The evening world., 1921-02-05
Manuscript of Little Stella
Trana Published as She
Left It-UnfiniShed.

Two unfinished novels. Judith"
and "Pauine's Dream Violin are
lying in manuscript form on a table
at No. S75 Summer Avenue, Newark.
as relatives and friends OF fourteen
year-oldC CStella Trana. who shot her
self Tuesday. when she failed to pass
her mid-year examinations in school,
prepare for her funeral, which will
be held this afternoon.
The child's parents. Mr.. and Mrs
vincenza Trnna, have consented to
publication OF the manuscript OF
"Pauline's Dream Violin" as far as
stella had got with it.
Judith" is a highly imaginative
novel upon which Stella began work
last summer, when the family was at
Sea Girt, n. J. According to the
girls older sisters, II was her custom
to spend a little time on the story
each day, writing in pencil upon a
common school tablet. She had fn-
ished several chapters, though the
story was not nearly ended.
During the fall Stelh's cousin, Miss
Pauline DAnna Of No. 234 Elmwood
Avenue, Buffalo, visited the Tranas.
Miss D'Anna Is several years older
than Stella, but the latter was excep-
tlonally fond OF her and a strong at
tachment sprung up between them.
This affection has manifested itself
recently when Stella showed her
parents few paragraphs OF "Pauline's
Dream Violin" and they discovered
she had started TO write a novel with
her cousin as the heroine.
Miss D'Anna Is the Pauline OF the
dream violin, and other characters in
the story are her father, John
D'Anna, who was a professor OF mu-
sic before he died a few years ago;
her mother and her younger sister,
Margaret D'Anna, Pauline D'Anna is
v!oinist
stella was especially fond OF her
cousins playing, so it was regarded
b her family as but natural that
she should make the violin central
figure in the story when she set out
to make her cousin Pauline the
heroine.
The full manuscript Of "Pauline's
Dream violin" up to the unfinished
sentence with which the young au-
thoress left off her work, as she
thought temporarily, is reproduced as
| it was written.
Pauline's Dream Violin.
Chapter One.
The Stranger.
with the soft gentle air came
the sound of music, a violin! Not
as you or | would play it. but as
II the fairies themselves were
touching the strings
In a large room sat an old pro-
fessor in hiss arm chair. lie had
soft gray hairy down to his neck
which was curled, and his gray
mustache and gray eyes and red
dish skin made him appear as
handsome old tall gentleman.
Then his eyes shut, He was soon
asleep II was a habit Of his TO
fall asleep while his daughter
played.
Then two girls walked quietly
out OF the room 10 tlelI lHONhSi'
who was in the kitchen cooking.
THE sky darkened and thunder
was heard. Then big drops OF
rain were heard on the window
pane. Very quickly the girl
helped her mother TO close the
windows.
"Footsteps we're heard on the
porch. Then coughing. Mrs.
| bAnna, the professors wife, went
10 see who was there while
Pauline and Margaret watched
through the window to see that
no harm would come TO their
mother. Then they saw the young
man, who came in the house with
"Sit down, sir" said Mrs.
D'Anna and IN go in and get
Won a cup or hot tea" The
stranger smiled at the kind
woman, while Pauline and Mar
raret looked OF each other.
"Grandma's forever treating poor
bergars," said the little, daughter