Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-16
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vas not exactly exciting. even for q clerk
Il was tats az night when I found an
snveiope. a large yellow one. which had
failen and almost disappeared down a
crack under the mai slot m the desk How
= had slipped % far over wa a mystery
unless the person mailing 81 had been very
careless or unaer the stress @ great haste
and excitement Al any rate. IL must have
been dropped while In the TN box meant 20
receive Il was being empued b. the bell
Boy assigned to that duty. A eoincideace
such as occasionally VIII occ1rr sent u into
the crack. where il had remained seven
teen years Tor me to discover. The addrss
was quit Elegible
No ems q Witnessed the n / retired
70 my room and 10 my bedume PIPE with
nothing 10 disturb a quiet n CT
the letter-for such / made IL out 70 be-
The letter read as folloas.
BREAKwATER INN. sept 2 ISL
Madelslne. me- own sweet MadeIedne.
don't you know that I cannot play but TO
Eou- that my violin is only myself vEbrat-
ing with TIE maTvelous wonder Of POUR
presence. that you are mine. meant 70 be
mine from The very beginning Of all thlnEs7
There It is dane. I have dared to give
~ - ~ AA-AhA&r 4AAEl even TO UlI
them On paper. And new that l have
when i think Of you-a Laszt melody come
to life-and Of myself, / am almost afraid
70 read them.
I wonder Jnst what ! am TO you. Part
u the hotel I suppose. like the waters.
The golf caddies, The tables you eat from
My violin helps 10 pass the time you must
spend over your coffee. When 1 coax il
70 whisper 10 plead 10 urenble Win the
message I would have it convey, it is stru
but q background. an Accomplishment pro-
vaded 10 eRhance the baaatY Of your volea
as yoa laugh and chat % the bread. shad-
owy piazza. Just as the tabouret is PRO-
v1ded for ME. MAEston 70 drop his cigarette
ashes on.
You must not love him. Madelesne. You
mRst not IL would be too great a wronK.
II Is n~eoneeyzble hat you should love
HIM And yet you do: in every look. every
WORD / see that you 90. And I eann0t
make you hear.
one night as you and he were surollIng
through, after dinner. he asked az 70 play
some dance uunber or other, I have for
gotten whlch-
Dc you really care for that sort OF
stuff, Ralphg you asked me. coaeernedlx:
80 ~ Lev abAA HAdIA AAIAltL
over your shonlder when you said stuff
You were drawing It away from my
music stand. away from ne. II seemed so
wrong. 50 terribly wrong. Whistler L
cared for that SORT OF stuff or not made
no more d1fferenoe than whether the horse
yOu had driven that afternoon had IRE
fsrred one ROAD OF another. But yen wsus
concerned because Marston liked il.
s we played it, and you refused to
listen and dragged him off by the arm.
and, as I forced my fingers over the
strings. 1 heard your laughter until you
Ind ne had passed out Of hearing down
the path to the breakWatez. So we finished
the piece alone.
do not think I am prejudicsd Made-
asins. ] know Marzton, I know The very
heart snd soul OF the man and what MS
Measure ia as men SO. We musicians ana
walters and clerks somehow get to know
people better than you DO. Ths world Is
al beautiful sud right ard good for SUCH
al you and those thai ars to be stunned
and avoided are clearly marked out for
you BY your kind- i knew karEton. and I
know bin better this summer than I ever
have
Guess how / found out From little
Maggie, littie ~red-hAired Maggie. who
waits on the table beIDw yours. But I
fargot; yea would not know.
Maggie was crying the other niEht
She was leaning I'd against the little white
gate at the se.vants' eutrAnce and crying.
T0u shah cry those very same tears.
Madeleine when yOur turn comes Every
E1Fl does, 7 suppose. sooner or later, ana
4 Is 50 mueh harder for some than for
Others. Ny poor Madelelnel
1t was Marstpn she had been out with
that might On. I know she shouldn't have
gone, ana al thai snow it was ali her
fault Marstsn Was simply not in her
class. and sue Should have known. Bur
Madelsins. isn't thar Just the tragic streah
IN most af usg Can you blame the poor
little thing for believing in that one wfid
nomeHt when he first dsignad to cast hts
eye on her. thR1 ne really meant it; tha1
ne was treating her a. ons Of his eWu
eiassG II Ls not the same thing that I am
dong h allowing myself 70 dream aboui
you?
On me one hand, yog have Mars
Tor, playing billiards in the srnoAans
room There must have been sonaethine
wrong. he thinks, with the litt8e red haired
ons thai night Ii Eas very amusing On
lAa other hand. you rave poor little Mag
gle, crying softly against the white gats
OF disappointment shocked and wounded
PRIDE HoW horribly. how brutaIls
Wgundedl
You solfsd with Ref Marstsu ths nez'
imOrning
II was sooa after thtE that ] made N
ms mind to speak Il had to eoEas. and
was wiling TO be thought quite mad II
oould as much a. cry out a feeble Warnins
whieh you would hear.
d you remember that muruinE7
"A frssh- clear brseze from the baF
MaFsten out In his racing sloop. reefe,
close and dipping ntfuIly with each gust
tEou watching him FROM the shore, y0ui
scarf napping wildly IN the breeze.
Never shan Z forget the uloment I EDoke
I felt as I aPpro4ehed yen. a. il / wer,
some one else I forced mypelf on an,
tired 70 keep from thinking what I va.
doing ! knew ina ] could never con
sci0usly and Wizh a fuI realisation Of tb,
figure I mast cut Ia your eyes 90 what
lad ct 0ut % dA Nor shall ] forget IL
lock you gave me when I had spoksn-h,
look q amaEemenr that could hardly hsv.
been greater had I been a dad man com
10 life.
Are 700 ~coupletely madv y0u IN
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