Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-09
Story No. H.. The Music Swindler

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any,hno hm The harder tr,ed to
INA nI,cc ,bc w,rsc things seemed
80 90, mn,J t,r;sh, kncw / had
conc to the end If ,hc ronc had
sol;t,rv quarter lctt s,oored NJ
rcstany y wondering whrthcr 70
srcrd ,h. n,,,,tcr ior }ooJ or Do;.
sonI decided ON The poison--and
tbcr Won r,mc"
W;nn,. Andrcwa stared yarart,y
into thr shadows as She finished her
nathct;. .,orv and lnr fcv wnucrt>
Mona and Mary rcvolvcd hcr nara
i've silently /, was Mon, vh,
snnLe ~ lac, w.
al am Glad we have found Won
Won moor dcar' Nor only for ynur
own sake hut for the sake Of hun.
drcds Of other Girls who rrobaLI,,
have bccu y;rtir,1cd !, the same w,y
| have heard a good deal ahou, IN,
so.rallcd fake music schools hut his
il NV first definite knoyIedyc If
them II is high time that the Twcn-
t;cth Century Vocal ac,den,r and be-.
fcrros Alamo Herman were M,
ont Of busincssw
Winnie Andrews pazed AT her won
dcrinrly lust as Carson and Grant
Appeared, They discussed the Urls
blight and decided r. work orr Some
Dian Of saving the Girl 5nd hrcak;ng
Herman Mona and Marv took thc
o;rl to thc;r home
Tho ucxt mnrn;,o NI,rv ,,o.,r.d
at Uerrman's stnd;o ~ "
IL have called IN sec wbcthcr
if would he noss;hIc tor mo ~ w.
enrolled as one of ynur stndcnts >"
she hesitated bash(uliy
The nrofrssor smilcd aud ruhhod
his hands
W. are ALWAYS looL;rc for orom
Using students" Uc lacked A. hrr
again annraisinplv "lIavr Won had
vocal LESSONS heto,e ," '0' ''"'
Marv shook her head "No hr, T
have been told 60 of,en ,hat I hn.a
A remark bIe vo;ce and ,ha, !. o m"
70 he dcvnloncd that N '"", o' ~ 1" isIa
10 have The on;n;on Of an "xnnr, H.
Yourself" " ' - ''">
lust sol Inst 81, Won ,ro ,c,;rr
wisely II will hs , cl.,sura a. N, ,nas
your tone ouaIit;cs and ;nfI.c,;an ~
Miss Roberts Il Va, " VII, sn,lo 1--WE ',,o
7 vii ~ 70 &c., ou WI ;ol'o" ms
servatorv ana viii do m"o >t ~
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,,;.s ,nvsoIs .a.h" so"i poss,nI'-
vnu 60 ~ - ss;s as.t 'i"" e'''' us''"e
Proiosso ~''I uan..,, .,., A.,
49, ,,";,i.a ~ ~ 'ne.. 'losea me
fia,..;,h w" lsu 'ne piano STOP WIN
;ns .o, ,s anu ses',ms n''nsel al INC
an,. H s "sNeu May u she mad
' "ny 1I ~, NC pieee Oh ~, music mat she
"ouiu IKE 10 sing. The girl named
popular melody at random, and the
professor tattled on the refrain, play
my WIN me eXaggerated flourish OF
vaudeville artist, Mary sang
through me opening verse and the
ehorus. She was quite well aware
.hat nature had not given her a
VOICE and that the most expert
teaching IN the world could never
nave developed any vocal ability from
her' But she sang with all the eager
ness and trepidation, which she inag
med a young woman. hoping for a
musical career, would display. When
she finished, the professor swung
round on his stool and again rubbed
his hands.
Marvellous! Marvelousw he cried.
Permit me to congratulate YOU, nv
dear young lady! Assuredly YOU have
a tremendous future before YOU! |
can see great credit to us from vour
enrolment as student! Yes, can
see that you have done wisely, very
wisely in coming to usr'
After the necessary arrangements
regarding money, etc, Mary de-
parted.
Several days after she had been
given her first lesson, Mary felt il
safe enough to venture on a more init
mate footing with Herman As thev