Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-10-09
MADYSMITh ZEPHYR"

Under the above caption, the Mu-
steal Times (Philadelphia) publishes
in it's current number a short story
written by w. H. H. Ingle, of this
city. Mr.. Ingle has had several stor-
les accepted by this publication, one
of them serial story that ran for
several months, under the name of
the 'Inglenook Serial" A Well-known
composer, Everett j. Evans, named
one of his compositions after this
ial March" This composition is be-
ing played by the Ladysmith band
and by the Unique theater orchestra.
Following is Mr.. Ingle's story,
"Ladysmith Zephyr"
Oh, how fully l have realized in
my life the truth of what James A.
Davis says in regard to necessity
and desire. l believe it is true that
''the development of man into the
dominant creature of the earth has
been wrought through the operation
of these two great forces" one with
out and one within. Necessity, that
drives, and desire that leads. And
now l want to say that l believe that
all good musicians are developed by
these very same forces.
I remember when | came into pos
session of my first fiddle, I thought
it was the acme of perfection. /
thought l could use it all my life if
Ii lived to be as old as Methuselah.
But after l practiced ON it for five
years l found that l was capable of
doing things that could not be done
on this fiddle. My father very fire.
quently sent me to town to purchase
groceries and get our mail. Upon
such occasions I was sure to visit
| Torger Hanson, the Norwegian viO-
linist, and, if he was in the humor
for it, have him play some pieces on
his violin for me. One day l ven
tured to ask him if he would let me
| take his violin in my hands. He con-
scented, and to my great surprise
handed me the bow also and asked
me to play piece of music for him.
What a beautiful, amber colored vio-
lin it was, and what sweet, smooth
tone l could produce on it! What
desire filled my soul to possess such
an instrument That night when /
arrived home l told father | must
have another violin. He asked in sur
prise: What do you want with an
other fiddle? Isn't the one you have
good enough?"
We'll" / answered, sit has been
all right until lately, but l have found
out that l am capable of doing things
that cannot be done on this violin"
Then my father said: Il haven't
any money to spend to get you an ex-
pensive violin; you must manage to
get along with the one you have"
Not long after this on one of my
regular trips to town, l met a man
named John Spawn. He was a fine
| fiddler, so after We had travelled a
short distance together l naturally
| inquired if he still played for dances
and kept up his fiddle practice.
mo-" he said, Il have got convert
| ed and am now a member of the
| Methodist church. I don't touch my
old fiddle any more. l wish l could
sell it, but I think l would feel lone
some if l parted with it, for l car
ried it all through the Civil War"
finally asked him what he would
take for his fiddle, and he said: eff
you want it you can have-i it for ten
dollars. don't know of anyone that
would rather sell it to than you,
for your father was one of my COM
rades during the closing scenes of
the war" He said l could pay him
one dollar per month until the full
amount was paid. How easy it
seemed to me. l could hardly wait
until l got home to see what my
father would say about it. When |
arrived home that evening, | told my
father of the good, easy chance 1
had to get a fine, old violin, and he
said: well, if you can raise the
money yourself to pay for it, go
ahead, but don't count on me for one
cent; now remember that" l knew |
my father was a very positive man,
when he said anything that settled |
it. l knew l would have to depend |
on my own resources for the posses |
sion of this coveted violin So I set |
my wits to work to devise some way
of earning the money, and that was |
no easy thing to do, living, as we
were, in the wilds of Wisconsin on a |
homestead.
I believe that necessity is a stern