Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-08-02
Then You'll
Remember Me-"
Nv Dorothy Douglas


Aace LANCE arose hall impatiently
iron her desk and took up posi-
uon by he window Sac gazed with
Iuseeing eyes into the great court
at TIC rear Of the apartment build
ire and uibbled the end OF her pen
tloughtfully
! want 10 marry him and doat
want Ia" she Told herself with un'
smiling eyes n only be could learn
10 love music bolieye-no-l am
positive ! would marry him Music
is lie greater nall OF my life and
Jimmy is unutterably bored II any
one save Harry Lauder IL singing.
Alice heaved a sigh and turned
again toward her desk A spotless
bit OF monogram paper lay ready Tor
her answer 20 Jimmy Blake. She
dipped her pen in the ink and again
nlbbled the end OF II Suddenly her
head turned and she listened
A voice of wonderful baritone
grandeur had hurst into song
The pen In Alice's hand dropped In
/ differently and she stole into her
room by the open cour, In a desire
TO draw neaf the mans voice.
Fortunately her window was
partly open and Alice sank down on
/ her couch In an abandonment OF eX.
/ quisite enjoyment In the recess OF
| her mind was he thought that a new
/ tcaant had moved into he apartment
/ and that she would have the pleasure.
] If stolen, OF hearing him sing often
Her crIrca, ca, told her that the
v...e, ,tLougl %. warm. rich timbre,
H.s lacking To lhe minor technical.
ties aud finish that would have put
him co. a level with the great Caruso.
tie is. no doubt, studying night
auu day, Alice decided. and ! will
GEAR him gacticing
Then over her enjoyment OF the
lusic came the certain knowledge
that windows were being opened In
many OF The apartments on the court
It flashed upon her suddenly The
man was street singer and those
reople were throwing him money.
Alice Jumped up and thrust her
head out Of he window.
Yes There he is and can see
ont! the top OF his head"
The nan had been singing the more
popular arias from the operas and
when he had finished the Flower
Song from Faust" Alice watched
him stoop to pick up the many little
white packages that had been thrown
to him
IN a panic lest she be too late she
rushed 10 her desk and took the frst
bt Ut paper she found Into the en-.
p Ntloue she thrust bin with a yellow
back ana threw II hastily out OF the
~ iudow
The man would have been gone a
second later but be heard the girls
voice calling "Here'" lie turned
back, picked up the envelope. and
when he saw the denomination he
looked quickly up at the window and
. his sensitive. emotional face
, with his hat stil In his hand then
he sang the most beautiful OF the
bohemian Gil arias. Then You'll
Remember Me
There were tears In the girls eyes
aad an ache In Ter throat when bis
voice 80 poiguautly sweet s0bbed It's
Jas. appealing line Then youIl TO
member ne"
{ After he had gone Alice dId NOT re-
turn to her desk Instead be lay Tor
l0ng time dreaming OF the street
singers voice
r. No she decided finally. u can.
not marry Jimmy Blake 20 want t.
roam the Elyssian fields Id pluck
d the Covers o, the greatest fragrance
and Jimmy Alice smiled visit
n fully, Jimmy would only tell me- ]
u am moonsiruck aud lake me 70 q
vaudeville performance
And when Jimmy received the note
that Alice sent him be went ogt 70
the race track and came back through
y eIysian fields tha, sVayed fantastic
" ally and had = tendency % rise N
, and make his grear gray racer urr
D. turtle as be carcened madIy over n,
q roads
"a Two, three years slipped by A'-,
q lange's thoughts we're not ur.rte.
y attn regret that she had dI.m .se.
~ Jimmy Blake from her trail "a. fol.
&c lowers. Perhaps. after ALL Eg.H,
fields we're only possible 90 roam 20
= when there was one other Co., char
:, them
.' She had spent many vain halv a
: an effort 20 locate the man who's,
voice had seemed 10 change ,fa on
A tire course o. her ne. lut BE- Al. al.
| appeared appareEly and no s.ar.
| could End lin Alice even wen.
| Tar as 20 follow he example of Lon
| don society. and bad organized srel
| concert at which an the street mus
| clans bad an opportunity 20 perf0rr
before critical aud phIlan'hropl
audience
Il But she came home from The yer
| lure Tired and dlsheauened Their
| had been no voice with even a ten.
| portion a. the sweetness OF the on
she sought.
] For time she sat back and wish.
she had married Jimmy Blake
i Then one morning In her mail Oh
received a ticket Tor the opera The-
was no message With the orcbe.tr
seat well toward The stage
Alice ponde-ed over the mys'eriol