Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-12-15
THE DEAD
MUSICIAN

ready noticed al dinner.
Beautiful evening" he said.
Eyes" replied, very beautiful, In
deed"
do you intend to land in Alexan'
dria?"
"Yes."
1--WE shall arrive there tomorrow
at daybreak," he continued. The
Egyptian CITY," he added, looks real
ly wonderfully handsome from the
sea. I have travelled all over the
world and have never seen such Q
beautiful spectacle in my life as that
offered by Alexandra as seen from
the deck of a steamship There II
only one thing on earth superior 70
Alexandria-Paris. Do you know
Parish"
Eyes," l replied, II am coming
from Paris now, and am Partisan
myself"
Really? How glad am. adore
Paris. The great capital Is always
before my eyes. and yeti will never
see it again. Isn't that terrible?"
"Are you an exile?" ventured.
Something worse" he answered.
II am dead"
/ looked at him In astontshment.
He added:
do not fear. mo friend. for ] am
not insane. l am the best mentally
balanced man on earth. MY history
win demonstrate II to you at once.
Can you spare i've minutes?"
81 can give you all my time." I an'
swered.
WELL" said he. leaning leisursiy
on the rail, have you ever heard
anything about SaintMe?"
What Saint-Me?" / replied. do
you mean the famous composer, the
author of such operas as 'Salome,'
Marie. 'Patrie,' etc.,"
yes"
why, sure, have heard of him.
He was one of our most illustrious
musicians and 1t is too bad he died
so young and without being granted
the. privilege Of witnessing his own
triumph"
The mysterious passenger looked
at me smiling, and said:
an that case, my friend, you are
mistaken, for Saint-Me is not dead"
"How's that?"
very simple" he said. "Saint-Ms
and l are the same person. Do you
understand now?"
"Really?"
Upon my word"
He lit cigar and sat comfortably
on an armchair and related the fol.
lowing history of his death"
"Ten years ago was in misery.
All my musical productions had been
failure, and l commenced to enter
tain very serious fears about the
future, when one day-while in Bres
tagne, where had retired owing to
my lack of resources-I read In O
Paris paper Q telegram from the Hak
vas news agency, giving details ab66s
my death. This dispatch said that 9
had persisted In a shipwreck near
Oussant. have never been able t0
find out the name of the correspond
ent Of the Havas agency who sens
the telegram. but the fact Is that this
dispatch about my death decided M
future in favorable way"
"How's that?"
Listen and you will easily under
stand.
It was my first intention to tsled
graph to the newspapers denial Cd
the statement, but 10 or Is telegrafnd
represented price too high for ne
to pay, and then, besides, / felt g
great curiosity TO know what people
would say Of me after my death.
must admit that the newspapers IN
vored me more than ! had expecteal
Some Of my friends publishsd tA@
most sensational articles about NJ
private life. In which the most 81
things were said. ! VI
came q popular hero. Someone went
a. far a. to say that had been q
musical genius and that my opsYAE
(the same that had been rejected dur
Ing my lAe) were simply wonderful
Marie was again produced at the
opera. and this time Il met with e.
success 'SaloUe.' which
had been refused, was accepted and
applauded to the echo.
Il continued In Bretagne and fully
realized that. in view of my post.
norton success. 1t was not wise t0
so l decided to remalz
dead.
Protected by . disguise, visiteG
In Paris a nephew Of mine-my only
living relative and heir-and author
lied him to manage my interests
keeping for himself one-fourth Of the
income and handing three-fourths "a
me. / warned him, Of course, OF my
decision to resuscitate the moment
he would try to cheat me out Of any
money.
Under this agreement, which he
had faithfully kept, have made mil.
ions after my death. My only regret
Is that l will never be able to see
Paris again. Henry Kistemaecker.
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