send tue ola onn home
 Next she went to the nearest dris store and studied the directory, Yves ton, Albert. singiug teacher, i?i West ---- street
 And as she left the drug store she spied florists window. and she stop ped for bouquet af sielets4 Then again she he~itntcd The crisis of thls her new life was at hand. She al lowed tbree eirs to rass, anu then, with firmly compressed lips, she slg paie.i for hansnm At the boarding Aans. every one said that In New York one must keep up appearances Perhaps if he thought she could anord ,o ride in hansoms he would overlook her vocal deficiencies.
 All,art Weston, worn hy hts strug yles with an indifferent pupil. was standing at the window ef his studie when the hanson drew up before the bafldlng and the brown. ~renlike tig ure stepped cautiously from the seht- ele and shot questioning glance ur the brownstone ttnnt
 arm glad tonk the hansom.' com. mented Miss Amy a~ she mounted the steps. This was life An absurd thrlll swept over her and brought a delicate and most becoming blush to her face,
 Mir. Weston studied her curieusly, hands deep in his pockets. when she asked almost timidly the privilege of studying with him Prices. hours, ev ersthlng seemed secondary to the fear that he nlght not aevept her as pupil He tried her voice. paced the room a few moments and then said gravely
 Yes | will take you as a pupil, but want te he quite frank with you Neu witt never be grvat singer. You have sweet. harmless. drawing room ,oicr. but don't want you to go into she work with any idea of being s grand opera singer ia ,ime. You have hegnn~teo late for that
 Again the delicate tiush mounted tc her face
 .sI understand all thatit is just fo, my own pleasure. l-i could not study sooner. II is lust for ths joy of beins shle ie sing for myself
 He stopped shor, in his nervous wall and looked al her. Such simplicity suen humility. such tack ot ambition, almost staggered him,
 Perhaps some time when my yoscl ls ntils SIT ruser yen might, that is if il would he quite right. YOU might let me Join your choir at St Augus tlae'ss.
 First vacancy there k, he assente, ucafdit. nat eof tNaAtSAaAtsh 1AS' k a numtser of sweet c0rract Naiees Ky the time some one gets tirsd ef rr hsarsais or marFleS er aeVes away Fl have your voice placed and he glad il fske you ons
 And so commenced The musical ea reer of Miss Amy Carter, aged thirty one. n..sldenee second class ssoanln laase. aeeaaatlaa spending the ssnssl ialaerlsaaes which had ,ome to he s,1saseHls nfIer Il fife ef marroN dFsssE cry and uArelleAed savgluse. Al DrT