THE WILSON ADVANCE: APRIL 2, 1896.
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EARTH BOUND
cv who will for starry love,
'ft-rlrs of tho milky way.
Jf.i -v,p secret spectrum. pose,
wthered from the distant ray.
Of tho shy: .
Gireroo
what the grasses say
Sbispering down tlio suaiucr day.
' rch -w ho "list tho tmfathomcd deep
r Fir brlow tho laughing waves,
fstfal what tho ages keep .
cv"cly hid on ocean caves.. ;
Naught I care
- What thej bear;
. Tpll n:o what tho .bubbles hymn, .
; pdKg on the billow's brim.
Turn who longs tho dusty scroll,
', pi cor J of :i vanished age, ,
c, efe what fired the hero's soul,
rved Lis arm cr dulled Lis rage.
".'.What I prize
t . Never lies;
Give me but the faithful chart
" 0-j n:y cohirade's loving heart.
Isiiiuut-.l jluiturn Peek in' Boston Transcript.
THE CGRXET PLAYER.
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cornet-,
Vjere under
,1 TTT- , I . .. .
uvju. e ciasp nands and fight aft
erward. I shall die tomorrow surely
but not tmtil I have fought my way to
the side of the lieutenant coloneL As
foryou, Basilio, do not expose yourself
Gloryjs but a vapor."
"And life?" j f ,; .
"Well said. Make yourself a com
mandant. ;The pay I is not ethereal
that is, not; H one has smoked it away.
Ah, but all;, hat has now ended for
" What melancholy thoughts !" I cried,
not without a sinking kt the heart. "To
morrow we shall survive the battle."
Well; if this be so, let us now ap
point a rnfeering rdacel" :r .,
"Where?"; . . .'.,
"In the hermitage cf St. Nicholas at
1 o'clock tomorrow night. He who is
not there by that time shall be given up
for dead by the other. Is it agreed?"
"A
"Yv"
"Don Basilic, play. i:3 a tune on the
and-we will. -dance. It is cool
the trees." v
thinn.
"Bring bira the cornet Joaquin is
practicing with."
"It is not a very good one, but you'll
play for us, will you not, Don Basilio?"
"You won't?"
"No." '
.. "But. why?" ' ;
"Because I den't know bow. "
"He doesn't know how! Did you ever
sec such a hypocrite?" ;
"Come, come, Don Basilio. Why, we
know ycu'yo . been leader of a military
ban-i." . ' .. ,;
"Arid that nobody could play the cor
cct iilie yourself '.'
" Au.d that you have a pension from
the government" - , 1 -
"Well, yes-, it's the truth. I have been
aE:nician' in my time, and the cornet
was the ins trumeii t I played. But i t is
also true that years ago I gave my cor
i;tt nvriy to a poor player in need of cue
r.nd since that time have not so much as
Luniincd'a tune. " ''.-..'
"What a pity !"
"Oh; but this afternoon you must play
for us." ;:v;
"Remember it is my birthday, grand
papa. ". :. ' ,
"And hero is tho cornet at last. "
"Now let's have a pretty tunc."
"A waltz!" ; ;
"No, a polka!" .
"No, no; a fandango, a fandango
our national dance. " '
"Don't bother me, children. Havel
net said that 1 cannot play?"
'Tut why can't you?"
cd, Ramon
cf tho -darkness,
then, goou-by. "
ced nfrrclionatolv and Dart-
'disi-ppd-iiiug ..under th alter
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As we had especed, the rebels
had teen Eliot and, was dying.
Afterward it seemed to me that I was
lyin stretched on my prison cot. I half
raised myself and looked! around me,
trying to pierce tho darkness with my
eyes. A shadow more obscure than the
others 'appeared to detach itself and
bend over me. II had the outline of a
man. My lips murmured mechanically
the name of him Who had been so much
in my thoughts.
"Ramon!" V ; ;
. "What is it?" replied the shadow.
I shuddered. "My God!" I ex
claimed. "Can I be in the other world?"
'"No," replied the same yoice.
"Ramon, you still live?" 1 .
v V--
"And I" r
"Also." .
"Where am I? This is not the her
mitage of St. Nicholas and I still a
prisoner, or has it all beeh a-dream?'
,- "No, Basilio, you have not been
dreanrjJK. Listen : :
"As you know, yesterday I killed the
lieutenant colonel in fair fight. After
ward, mad with the excitement of (ho
it-
I tacked us; thc'f.bllowiKs dav. Tho action
was a bloody one j 'abd- lasted f rcra 3
o'clock in the aitcincon until iright fall.
About 5 o'clock. my! bi;t talich was.rov.gh-.
ly set upon by a parj yjof Alaveses led .by
Ramon. Ke then wore the uniform and
decorations of a commandant and on his
head was the white cap of the Car lists.
I ordered my company to fire upon Ra
mon's. forces. . He retaliated, and soon
our battalions yvv ere pngaged in a hand
to hand struggle, j o were victorious,
and Ram 025 v. as foiced to retreat with
tho scattered remnans 'of liis band, not,
however, befoio hp had slain with his
own hand our licptnant colonel, who
opposed a desperate but vain resistance
to the fury cl' his antagonist.
Toward sunset tile fortunes of war
turned against us and part cf my unfor-.
tunate company vas with myself, cut
off from the main fody and forced to
surrender. .1 was jtaien prisoner to the
little village cf f-j which the Carlists
then occupied, and as tho.war was with
out quarter on Iheirl side I expected to
be immediately put to death.
While confined, disheartened and
weary ,f in the village jail I heard the
houri of , 1 ring out, tho time for my
meeting with Ramon. 'I asked for my
friend' aiid was told "He is a hero
killed a lieutenani colonel with his own
hand-p-but ho must; undoubtedly have
perished in the last hours cf the battle. "
"Why do you think so?" I asked.
"Because he has iiot yet come back
to camp and thosB he commanded can
give no account at him."
Oh, what I suffered that night! But
one hope remained to comfort me--that
Ramon was still awaiting me atthe her-
"Lecaute Fvo forgoiten tho way, and ! mitage aud for this reason had not re
because, moreover, I have vowed never.
to leain again. " ' '"
"To whom did you make thrs vow,
father:" .; . ' , ;'
"To -myself, to a dead friend and to
your poor, mot her, my daughter. "
All the bright, childish faces grew sad
upon hearing these words.
, "Oh, if you only knew at what cost 1"
learned to play the Cornet!" continued
the old. man. '
j "The story 1 The story !" exclaimed
the children. "Tell us the story." .
"Well, yes," said Don Basilio,. "it is
really a story worth telling. Listen, and
yon shall judge "for yourselves whether
I can or cannot play for you today." .
And seating himself under a tree, sur
rounded by-the wondering children, he
told them 'the story of how he learned
to .play the cornet. Let us listen to Don
silio:
turned. "How troubled he will be when
he finds I. do not jccjmel" I said to my
self. "He will believe me dead, and,
indeed, am I very far from being so?
My last hour cannot now be far dis
tant. "v At davbri)a3i: a chaplain entered
tho prison. My companions m misery
were sleeping;- j f ' ,
"Death?" I exclaimed upon
the priest. ' 1 I
"Yes, "he replied softly.
seeing
"Now?" I asked, j ;
"No; within tjire hours.1
A few minutes
laughter and tears embraced him," eay
ing: .. ' -;-"' '..;;;
"I owe my life to you."
' "Hardly that, " replied Ramon. .
''What do you mean?" I exclaimed.
"Can you play the cornet?" he asked, beasts, the human sob
Thus passed two years mcr
It
cornet
in the art, all gathered to' hear me.
was - a wender. a marvel. The
seemed tjo yield to my fingers; it became
elastier St moaned; ife wept; it cried
aloud; it imitated the birds, the wild
"Na" - -
rather, it is that I have compromised
my own safety without securing yours.
I felt- my heart grow cold within me.
i
At the
end of that time Ramon died. ' Gazing
upon myjfriend's dead body, I recovered
my reascu, aud when, then in my right
mind, I one day took up the comet and
'And music, he continued, "do yod tried to jlay,l found to my astonishment'
that the power had left me.
Wil) you now ask' me to play a tune
dance? From the Spanish in
Tribune.
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It is now 27 years ago that our. belov
ed Spain was .shaken 'by civil war. Car
lea and Isabel1 disputed the crown, and
cur countrymen, divided in two fac
tkiisvsbed their blood in fratricidal con-
h!cr. : ',. : . i
i had in' those days-a friend named
-uai-cn 'Gcmez, cavalry lieutenant .in
'-e -an:e battalion, enc of the best
.r.ourted fellows I have ever known.
-tjv
id together we were
::i tru ly
Wq
o eaueaten I noefner: tometner we
r , fl)
college-; tcgethtr. had we passed
muy happy Ci ay
rta;!v to dio"
for libeitv.
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ay of
cau:;e than
ched to the
s, and his
V:-;y iicver cuctioned. Yet, even
h r certain in jaat ice.' committed, by our
-t one of those -abuses of . -authority
tiKit
wrccl
honorable career,
his fri
r;:.e vrj . U
Jherdinate
aval-iy lieutenant desert the
s i'ellow soldiers, tho. friend
end, th
tat 'of
desire
j liberal abandon his
a hated faction, tho
to kill his superior
oh'; r. . . -' ."'-.
Neither iijy warnings nor my entreat-Jc-:
ayailed- to dissuade him from. this
r--h t;tep. It wa a thing decided. ; He
T.t.u!d 'change the helmet for the cap,
.pising as. ho did the rebels and their
cua: c. . . , " " :
At that time we found ourselves in
te principality of , three miles
trora the enemy. It was tho night in
later my fellow pris
1 . -m TIT t " : -J
oners nad awaKenoa. &ods, cries unu
blasphemies fiiledj the prison. .
Every man aboui to die usually has
buo. idea that is ever present in1 his
thoughts and to 'which, he clings. So it
was with 'me, and weakness, fever, or
madness, I know tjot which, filled my
mind with thought! of my friend of
Ramcn living, oil itamon dead, of Ra
mon waiting for mi injhe hermitage,
of Ramon waiting for me in heaven
and so powerfully had these ideas taken
possession of rny pind that I thought, of
nothing jelse during hoso hours of agony.
They jtook -off mf captain's uniform -and
wrapped me -jn -an. old soldier's
cloak, placing upbnjxny head the Car list;
cap. Thus I marched to my death with
my 19 coijipanicjis In . misery:'..' One only
had been pardoned, land this because he
battle, I went on fighting desperately
until the clcso of the action. Then, I as
the pioon rose I thought of you and of
our appointm(;nt, aiid directed my sj:ep3
to the old hermitage, with the intention
of awaiting you there! It was about l0
o'clock when I arrived ;r so, as the hour
agreed upon was 1,1 lay down to sleep.
At the stroke of 1, I awoke with a start
to find myself alone. Two, three, four,
the hours rang out, and still .you did not
come, witnout douet, l said to my
self, he is dead, and with .a heavy
heart I . set' ox t at daybreak for jthe re Del
camp. All had given me up for lost, so
I was received with joy and the general
showered distinction upon, me.
"Afterward I learned that some pris
oners were to be executed that morning.
A presentiment filled my mind." 'Can
Basilio bo among them?5 I thought! I
ran toward the place of execution. The
soldiers of the. firing squad had already
taken their position. I heard the report
of the rifles -as they rang out in volleys
on the still morning air. At length I
reached the scene and threw my eyes
rapidly along 'the line of victims, but
.can; see nothing. Anguish blinds me;
fear unnerves mo At length I distin
guish you bat two places removed from
that of death ! What is to be done? . I go
mad, give a shout, break through the line
of soldiers, and rush to your side, and,
flinging my arms around you, exclaim
hoarsely :
'f 'This ono, no ! This one, no, my
general !' - - ;
''The general who was in charge of
the! execution and who knew me so fa
vorably by my r behavior in the previous
day's battle asked curiously:
" 'Why? Is he a musician?' .
"That word was for me what
would be for a man born blind to sud
denly see the sun in all its splendor,
The light of hope fell on my eyes and
dazzled them.
';' 'Musician!' I cried.' 'Yes, yes,
general. A musician, a great musician !'
',' 'What instrument does be play?
inquired the general.
';' 'The the er that is why,
course, the cornet! He plays tho
net r v:
';' 'Are we in need cf a cornet player?'
said he, turning to the leader cf
band. Five seconds, five eternities,
fore the answer came:
" 'Yes, general; one is needed
'Weil, then,' continued the general,
'remove that man' from the ranks and
let tho executions proceed at once. '
' ' Then I caught you in my arms and
brought 'yon here." .
earceiy had. Ramon, ceased speaking
when I aic trembiinri, and between
know anything of that?"
"Very little. You will remember
what they taught us in college."
"Little, indeed, or, better a:d, noth
ing" replied Ramon. "You will die,
without the slightest doubt, and I, also
as a traitor. Just think cf it! In 15 days
the Land to which on belong is 'to be
organized." ' " .
"Fifteen days!" ; A , '
"Neither mcro 'ncr less. And as yen
will not be abie to take your place in it
(for Gcd wiii not work a miracle) we
shall Loth be shot."
"To put you to death!" I cried.
"You, for my tuke ; for me, whom you
have lisked your life1 to save ! Ah, hcav
cn willnoc permit it. Within 15 days I ,
shall learn to play "the comet !"
. Ramon burst into a laugh. ; :
What mdre shall I say, my children?
In 15 days rob, power of the human
will in 15 days, with their 15 nights
for I slept no mere than nature com
pelled in half a month in1 '15 days I
had learned to play the cornet.'
What days those were ! Ramon and I
left camp early each morning and passed
hours with a musician who came from
a neighboring village to teach me. :
Escape ! I can read this thought in
your eyes. Ah, nothing more impossi
ble. I was a prisoner. They never re
laxed their vigilance, and Ranion did
not wish to escape without me. -' -' .
It seems to me now S3 if in all that
time I could neither eat nor sleep nor
think. of aught save my cornet. I was
insane, and music was my monomania,
u I was resolved to learn, and I did.
And if I had been dumb I should have,
spoken; and paralytic, I, should -.have,
walked,; and blind, should have seen
because I willed'it.
Oh, the will answers for all. Resolu
tion is power. Children, learn his great
truth to will is to achieve, j
1 saved thus my life and that of my
friend. But I went mad, and my mad
ness was the art I had learned. It might
be said that in three years the cornet
never left my hand. Do re mi-fa-sol-la-si
behold my world during that time.
But Ramon did not abandon me. To
gether we emigrated to France, and
there I continued my playing. - The cor
net was myself it seemed ' to ring jn
mv mouth. The DeooJe.the notabilities
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-time spared the
She
Carlists at that
litcs cf all musicians
on account of these being a great scarcity
of them in their battalicns.
"And we-e ycu a musician. Den Ba
silic? Did ycu iav) yourself by that?"
p.xelaimed his hetire'S. with one breath.
'No,
my cm
"I tb'ei
drin, responded tne
knew nothing of mu-
Y.-!iv.li
"ivca Rainn:i was trw desert a cheer-'
ess evening, cold and wet, on the eve
of a battle. At midnight Ramon enter
eii(liJy tent. I was asleep. .
"Basilio," he whispered in my ear.
Who's there?' ' I asked, waking with
a start; . -
It isl. Goodby."
'You are going already?"
"Yes. Goodby." And he grasped my
hand. "Listen," he continued. "If to
"BKttruw there is a great battle, as is the
yior, and we come face to face in it"
t 'I know, I know,". I interrupted,
'wearefrienas.".
Children Cry for
veteran.
Qjc. " ;
Well, the except itu squad .drew tip in
line and we were placed fac'ng it. I
was No. 11 iii tieow thut'ia to say,
T should" be the el vfonth to die. Then I
thought cf my wiii. and rdy child of
vou and your pborf- mother, my daugh
ter!' . ' - I l : -
The fall intc:isit-v
of .living', is reached
ordy by the perfectly
.healthy. Siek:ieES
discounts the capac
ity for enjoyrajefir.
When a piano is
badly out of tune,
the noises that come
from it are certainly
not musical. Tfhey
are not beaut; la i
it is only a little
cut of tune, you
ulay some few tl
on it. You can create
,a semblance
.music, but you
not make really beautiful, eatisfyincr,
stirring music, unless every string is
and lirm. unless every piece of the whole
instrument: is in perfect tune,
condition,
III I. W :
1
vl periect harmony wi
other piece. t '
in
14.
The firing
Thoso awful death
volleys maddened me. As my eyes were
bandaged I could pot see my compan
ions fall 'one by lone. wished to count
the discharges sO as? to be able to prepare
myself for the last f moment,, but at the
third or fourth yolley I lost count. Oh, -
the echo ot - tbese snots will revcrcerate
in my heart and hrain forever as they
rang out that fatal Hay 1 Atone moment
they were a thousand leagues away ;
the next, their hubder seemed : to peal
within my very Earl And the volley con
tinued. J I
"Now !" I thought. The Eharp report
followed, and Ijwa still alive:
"This will be it" I said, and then I
felt myself seized hy the shoulder and
dragged out of the ranks, while voices
cAoA in mv ears. I fell unconscious
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