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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
CHAPTER "
The Enchanted Violin.


Christine Daae, owing to intrigues
to which | will return later. did not
Immediately continue her triumph at
the opera. After the famous gala
night. she sang once at the Duchess
de Zurich's; but this was the last &C.
casion on which she was heard in pri-
Fate. She refused, without plausible
excuse, to appear at charity concert
to which she had promised her as
sfstance. She acted throughout as
though she were no longer the mis-
tress OF her own destiny and as
though she feared a fresh triumph.
She knew that the Comte de
Chagny, to please his brother, had
done his best on her behalf with NJ.
and also TO ask him to cease speaking
in her FAVOR. Her reason for this
curious attitude was never known.
Some pretended that 1t was due to
overwe ening pride; others spoke of
her heavenly modesty. But people on
the stage are not so modest as all
that; and | think that | shall not be
taA AiOl4l inc Ill II dSCIIDS ACA
action simply to fear Yes, believe
that Christine Daae was frightened
by what had happened to her have
letter OF Christines lit forms part
of the Persian's collection), relating
to this period, which suggests a feel
ing of absolute dismay:
Il don't know myself when | sing,
writes the poor child
She showed herself nowhere; and
the Vicomte de Chagny tried in vain
to meet her. He wrote to. her, asking
to call upon her. but despaired of re-
ceiving reply when, one morning,
she sent him the following note:
Monsieur:
Il have not forgotten the little boy
who went into the sea to rescue my
scarf. l feel that must write to you
today, when l am going to Perros, in
fultilment Of sacred duty. Tomor-
row is the anniversary of the death
of my poor father, whom you knew
and who was very fond of you. He
| is buried there, with his violin, in the
|, graveyard of the little church, at the
bottom Of the slope where We used
to play as children, beside the road
| where, when we We're a little bigger.
We said good-by for the last time"
The Vicomte de Chagny hurriedly
| consulted a railway guide, dressed as
| quickly as he could, wrote a few lines
for his valet to take to his brother
| and jumped into a cab which brought
| him TO the Care Montparnasse just in
| time to miss the morning train. He
| spent dismal day IN town and did
not recover his spirits until the eve.
| ming, when he was seated in his com
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CHAPTER Nv. Continued

Never heard OF her." the manager
declared. But that's no reason,
Name CRY, why l shouldn't ask you
what happened last night to make you
and the inspector call in municipal
guard
Il was just wanting to see you, sir,
and talk to you about it, SO that you
mightn't have the same unpleasant
ness as NJ. Debienne and NJ. Poligny.
They wouldn't listen to me either. at
first"
I'm not asking you about all that.
I'm asking what happened last night.
Name CRY turned purple with in
dignation Never had she been spo-
ken to like that. She rose as though
to go, gathering up the folds of her
skirt and waving the feathers of her
dingy bonnet with dignity, but, chang
ing her mind, she sat down again and
said, in naughty voice:
III tell you what happened The
ghost=w was annoyed again."
Thereupon, as NJ. Richard was on
the point of bursting out, NJ. Mon
charmin interfered and conducted the
interrogatory, whence 1t appeared that
Name CRY thought 1t quite natural
that a voice should be heard to say
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singing in the choir on Sundays This
he taught the musical alphabet be-
fore she knew how to read. Daae
father was a great musician, perhaps
without knowing It. Not a fiddler
throughout the length and breadth OF
Scandinavia played as he did His
reputation was widespread and he was
always invited to set the couples
dancing at weddings and other fes-
ttFals. His wife died when Christine
was entering upon her sixth year
Then the father, who cared only for
his daughter and his music, sold his
patch Of ground and went to Upsala
in search of fame and fortune He
found nothing but poverty.
He returned to the country, wander
ing from fair to fair, stunning his
Scandinavian melodies, while his
child, who never left his side, listened
TO him in ecstasy or sang to his play
ing. One day, at Ljimby fair, Pro-
lessor Valerius heard them and took
them TO Gothenburg. He maintained
that the father was the first violinist
in the world and that the daughter
had the making Of a great artist Her
education and instruction We're pro-
Eided for. She made rapid progress
and charmed everybody with her pref
tiness, her grace Of manner and her
genuine eagerness to please.
When Valerius and his wife went
TO settle in France, they took Daae
and Christine with them. Mamma"
Valerius treated Christine as her
daughter. As for Daae, he began to
pine away with inconsistencies. He
never went out of doors in Paris, but
lived in sort OF dream which he
kept up with his violin. For hours at
time, he remained locked up in his
bedroom with his daughter, fiddling
and singing, very, very softly. Some
times Mamma Valerius would come
and listen behind the door, wipe away
a tear and go downstairs again on
tiptoe. signing for her Scandinavian
skies.
Daae seemed not to recover his
strength until the summer, when the
whole family went to stay at Perros-
Guirec, in a PARKWAY corner OF Brit
tany, where the sea was of the same
color as in his own country. Often
he would play his saddest tunes on
the beach and pretend that the sea
stopped it's rearing to listen to them.
And then he induced Mamma Valerius
to indulge a queer wh1m OF his. At
the time of the ''pardons," or Breton
pilgrimages, the village festival and
dances, he went off with his fiddle,
as in the old days, and was allowed
to take his daughter with him for a
week. They gave the smallest ham,
lets music to last them for year and
slept at night in barn, refusing a
bed at the inn, lying close together
on the straw, as when they were SO
poor in Sweden. At the same tine
they We're very neatly dressed, made
no collection, refused the halfpence
offered them; and the people around
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
ORIGIN of the Stocking.

writer in French newspaper has
been investigating the origin of stock
ings. It appears that Henry II. when
preparing for the marriage of his sis
ter in 1859 first conceived the idea of
silk hose, and was the first to wear
silk knitted stockings at that epoch
making event A hundred years later
one Hindres established a factory for
stockings In the Bots de Boulogne,
This was the first hosiery factory in
France. 1t was success at the start.
and. when 1t received protection from
the then ministers, it was kind OF
gold mine. In 1868 the venture was
turned into a company. From it arose
''the Society of Silk Stocking Makers :"
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immense Sums invested in the Copy
ing, illuminating and Binding OF
Them by Hand.

The cost Of materials and copying,
Illuminating and binding books by
hand made them the treasures of rich
collectors and the pride of museums.
palaces and convent libraries. In
mense sums were invested in them.
and a rare or unusually original copy
became a gem in value, as well as
sentiment Cicero, whose magnificent
library was almost as famous as its
owners eloquence. declared that he
had seen a parchment roll containing
the entire "Iliad" Of Homer. which
was compressed between the shells
of q nut, work Of extreme skill and
patience, which a French sayant, NJ
Hust, has since demonstrated was
within the range of possibility. Many
such tours de force are said to have
demonstrated the skill of ancient
copyists and their economy parchment
and vellum.
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Voiceless Oregon Couple Engage cier'
oymzn Similarly Afflicted to Per
form Marriage Ceremony.

The nrst wedding ceremony conduct
ed In whispers. so far as is known. oc-
Cured at Vancouver. Wash. when q
Portland dentist married pretty
Young woman from that city. the we'd
ding taking place at the home of Rev.
Waiter !. Eek. of St Paurs English
i lutheran church.
Mr.. Eek was at the church. when
two stylishly gowned young women
appeared and informed him that his
services would be necessary for the
happiness of Miss Martha Frances
Owens, who was to become the bride
of DR.. Hugh Charles Smith. both OF
Portland. The witness was Miss Fay
Forrest Gibson, also of Portland
Two weeks ago. when ending q
prayer IN church, Rev. Mr.. Eek sud
denly lost his power of speech, and
since then he has conversed IN whis
.Ders.
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partment in the Brittany express. He
read Christine's note over and over
again, smelling its perfume, recalling
the sweet pictures Of his childhood,
and spent the rest of that tedious
night journey in feverish dreams that
began and ended with Christine Daae.
Day was breaking when he alighted at
Lannion. He hurried to the diligence
for Perros-Guirec. He was the only
passenger. He questioned the driver
and learned that, on the evening Of
the previous day, a young lady who
looked like a Partisan had gone to
Perros and put up at the inn known
as the Setting Sun.
The nearer he drew to her, the
more fondly he remembered the story
Of the little Swedish singer. Most of
the details are still unknown to the
public.
There was once, in little market
town not far from Upsala, a peasant
who lived there with his family, dig
ing the earth during the week and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20

could not understand the conduct OF
this rustic fiddler, who tramped the
roads with that pretty child who sang
like an angel from heaven. They fol
lowed them from village 10 village.
One day, a little boy, who was out
with his governess, made her take g
longer walk than he intended, for he
could not tear himself from the little
girl whose pure, sweet voice seemed
TO bind him to her. They came to
the shore of an inlet which is still
called Trestraou, but which now,
believe, harbors a casino or some
thing of the sort At that time there
was nothing but sky and sea and 6
stretch Of golden beach. Only, there
was also a high wind, which blew
Christine's scarf out to sea. Chris
tine gave a cry and put out her arms
but the scarf was already far on the
waves. Then she heard voice say:
ITS all right, I'll go and fetch your
scarf out of the sea-
CTO BE CONTINUED)
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Are Welded in Whispers

Trying to recover his voice in vain.
he whispered: Il can't talk: ali I can
do is whisper"
Touched by sympathy. the deter
That will be all right. Just so long
as it is quiet We don't care. We came
over here to have a quiet Wedding
and you viii do fine"
Going TO the pastorate, the two TO
be married answered in whispers the
whispered questions asked by the
Yoiceless pastor.
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.-ill Tell You What Happel

~ih Tell You What Happened.
that a box was taken, when there was
nobody in the box. She was unable
TO explain this phenomenon, which
was not new to her, except by the in
teryentfon of the ghost. Nobody could
see the ghost in his box, but every
body could hear him. She had often
heard him: and they could believe
her. for she always spoke the truth.
They could ask Nj. Debienne and NJ.
Poligny. and anybody who knew her:
and also NJ. Isidore Sack, who had
had a leg broken by the ghost!
Indeed" said Moncharmin, inter
rupting her Did the ghost break
poor Isidore Sacks Ieg?'
Name CRY opened her eyes with
establishment at such ignorance. How
ever. she consented to enHghten those
two poor innocents. The thing had
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The Ghost Was Annoyed Again.

The Ghost Was Annoyed Again"
Richard, gave two blows to NJ. Isidore
Sack. who was small and weak like
NJ. Moncharmin, saving his presence.
There was a great uproar. People in
the house shouted, That will do.
Stop them! He'll kill him. Then,
at last, NJ Isidore Sack managed to
run away"
Then the ghost had not broken his
leg?" asked NJ. Moncharmin, little
vexed that his figure had made so lit
tie impression on Name CRY.
He did break it for him, sir" re-
piled Name CRY haughtily. He
broke it for him on the grand stair
case, which he ran down too fast, sir,
and it will be long before the poor
gentleman will be able to go up it
again"
Did the ghost tell you what he said
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Muffied Knocks.

It's too bad, old chap, that you
didn't get an invitation to that affair;
we forgot all about you
Say, Lii, you don't need to be
ashamed of that dress. When a gar.
ment is well made, what's the differ
ence how cheap the stuff is?"
What | admire most particularly in
your lectures, professor, is that they're
always short"
You take splendid care of your
horses, anyhow, Throgson; by the way.
do you ever hear from that runaway
boy of yours?"
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TRAGEDY OF A LOST LINE.

This patient looks harmless.
He is. That's the one We call the
sonnetteer."
And did making sonnets drive him
insane?'
No. l am told his trouble original
ed in the fact that he wrote peculiar
" beautiful sonnet called On Visiting
the Scenes of Happy Days and that
the printer accidentally omitted a
line. When the poet saw he had put
his name to thirteen-line sonnet he
went stark mad"
Unhappy fellow, He has a kind
face"
Yes. But just tell him you are a
printer-then jump back and hear him
gnash his teeth"
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More to Be Rsmem5ered,

The man of now has much more
excuse for making mistakes than did
Julius Caesar or Alexander the Great
The world is bigger and there is more
in it. There is more to be remem-
bered There are machines now in
everyday use that would have given
the Conqueror of Gaul a headache to
have even looked at. There is enough
completely in a single business day to
drive Alexander into a brainstorIp.
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SYNOPSIS.

CONSERVATION is caused on the last
night that the Opera IS managed by De
bienue and Pohgny because OF the ap-
pearance Of a ghost, said to have been
ia evidence on several previous occasions.
Christine Daae, member Of the opera
company, is called upon to I'll a very
important part and scores q great sue
cpss Count de Chagny and his brother
RaOul are among those who applaud the
singer. Raoul tries 10 see Christine In
the dressing room, but is unable TO do so
ing love to her. She energies alone, and
upon entering the room he finds 1t empty.
While the farewell ceremony for the re-
firing managers is going on, the Opera
2 gsrs that Box No. D Is reserved for him.
FOX No. is sold with disastrous results.
The managers receive q letter from the
opera Ghost calling attention to the eF-
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Blame Electric Lamp.

The Glasgow board of trade court is
ship which stranded In mysterious
manner. The only theory offered to &C.
count for the mishap is that an electric
lamp in the pocket of the lookout man
DETECTED the compass. The man ad-
mitted that he had been leaning
against the pinnacle just before the
vessel stranded
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Book Treasures of Past

In the eighth century 1t was with
great difficulty that a monk of the
rich Abbey of Saint Gall. France,
gathered piece by piece sufficient
parchment to begin the transcription
of rare work. Later, IN 1920, a monk
employed to prepare a copy Of the
Bible could not find In all England
sufficient parchment for the purpose
National Magazine
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1t Surely Was.

A German who had not been in the
country very long walked into drug
store one day. The first thing that
caught his attention was an electric
fan buzzing busily on the soda counter
He watched it with great interest for
some time, then, turning to the clerk,
he said:
Ply golly, OATS a lifely squirrel yot
you got in dare, amt it?"-Every-
body's.
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Member of the Union.

Men who worked under former
city editor of the Washington Post
youch for the truth of this story about
him
The telegraph editor, so the story
goes, "got a flash one night that JON
La Fargo, the painter, was dead. He
called the news out to the city editor.
who, catching only the name. and pro,
fession, yelled to a reporter:
'Willoughby! A painter by the
name of La Fargo is dead. Rush down
to the Central Labor union and see
what you can dig up about HIM"
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Attep1pt Useless

Needing some ribbon one day. while
in a very small southern town, we
went TO the one store there
"Ribbons?'' questioned the store,
keeper. We'll, VEAL just mislaid
our stock of ribbons, but if you-all
come back later. III see If can find
them
So back we went later He had
found them
What color did you-atl WANT"
Blue we replied.
'Oh, bluei" he exclaimed in disgust.
We haven't got any blue Blue is SO
popular we don't even try to keep it. p
-Harper's Magazine.
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Better Than Arms.

Thrice armed is he who hath his
ouarrel just you know, If that's the
way TO quote it.
Yes, but the fellow who can keep
from getting mad is not only thrice
armed. He is guarded by something
better than a shield of armor plate
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Murderinq Strauss.

excuse me-" said the detective, as
he presented himself at the door d
the music academy, but l hope you'll
give me what information you have
and not make any fuss"
What do you mean?" was the indig
nant inquiry.
why, that little affair, you know
81 don't understand"
why, you see, we got tip from
the house next door that somebody
here was numbering Richard Strauss,
and the chief sent me down TO work
up the case. "-Tit-Bits.
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mpsthetIc.

81 am telling you the truth when
say that I was much happier when
was poor than l am now"
"Then why don't you let your NIL
lions go and be poor AGAIN."
'Why, because / should be mfser
able thinking of the people who go,
the money"
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All in SiQht.

He had been appointed a smoke in
spector in Chicago. Day after day he
was seen loafing around the down
town section.
why don't you travel around town
and inspect the smoke?" demanded
his chief one day.
What's the user was the reply. Il
can see it all from hero"
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Laugh Earned Reward.

Il can't for the life of me see what
a brilliant fellow like Skribbs saw to
admire in that woman he married"
1T wasn't what he saw SO much as
what he heard"
What do you mean?"
81 guess you never heard that mr.
~ laugh Of hers"
DO you mean TO say that a brat1v
man would marry a. woman Just be-
cause she had a merry iaugh?''
"Well-yes Didn't you know thar
Skribbs was joke writer ?"-Cleye
land Plain Dealer.
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Siap's Mo Caress.

"Jiggs used to rave about his wifes
little hand before they were married,
but he doesn't do that any more
Why not, I wonder?'
Possibly because there is more pow
er behind it now when her little hand
is laid against his cheek"
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A Wise Guy.

"This is an excellent picture Of
you," said Cumso, examining photo
graph Of Howso Have you ever been
done in oil?"
'Not on your life!" replied Howso.
Il always steer clear OF curb market
securities Judge.
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Where the Trouble cou-s

81 doubt if Kitty VIII be happy
when married. She's always had her
own way too much"
ooh. but Jack viii let her do any.
thing"
Pm not thinking about her hus.
band. but about her cook"
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Good Resolutions.

THE Williamses certainly have
made queer New Years resolutions"
What are they?"
We'll, she resolved not to smoke
any more cigarettes, drink any more
highballs or take any trips to woman's
rights conventions.
and he"
He resolved to make her allowance
so small that she would be compelled
to keep her !"-Judge.
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Cruel To BE Kind

What makes you carry that horri-
| BILE Shrek machine for an automobile
| signal?"
For humane reasons replied Mr.
| Chuggins. ''If / can paralyze a per
son with fear, he will keep still and
| can run to one side of him"
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And Who Wouldn't?

Miss Bolde,' said the shy student
to the fair one on the other side of
the sofa, "if l were to throw you
kiss what would you say?"
I'D say you're the LATEST man
ever met"-Minne-H a-Ha (Minn)
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AS Usual,

What's the news in Plunkyille?''
The authorities have decided that
the old railroad bridge is dangerous. !"
Il always thought So But what
made them decide?"
1T collapsed last week and killed
six people"
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SUSPICIOUS.

Miss Rocksey-What makes you
think that papa has no idea of letting
me marry you?
Young Scads-So far he's given me
three wrong tips on the stock mar
ket.
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Used to BEING Run away With.

so Betty has eloped with Jack
Huggard? Well, l really can't say I'm
surprised"
You're not?"
No; she's let her Imagination run
away with her many a time"
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A Green Buyer.

Have you any lobsters?"
Yes, ma'am; here's fresh lot.
Haven't you any that are ripper?
Those look so green
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The Attraction

Madge-Did you have a. good seat at
the opera?
Marjorie-Lovely We were near
enough to one Of the boxes 10 near
every word the society people said.
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accounts. Left alone, the managers
told each other of the idea which
they both had in mind, which was that
they should look into that little mat
ter OF Box Five themselves.