Evening star., 1914-04-22

the sister of one of her pupils played
to be married; Judith could have her
much. The position was a sodsend
to her. For one week she played pop
ular music-and sold it, too-on tea
and rolls. Then she got her pay and
went to a regular boarding house
She was very brave and good, this
small Judith, with very clear vision
Of life, 1t had placed her at q piano
her Of love and protection. but it had
left herself ed snd snd
her dreams and. they. were not-as
her fathers had been for her-of see-
ing herself in wonderful white gowns,
with her hands full Of roses siS;snns bSwins
vociferous with applause. Her dreams
were of a far simpler texture. All
her life Judith had wanted the coun,
try. Once she had had two beautiful
fathers had taken them to his sum-
rner cottage. She had never forgotten
that one most blissful experience or
the boy who had come down from the
big. gray farmhouse on the hill to
play with her and her hosts children.
Once they had all gone to the farm
house to supper. and such supper
as that was
farm as new land of Canaan. where
milk and honey flowed in abundance.
Some day Judith meant to realize one
e9 aef faq PH 9He aisp week
Ever since that day of thirty-seven
renderings of Polly. Peaches" and
raise in her salary she had been put
ting dollar each week in an old purse
against vacation time. 1t gave her
something beyond bare need to work
for something to look forward to. To
h. ay,f
store and the piano; to sit with het-
hands folded or holding bit of en-
broidery: to be far away from faces
and voices and-popular music An.
such a prospect was worth living Tor,
worth waiting for!
1t was already March. The first sigl
nificant tokens Of spring were abroad.
A lew straw hats were seen. The latest
songs began to sigh of moonlight nights.
apple blossoms and gentle breezes. Early
shoppers were flocking to town. Knots
Of them paused at Judiths counter to
look over the new music. Invariably
they asked her to play something. ana
when she had played bought it.
One afternoon Judith turned from the
piano, where she had been playing two
step for a stout woman VINO wanted
something that didn't have sharps nor
flats and would be easy to finger" and
looked into the eyes Of young man.
who, with rather bewildered air. was
turning over a gavly autographed copy:
7 want to get some . music M ss,s to h,s1 take
don't see anything that looks right. some
how" He seemed to abJure the whole
mass of frivolous melody with those last
words.
Judith hesitated an instant, then she
picked up a copy of the Spring Song,
which had been out Of sight. Il think
this is what you are looking for. Listen"
she said, and sat down at the piano.
Her fingers rippied off the beautiful
melody. When she played it she seemed
breeze to see the sunshine of open skies
dancing on clear waters. And 1t was evil
dent she made the young man hear and
see the same thing, for when she came
back to the counter he was watching her
wonder.ngly.
"I'n take that" he said, and any
pieces that are like ft!''
."There's nothing exactly like it-in the
whole world" Judith murmured.
mo" he said. II see there couldn't
be-"
Judith counted out quite pile OF music
and he paid for it and took 1t away.
For two or three days she thought
about his nice, kind, happy face and his
ewes. which were SO different from most
came on and all the evidences Of spring
rushed to cover and she went on selling
music and playing it as II God meant her
to do just that and nothing. else in the
whole world.
One morning she found him at her
counter again. and with him young
girl with scarlet ribbons on her thick
hands and she unfolded it and displayed
the title 1t was the Spring Song"
Buddy says I don't play 1t as you do,
SO I've brought It back 70 See II you