Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-09-12
WHAT THE MUSIC BOX
BROUGHT EMANUEL
BY Harry A. Armstrong.

Copyright, 1902, by w. II. Hearst.)
Forever and ever the sun shone, as Inn
manuel Rego remembered Rut that war
back In the hills of Italy when Emmanuel
was q. boy and all was sunshine. He
never knew of the snow falling. But 1t
fell often enough when ne was brought
to New York city by his father. A fat
italian, a monkey and a barrel organ
came into Immanuel'e life about that time
and the father dropped out. Immanues
was told the fat man was q padrOne and
master OF little boys and that them monkey
and organ were his property. The boy
learned II he brought In 70 cents q day
he was treated well by the fat man and
sat at the table with other boys.
W years he turned the organ and sent
the monkey. with the coat Of flannel and
cap doned, after pennies. For two yearA
Emmanuel listened to the same tunes and
said over and over the same words. Then
he was etolen-organ. monkey and ALL
and brought to q strange town. This.
Emmanuel learned. was Buffalo. Harder
than the frst master was the second, and
after q few months the curly head or
the Italian boy ducked into the hold Of
. ship and the darkness swallowed him.
Strange noises found their ways into tho
hold and a rocking motion told oven this
inexperienced lad Of eight summers the
vessel was under way. Past Detroit he
came, up into Lake Huron and finally into
A0SA0 AA ~ AG0tA oAho
HE hunger no longer n beat upon thu
cover of the hatchway. Sailors heard him
and turned him into the sunshine Of th0
deck, hiding him from the gaze Of the
mate and giving him = place to sleep In
the forecastle. So they landed in b
cago.
Into South Water street plunged the
stowaway and was hired by q man who
wanted a helper on his wagon. JmmanueI
carried boxes of berries along the side
walk. shouting his wares and selling to
maid and matron or whoever would buys
meeting the wagon at some intersectin9
corner. For this Emmanuel got but little
more than his board and clothes. but that
little he saved. 1t the end Of . year
he was given more money and when he
wa 70 Emmanuel drove the wagon.
Years passed rapidly. The stowaway Of
8 was the owner of q route. . horse and
y wagon at 10.
Mary Angtnea was the only child Of
Immanuel's employer of former years ana
was fast coming into w~Omanh0od. When
she was confirmed she wore white and
the priest chanted above her and the boy
swung the censor and all tho building was
filled with Latin words and scented smoke.
In the loft the choir SANG an anthem and
with the rest OF the class Mary marched
AWAY from the altar out into the rain. On
the walk she met Emmanuel, who held
an umbrella over her to the street car.
And that was the opening Of his eyes.
He had thought of her as a tOddling child.
wearing gimp aprons and running bare
headed. On this day her gown swept the
floor and the blossoms In her hair told
of the sunny soul behind that bright face.
When Christmas time came Mary was
the recipient of many presents, and among
them was a white silk handkerchief with
Immanuel's card tied In tho meshes.
lights of the tree danced on, but she did
not gee them. Neither did she hear her
name called again by the little girl in
white and red who came to the end of
Mary's pew, this time with q music box.
The young woman took the token me-
chemically and as mechanically thanked
the little one for bringing It. The music
box was the tribute OF another italian
boy. and this young man watched thu
girl seated among the kerchiefed women
and saw her take the emblem without
comment or smile; saw his hopes dashed
against the rocks of the future.
Emmanuel carried the box to the street
car and when Mary reached her home
by hearing a tune he had heard in his
then hurried away from the house with
the echoes Of Home, Sweet Home ring-
ing In his ears. Mary saw him the next
day with bowed head. What Is the mat
ter?" she asked.
1.-The music box he said.
''If you would rather not hear 1t, you
stall not"
After they were married-lmmanuel and
Mary-he found the music box In q dark
closet, broken and abandoned.