The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-05

II Tom Price, a young architect. and
& ~ wife. Laura are happy IN the.t
Ex ~ . concert tour for Legrsnd, a
q 00uposer. when Tom objects Pro-
q l61e0f Sargent. her singing teacher.
q no1lo her she has a career before her
Gocores the contract for a small Of
&l 00o building and while superintend-
(oG its construction is injured. HIS
y lo6 10 broken and his injuries are
81 1Gflous. After a long fight he wins
III way back TO health and when he
NJ - able TO pay attention TO ordinary
oEnirs finds that all his savings have
E6S11 her piano. She tells him not 10
Noery: that what she has done is no
81 GneStnce and that In month or two
1 - win be working again.
81 s'In = month or two" he supple
monted, II shall have u &C limping
Y 61pund IN search Of work. For. Doc
& ~ 0prague tells me, the Stuyton
n CONSTRUCTION company went, last
woek, into the hands OF q receiver,
~ the Lord alone knows when I'll
1ut any money on what they owe
Emo for designing that miserable
Gulo6lug for them. hadn't meant
u ~ 1T you know this until I could
G11o you some better news along
~ 4. But there doesn't seem
$3.50 much chance of better news
q ~ may a well face the truth
W6fre dead broke, you and l. And
wofvs no prospects OF being any bet
Il ~ o. for q long time to come.
Granville, when the money you got
X ~ The piano 10 gone. what are We
- 70 do? II looks pretty black,
16of siri."
we have each other" she COM
n Detod him. "And--"
~ ring ct the doorbell interrupted
49,. me answered the summons.
IL m1tting two men.
Tom recognized the older Of the
~ visitors rs Prof. Sargent. his
ncoois singing teacher. The younger
- strikingly handsome man.
S6onecoly 30 years old: and with a
nooful. self-assured manner which
1sod On Price
!yST 1Nura welcomed the newcomers
11ally. Prof. Sargent was warm
4 sympathetic In his greeting OF
nvaIid. Laura introduced the
1nnnnr 70 Tom, as Mr.. Paul Lee
\ - Her husband found difncul-
R1n naling himself barely civil to
u oomDossr. He hated Legrand
x ut He did not know why. II
60 az those sudden antipathies
hard 70 explain and 90 much
!; eAor - overcome.
SS 80. Sargent came at once to
oa5ect Of the visit.
l1rA Price," began. this Is
nnay no sort Of time to come
~ taIking business. But Lesrand
neoeed me until I consented to.
= tar starts in . week. He stiil
= o1nros that no soprano but your
Ei|If en- % justice 10 those Songs OF
And be seems to think have
1921 influence over you to make
~ change your mind. He also au-
lorlpss me TO add Is per cent to
B - terms he offered you. before. and
peumise you, ~ bonus. per
1870 on the receipts"
<s @1sm afraid it's no use. professor.
SN Iaura, her sweet voice vibrant
80 : regret that did not escape
-. ~lay husband does not"
~ner. PRICE," broke In Legrand. I'M
1v<Ny. "perhaps you don't n siize
y 1Sf iris means to your wife. q
N hnainess man, you may not
~ Inst am jest now one OF the
~ SECULAR music composers IN
rr1en The concert tour IL to e.
2,l ~ nonss: sung as intended
f1n q b sung. /. myself. shall be
1lIe naano. That. by itself. insures
ereus Of the tour. am oifer.
xour wife an opportunity for
- many lyric sopranos OF estab'
~ rpputation would be h1moiy
1fnf,1l. I am conferring q high
- On your wife by asking
srAs highest honor . man can con-
- ANOTHER mans wife" interpos-
S1 I'm. ..is to let her alone. AT
112.8 that IL the way I regard such
5-rr. may be bopelessly old
h1onsd. But"
6You are" Legrand assured him
- untoucned by the snub. and
y iil - tsll you. II she sings in these
n $500 az mine and n she scores
e $3.50 in them. her fortune IL made
h j~1r vill be besieged by offers from
nnnasers. She"
}&TSst IA true, Mr.. Price" said
- Sargent. cit 10 stated rather
80 raodestiy thnn you may care 70
); - 4. But II Ia entirely true. Mrs
- VIM not only receive far higher
5000 Tor the tour than ever have
h 1Svn an uutried singer &c get, but
b o1n wiIl also have . CHARGE to make
Z. q nrne Tor herself A name that she
80 com into money. With voice
HI Mr."
100 has already made name for
u,,ola air" retortcd Tom. she
3. .-r1S Il ~ the altar. The name OF
- No4 an exalted name. per.
~ hut I believe and hope she "
- content with IT. She neeo
= 6ahss,"
a - - m,sundersiand me-" answe:
{ Ssrr~nt. 81 meant to cay
MI legrand cut h'm short os ="
euDtipe: -. ..o.,
~ here. Mr.. Price. lets spes.
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