T£OS COIAELOTli£ KSW8. MAY 7, 1911
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CHAPTER V.
The Enchanted Violin.
to last them for a year and slept at
night In a barn, refusing a bed at the
Inn, lying close together on the straw,
as when thev were so poor in Sweden.
At the same time, they were very
neatly dressed, made no collection, re
vised the halfpence offered them; and
rour scarf
Christine Daae, owing to intrigues to
which I will return later, did not im-
. . . *ka rusea ine uanp^uvc?
mediately continue her triumph at tne people around could not under
Opera. After the famous gala night,, conduct of this rustic fiddler,
fhe sang once at the Duchess de Zu- who tramped the roads with that pret-
rich'B but this was the last occasion ty child who sang like an angel from
on which she was heard in private, heaven. They followed them from vll-
She refused, without plausible excuse, lage to village.
to appear at a charity concert to One day, a little boy, who was out
which she had promised her assist-, with his governess, made her take a
ance She acted throughout as though longer walk than he intended, for he
she were no longer the mistress of could not tear himself from the little
her own destiny and as though she jriri whose pure, sweet voice seemed
feared a fresh ’triumph. to bind him to her. They came to th*
She knew that the Comte de Chag- shore of an inlet which is still called
ny to please his brother, had done Trestraou, but which now, I believe,
his best on her behalf with M. Rich- harbors a casino or something of the
ard and she wrote to thank him and sort. At that time, there was noth-
also to ask him to cease speaking ing but sky and sea and a stretch of
in her favor. Her reason for this ou- golden beach. Only, there was also
rious attitude was never known. Some a high wind whiclj blew Christine’s
ortftended that it was due to over- scarf out to sea. Christine gave a
weening pride: other spoke of her cry and put out her arms, but the
heavenly modesty. But j>eople on the pcarf was already far on the waves,
stage are not so modest as all that; Then she heard a voice say:
and I think that I shall not be far from "it's all right. I’ll go fetch y
the truth if I ascribe her act\pn sim- out of the sea.”
ply to fear. Yes. 1 believe that Chris- And she saw a little boy running
tine Daae was frightened by what had fast, in spite of the outcries and in
happened to her. I have a letter of dignant protests of a worthy lady in
Christine’s (It forms part of the Per- black. 'Tlie little boy ran into the
siao’s collection'v. relating to this pe- sea. dressed as he was. and brought
rlod which suggests a feeling of abso- her back her scarf. Boy and scarf
lute’ dismay: "ere both soaked through. The lady
•'I don’t know myself when I sing,” in black made a great fuss, but Chris-
writes the poor child. tine laughed merrily and kissed the
Sb« showed herself nowhere; and Httle boy. who was none other than
the Vfcomte de Chagny tried in vain the Vicomte Raoul de Chagny, staying
to meet her. He wrote to her, asking in Lannion with his aunt,
to call upon her. but despaired of re- j During the season, they saw each
ceivlng a reply, when one morning, she other and played together almost ev-
sent him the following note: | ery day. At the aunt’s request, sec-
i onded by Professor Velerious, Daae
Monsieur: s consented to give the young viscount
I have not forgotten the little boy I some violin lessons. In this way,
who went into the sea to rescue my Raoul learned to love the same airs
Jcarf. I feel that I must write to that had charmed Christine’s child-
you today, when I am going to Perros, hood. They also both had the same
in fulfilment of a sacred duty. To-. calm and dreamy little cast of mind
morrow is the anniversary of the death They delighted in stories, in old Bre-
of my poor father, whom you knew ton legends; and their favorite sport
and who m-as very fond of you. He is was to go and ask for them at the
burled there, with his violin, in the , cottage-doors, like beggars:
grave-yard of the little church, at the i “Ma’am . . or, “Kind gentle-
bottom of the slope where we used to man . . .” have you a story to
play as children, beside the road tell us, please?”
where, when we were a little bigger,
we said goodby for the last time.
The Vicomte de Chagny hurriedly
consulted a railway guide, dressed as
quickly as he could, wrote a few lines
for hi’s valet to take to his brother
And it seldom happened that they
did not have one "given” them; for
nearly every old Breton grandame has,
at least once in her life, seen the
"korrigans” dance by moonlight on
the heather.
But their great treat was, In the twi-
and jumped into a cab which brought! light, in the great silence of the even-
him to the Gare Montparnasse just in
time to miss the morning train. He
spent a dismal day in town and did
not recover his spirits until the even
ing, when he was seated in his com
partment in the Brittany express. He
read Christine’s note over and over
again, imelllng its perfume, recalling
the sweet pictures of his childhood
and spent the rest of that tedious
Ing, after the sun had set in the sea,
when Daae came and sat down by
them on the roadside and, in a low
voice, as though fearing lest he should
frighten the ghosts whom he evoked,
told them the legends of the land of
the North. And, the moment he stop
ped. the children would ask for more.
There was one story that began:
“A king sat in a little boat on one
night journey in feverish dreams that [ of those deep, still lakes that open
began and ended with Christine Daae. j like a bright eye in the midst of the
Day was breaking w’hen he alighted at Norwegian mountains
I.AnnloD. He hurried to the diligence
for Perros-Gulrec. He was the only
pasesnger. He questioned the driver
and learned that, on the evening of
And another:
“Little Lotte thought of everything
and nothing. Her hair was golden as
the sun’s rays and her soul as clear
the previous day, a young lady who • and blue as her eyes. She wheedled
looked like a Parisian had gone tocher mother, was kind to her doll, took
Perros and put up at the inn known care of her frock and her little red
as the Setting Sun. | shoes and her fiddle, but most of all
The nearer he drew to her. the more | loved, when she went to sleep, to Bear
fondly he remembered the story of' the Angel of Music.”
the little Swedish singer. Most of I While the old man told this story,
the details are still unknown to the j Raoul looked at Christine’s blue eyes
public. j and golden hair; and Christine thought
There was once, in a little market- j that Lotte was very lucky to hear the
town not far from Upsaia, a peasant i Angel of Music when she went to
who lived there with his famll^^dig-1 sleep. The Angel of Music played a
ging the earth during the week and ! part in all Daddy Daae’s tales; and
singing In the choir on Sundays. This j he maintained that every great musl-
peasant had a little daughter to whom clan, every great artist received a
he taught the musical alphabet before visit from the Angel at least once in
■he knew how to read. Daae’s father) his life. Sometimes the Angel leans
was a great musician, perhaps without over their cradle, as happened to
knowing it. Not a fiddler throughout Lotte, and that Is how there are little
the length and breadth of Scandinavia prodigies who play the fiddle at six
played as he did. His reputation was better than men at fifty, which, you
wide-spread and he was always In- i must admit, is very wonderful. Some-
vlted to se t the couples dancing at times, the Angel comes much later, be-
weddings and other festivals. His wife | cause the children are naughty and
died when Cbristme was entering upon won’t learn their lessons or practice
her sixth year. Then the father, who their scales. And. sometimes, he does
cared only for his daughter and his : not come at ail, because the children
music, sold his patch of ground and have a bad heart or a bad conscience.
went to Upsaia in search of fame and
fortune. He found nothing but pov
erty.
He returned to the country, wander-
^ ing from fair to fair, strumming his
No one ever sees the Angel; but he
is heard by those who are meant to
hear him. He often comes when they
least expect him, when they are sad
and disheartened. Then their ears
Scandinavian melodies, while his child, > suddenly perceive celestial ^rmonies.
Jvho never left his side, listened to him i a divine voice, which they remember
n esctasy or sang to his playing. One I all their lives. Persons who are vls-
dny, at LJlmby Fair, Professor Vale-1 ited by the Angel quiver with a thrill
rius heard them and took them to unkonwn to the rest of mankind. And
Gothenburg. He maintained that the they can not touch an instrument, or
father was the violinist in the open their months to sing, without pro-
worM and that the daughter had the ducing sounds that put all other human
making of a great artist. Her educa- sounds to shame. Then people who do
tlon and Instruction were provided for. not know that the Angel has visited
She made rapid i)rogress and charm- those persons say tJiat they have gen
ed everybody with her i)rettiness, her j ius.
grace of manner and her genuine* ca-1 Little Christine asked her father if
gerMSS to plMse. ; he had heard the Angel of Music. But
^^^en V^erlus and his wife went to Daddy Daae shook his head sadly; and
settle in France, they trK>k Daae and | then his eyes lit up, as he said*
Christine with them. “Mamma” Vale- i •‘You will hear him one day, my
rius treated pristine as her daugh- child! When I am in heaven, I will
ter. As for Daae, he began to pine send him to you'”
away with home-stickness He never i Daddy was beginning to cough at
went out of doors in Paris, but lived that time. ° »
which he ki,pt up Three years later, Raoul and Chris-
^ locked his bedroom Valerius was dead, but his widow re-
wlth his daughter, flddlmg and sing- mained in France with Daddy Daae
mg. very, very Sometimes and his daughter, who continued to
a I f and sing, wrapping in
ten behind the door, wipe away a tear their dream of harmony their kind pat-
i «eemed henceforth to live
slgMng foi her Scandinavian skies. on music alone. The young man, as
DaM seemed not to recover his he now was, had come to Perros on
the sumnner. when the the chance of finding them and went
whole family went to stay at Perros- straight to the house In which -hey
«sed to stay. He first taw the old
Y the same man; and then Christine entered car-
® tea-tray. She flushed at the
he would play his saddest tunes on sight of Raoul, who went up to her
11 * * kissed her. She asjked him a few
questions, performed her duties as hos-
then he induced Manyna Valerius tess prettily, took up the tray again
•• room. Then she ran Into
n Vl* pardons, or Briton the garden and took refuge on a bench,
feelings that ^atlrred her
oanMs, he went off with his fiddre, as voting heart for the first time. Roaul
In the old days, and was allowed to in’lfiwod her and they talked till the
^ke his daughter with him for a week, ovoning, very shyly. They weie quite
They gave the smallest hamlets music cl nnged, cautious as two diplomatist*.
find told each other thlngs..^hat had
r«.*thing to do with their budding sen
timents. When they took leave of
each other by the roadside, Raoul,
iiiessing a kisR on Christine's tromb-
iir.g hand, said: ^
“Madamoiselle, i ?rall never forget
you!”
Ai-d be went awry regrc-tting hii
words, for he knew ihat C‘>ri?tin‘i
could not be the wife of the Vicomte
c’e Chayty.
As *or Christine, she tried not to
t’link cf him and devoted her^olf to
her art. She ma'le wi:nderful proKiefcs
and those who heard her prophesied
that she would >e the greaces- singer
In the ^orld. McJM-whlle, the father
died; Kvd suda she seemei t>
have Io!?t, wi n 1: m, her voic' her
soul and her genius ^ She retalnel juf^t
but only just, eno igh of this to enter
tb^» conservatoire '^e?e sh^ did not-
•Jl^tingulshed herself all, attendlijr
tl.e :’asses withoi’.i enthusiasm and
taking a prize -only to plea?e 3l1 Mam
ma V’^ iW rius, wi' h v l:om s^*e continued
10 'V'- ••
The first time that Raoul saw Chris
tine at the Opera he was charmed by
the girl’s beauty and by the, sweet
images of the past which it evoked,
but was rather surprised at the nega
tive side of her art. He returned to
listen to her. Hq followed her in the
wings. He waited for her behind a
Jacob’s ladder. He tried to attract
her attention. More than once, he
walked after her to the door of her
box, but she did not see him. She
?eemed, for that matter, to see nobody.
She was all indifference. Raoul suf
fered, for she was very beautiful anl
ne was shy and dared not confess his
Icve, even to himself. And then came
the lightning-flash of the gala por-
formance: the heavens tom asunder
and an angel’s voice heard upon earth
for the delight of mankind and the
utter capture of his heart.
And then . , . and then there
was that man’s voice behind the door
—"You must love me!”—and ho one
in the room. ...
Why did she laugh when he ’ re
minded her of the incident of the
scarf? Why did she' not recognize
him? And w^hy had she written to
him?. . .
Perros was reached at last. Haotil
walked into the smoky sitting-rocmi of
the Setting Sun and at once saw^
Christine standing before him, smil
ing and showing no astonishment.
"So you have come,” she s:aid. “I
felt that I should find you here, when
I came back from mass. Some one
told me so, at the church.”
“Who?” asked Raoul, taking her lit
tle hand in his. .
“Whj", my poor father, who is dead.”
There was a silence: and then Raoul
asked:
“Did yo\ir father tell you I love you,
Christine, and that I cannot live with
out you?”
Christine blushed to the eyes and
turned away her head. In a trembling
voice, she said:
“Me? You are dreaming, my frlei;id!/'
And she burst out laughing, tb .pvt
herself in countenance^ ,
“Don’t laugh. ChHstine;. I a^. quite
serious,” Raoul answereff.*
And she re plied i^avelj’: did iifijt-
make you come to t^ll m^ sucliv^}il|fj^
as that.”
“You ‘made me • come,’ Christine;
you knew that your letter would not
leave me indignant and that I should
hasten to Perros. How can you have
thought that, if you did not think I
loved you?”
“I thought you would remember
our games here, as chilren, in which
my father so often Joined. I really
don’t know what I thought
Perhaps I was wrong to write you" .
. . This anniversary and your sud
den appearance in my room at the
Opera, the other evening, reminded
me of the time long past and' made
me write to you as the little girl that
I then was. . . .”
There was something in Christine’s
attitude that seemed to Raoul not nat
ural., He did not feel any hostility in
her; far from it: the distressed affec
tion shining in her eyes told him
that. But why was this affection dis
tressed? That was what he wished to
know and what was irritating him.
When you saw me in your dressing-
room, was that the first time you no
ticed me, Cnristine?”
She was incapable of lying.
“No,” she said, “I had seen you sev
eral times in your brother’s box. And
also on the stage.”
I thought so!” said Raoul, com
pressing his lips. “But then why,
when you saw me in your room, at
your feet, reminding you that I had
rescued your scarf from the sea, why
did you answer as though you did not
know me and also why did you laugh?”
The tone of these questions was so
rough that Christine stared at Raoul
without replying. The young man
himself was aghast at the sudden quar
rel which he had dared to raise at
the very moment when he had re
solved to speak words of gentleness,
love and submission to Christine. A
husband, a lover with all rights, would
talk no differently to a wife, a mis
tress who had offended him. But he
had gone too far and saw no other
way out of the ridiculous position than
to behave odiously.
You don’t answer!” he said angri
ly and unhappily. “Well, I will answer
for you. It was because there was
some one in the room who was in your
way, Christlqe, some one that you did
not wish to know that yould could be
interested in any one else!”
“If any one was in my way, my
friend,” Chfistine broke in coldly, “If
any one was in my way, that evening,
it was yourself, since I told you to
leave the room!”
“Yes, so that you might remain with
the other!”
“What are you saying, monsieur?”
asked the girl excitedly. “And to
what other do you refer?”
“To the man to whom you said, ‘I
sing only for you! . . . tonight I
gave you my soul and I am dead! ”
Christine seized Raoul’s arm and
clutched it with a strength which no
one would have suspected in so frail
a creature.
“Then you were listening behind the
door?”
“Yes, because 1 love you ....
And I heard everything. . .
“You heard what?”
And the young, girl, becoming
strangely calm, released RmuI’b arm.
“He said to you. ‘Christin^ you must
love me.’”
(CONTINUED TOMORROW.)
OF
THE mm
. mjTBEET
(By THOMAS C. SHOTWELL.)
New York, May 6.—Having no su
preme court decisions on Ifonday to
worry about the stock market was
quiet and firm throughout today’s ses
sion. In the early trading some selling
was caused by the Mexican situation
but it was so well absorbed that the
sellers were discouraged. The market
righted Itself and continued to the
close without important incident.
Western Maryland was one issue to
show considerable activity and
strength, selling up more than two
points above the close of the previous
day. American Car, common and Erie
are being accumulated for a specula
tive campaign. Western Union was
not hurt by the loss of Mexican busi
ness.
The bank statement was not import
ant as it showed but small changes
in reserves, the actual statement be
ing better than the average one.
Most important of the week’s de
velopments in the stock market world
was the final realization by the gen
eral public that reciprocity can not be
come a law this year and that the
congress at Washington will be unable
to bring about any important tariff re
forms. The politicians realizing their
inability to carry out election pledges
hate apparently uecided to create new
campaign material by investigating,
the great trusts.
Such investigations are already pro
vided for, but not actually ordered,
are those of the Steel Trust, Sugar
Trust and the Americife Woolen Com
pany.
investigation of these three compa
nies may furnish some excitement
from day to day, but can bring out
nothing new of importance. The steel
trust has operated with extreme pub
licity from the beginning. Its relations
with railroads and other corporations
have been thoroughly understood for
year*.',
The manufacturers of the trusts be
lieve these relations are legal and
have made no attempt to conceal
thein.
Stockholders of the trusts are fully
informed of these relations and while
the investigations will undoubtedly
produce many startling newspaper
stories there is no reason for expecting
them to be a depressing influence on
the market; Wall Street may be wrong
but Wall Street is looking upon these
investigations as pure bunkum anil
they increase the bad feeling that al-
•ip^dy eiists between * business men
find the politicians. The little store
keepers, as well as the little brokers,
are impatient with the antics at Wash
ington.
While it is true that the dullness
ness of the stock market is based very
largely on general trade conditions it
can not be denied that some very im
portant enterprises are being held up
awaiting the decisions of the supreme
court in the tobacco and oil cases.
' Financiers have decided to be a
stubborn or perhaps “cautious” is the
proper word. At any rate they had de
cided that they want to know what
the law is before they do any new
bu&iness of importance. They do not
care what it is but they want to know,
for they are tired of being called male
factors of great wealth. They believe
they are just as honest as the corner
grocer and all persons of intelligence
know that the percentage of honesty
in the financial world is as high as
in any other department of human
endeavor.
Mr. King III.
The host of friends of Mr. Geo. *H.
King will regret to hear that he Is
seriously 111. He has been confined to
bed for a week or so, and at times has
Bben almost desperately ill. He was
slightly better today. Charlotte has
few as good citizens as Mr. King.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
DIRECTORS MEET.
By Associated Press.
Savanah, Oa., May 6,—The pur
pose of the special meeting of the
directors of the Central of Georgia
railway today was to effect a settle
ment with the dissatisfied bondhold
ers who have been suing the com
pany for interest on income bonds.
The following statement was issued
by President Markham of the Central
after the meeting:
“The decision of the supreme court
of Georgia in the income bond case
for 1907 was rendered on December
14, 1910, and Major Hanson, then
president of the ,Central of Georgia
railway, died on the following morn
ing.
“There was an unavoidable delay in
filling the ofllce of president and I
did not assume the duties of the pres
idency until about the first of Mar^.
Having had no connection with the
previous litigation, I was in position
to consider the difference with the in
come bondholders with an open mind
and, as the final result of discussing
the matter w^th counsel and with mem
bers of the executive committee and
board of directors, we have accepted
in the utmost good faith the decision
of the court In the 1907 case and,
with this object in view, the income
accounts of the company for the year
1908, 1909 and 1910, have been care
fully considered and have been re
vised by crediting to the income ac
count all items which under the de
cision aC the supreme court of
Georgia as to the year 1907 should
be so ^credited.
“From this re-adjustment of ac
counts which has been made with the
greatest care, it appears that the
amounts which the company should
now properly pay as interest on the
income bonds are as follows:
“For the fiscal year, 1908—$397,478.-
45, which will pay the full Interest
on the first incomes and about 2,82
per cent on the second. For the year
1909 192,500.00, which will pay about
2.31 per cent on the first ihcomes
1?09 year 1910 the same as
“The board has taken action direct
ing the payment as soon as the nec-
^>6 taken and
regard to any difficulties we
o 7® Income bondhold-
^ amounts not now paid
bein^ftli this
thev thinks that
Justly entitled to.”
®-rrangement is understood to
be acceptable to the bondholders
• ^ ;
PurcelVs Women’s Garments of Quality Pmcell
Monday Moming ai 9:30 O’clock
We Start Our Great Reduction
Stale of Silk Dresses
The money-saving event of the season. High-class Dresses at just
the season of the year you need them — at little more than half price
You will find on sale about one hundred of these dresses, most of tiie
lot Foulards—the new bordered effect—stripes and polka dots and
figures. Also you will find Pongees, Cotton Voiles and Chiffons.
Some evening colors. The styles are all new and very attlacli^ c.
It is certainly a money-saving event.
NOTE THE REDUCTION :
$12.50 and $15.00 Dresses
Reduced to
$17.50 and $19.50 Dresses
R.educed to
$ 7
9
.95 $22.50 and $25.00 Dresses
Reduced to
$13
.50
1.95 $27.50 and $29.50 Dresses
Reduccd to
15-!!
Sale Starts 9:30 Tomorrow Morning,
None on Approval
PURCELL’
Lenoir “Cleans Up.
Special to The News,
I Lenoir, May 6.—Clean-up day was
observed here yesterday and the
people in all sections of the town and
suburbs busied themselves raking
lawns ,and gathering up all the old
rubbish oji the premises, piling it
along the streets to l^e gathered up
by the various garbage wagons that
were on the rounds. Results from
this spring town leaning are evidenc
ed on every hand^ today, presenting a
spectacle of cleanliness, neatness ev
erywhere you go, laws, back yards,
baclj lots, etc.
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