Show KOT ALL 'DROSS “ An orphan and a daughter of Zion’ exclaimed Sir Walter with thoughtfu1 interest “Yes Signor Stranger” “ A sweet singer of Israel maiden !” “ So the hind villagers tell me Signor Stranger” replied the artless child of nature naively” The youths won from her the history of her orphan life "She had never met any one to harm her and she was easily induced to tell her simple pathetic tale Fred with his free generous nature wept like a boy as lie was for he wasjjjhiinseif an orphan Walter— sublime Walter was like himself grand and profound — He had been as an elder brother to Fred why should he not be the same to Terese? Fred wished it Walter with his strong lie deimpeteous nature willed it so termined it therefore it had to be Terese the orphan Hebrew maiden henceforth was their protege — their sister Walter willed it and Fred knew that all Italy could not stand against that impetuous will Foster-brothe- r Beppo opposed but brother Beppo could not stand against the master mind and wizard-lik- e power of Walter Templar lie was created d to his strong-mindeto will even nature bow by turbulent' men Never had lie met a masculine mindwhom lie had not subdued What wonder then that he should henceforth be the ruling star of the destiny of the orphan Hebrew girl She did not know" it but from the iirst she loved him with the of a woman’s nature Like her ancestress Ruth the language of her soul was “ Where thou goest I will go thy people shall be my people and thy God my God” The young Englishmen traveled incognito Where would have been the romance unless theyJuid aside their famiSo ly titles for that of the Unknowns? Sir Walter Templar and Lord Frederick IFLacy became to the peasants of the country plain Signor Walteraud Signor Fredericks With Terese the orphan Hebrew maiden added to their number what a trio they formed What a traveling company for any extravagant rod mance which even your d unromantie statesman is as likely as any youth to fall into at twenty Here they were three children of nature! Even Walter with his masterly intellect was all that perhapsfhe was more so from the very force of his mentality and the impetuosity of his nature which like a torrent overleapt the artificial Here they were Fred the orphan heir and last representative of a noble name and ancient house whose fortune had fallen and whose lands were in the hands of the suppianter Here they were — Terese the orphan Hebrew Maiden — a — daughter of Zion a sweet singer of Israel — a child of the captivity of the chosen to the people— all of which characters youths made her their fitting companion Here they were and at their head glorious forceful gifted Walter a representative descendant of an illustrious Grand Master of the renewed Order of Knight Templars What impropriety was there in these two English youths seeking adventure" and this gifted maiden with so many surroundings traveling together as a loving trio— two young brothers of a sister younger Fred’ particularly saw no impropriety and he would have been only too delighted to have found several more such youths as themselves and a few more maiden with the halo of romance around Terese clothed in his magnificent voice aDd Terese is putting in her part with her rich Hebrew tones If our readers wish to discover the peculiar quality and rich- ness of the voice of the children of Judah they have only to go to a Jewish syna- What an interesting company they would have formed! The boy in fact gave such d a romantic preference over hi model banditti Thus these children of nature traveled together a loving trio well representing what they passed for — two friends and Terese the sister of Walter The youths never dreamt of future Fred asrve know wan consequences betrothed to Alice Courtney by hi? dying father and Sir Richard and Walter was to mate with his cousin Eleanor Bat what had that to do with Terese the orphan Hebrew maiden ? She was a sister of their romance and they had not been as in after years painfully startled with the revelation that the romance of a woman’s life is love ! Since Terese became the companion of their travels Walter would for a time take some beautiful villa in which he would surround his adopted sister with as many luxuries as consistent with pastoral gentility — especially those of art and refinement of intellect Music was particularly attended to for Walter was already skilful on several instruments and an excellent vocalist with a magnificent tenor voice At college he made music a principal study and he grasped it by intuition 1 lours would Walter Templar and Terese pass together in their revelries of music In this they were indeed brother and sister They shared a common genius and had not Sir Walter Templar been an English nobleman the world might have known him and Terese as celebrated among the most illustrious of the musical profession One of the episodes of the adventitrcs of the young Englishmen in Italy was to rescue the great composer of music Spon-tifrom the hands of banditti which made such an inovation on Fred’s romance that he thenceforth viewed such honorable fraternities more in the light of assassins and robbers After that also then history became more regular and their association with Terese a little more bound with the world’s notions of proTheir fondness however for priety each other and unrestrained relations remained and why should they not ? They were most innocent pure and natural A Indeed there was the impropriety little more artificial and their relations would have been more proper The difference now was that tliev¥ became fel- low pupils under the great Spontini This grew out of the gratitude of the illustrious Maestro y who only trained the brightest ‘stars but to his gratitude was soon added admiration for he found that both Walter and Terese possessed rare genius and oiees of the first quality They became immense favorites with Spontini not merely musically but as two in whom the great man was personally and affectionately interested They told him their history and he the more readily extend ed a guardianship to Terese because lo foresaw what must inevitably be the result of the connection between Walter and the Hebrew maiden Indeed it was clear to him even then that the gifted young Englishman was master of the maiden’s destiny Three years had passed since they became fellow pupils under the illustrious Let us bring before us again Spontini Walter Templar and Terese the orphan Hebrew maiden — now the enchantress prinia dona — now the Queen of song at Rome They are seated in their music room in a beautiful villa situated ou the suburbs of the city Walter ja -- at the piano pouring fourth imp rovisions of his genius gogue Spontaneous improvising together was their most delightful practice They spent hoars daily in this exercise 'so enchanting to them as composers and vocalists — They both possessed genius — were skillful musicians and having made impro-visio- n a favorite exercise they could ‘pour forth together spontaneous com-po- si lions some times Walter leading tho " inspiration and some times Terese But the Hebrew maiden had become so much the expression of Walter’s soul that sho " 'thought his thoughts felt' his feelings and was inspired with his inspiration she was as a miror reflecting his mind and genius Using modern physiological terms sho was Ills medium or as Spontini ex- pressed it Walter was her magician and she the enchantress who worked her en- chaatments under the will and by tho superior power of the master spirit But this was an awful power for a young man of Walter’s character and forceful nature to hold over the plastic ' nature and yearning heart of the Hebrew maiden The master of her destiny-- aye of her very soul which he governed immeasurably more than he governed his own Where will it end?” Spontini had been anxiously asking himself for threo years “Where will it end ?” The1 heart of Terese had been wailing since the hour it was first frightened with the revelation ' of its KPCl’ot “ Oh God of my fathers !” The Hebrew maiden would implore when alono in her chamber “Oh God of Abraham where will it end “ Oh'God of my fathers take not from the orphan daughter of thy ancient people the comforter whom thou sent !” When struggling in vain to conquor her almost hopeless love the soul of tho troubled maiden would burst forth in wailings of pleading trust — tho uttered yearnings of the spirit of a true daughter of Zion whose faith remembered the power her people once held with heaven “ Oh God'Of Jacob who prevailed with thee may I prevail with him ! Give mo the heart of Walter my beloved! Thou hast made him Lord of my soul — God of the captive people send not an afflicted daughter of Zion again into Babylon ! Take not Jacob from her Rachael ! Leave ' not thy handmaid in the dtarkness of Egypt ! Give the balm of Gilead to my wounded spirit ! Oh give me Walter’s love!” j Thus would the Hebrew maiden in tho solitude of her chamber pour- out her afflicted spirit in strong simple faith to Him who manifested his mercy and power in the midst of His people Israel It was her anxious master Spontini who Hurtled her into a knowledge of her heart's secret by dwelling upon the fact of Walter’s betrothal to his cousin his prospective return to hb own land and marriage with Eleanor She had so long known all this— been so familiar with it from the first ! It was nothing to trouble Terese who had W al ter with her always I And she saw in the future no ominous cloud— none until Spontini pointed it out with a new light When the revelation of the tmth burst upon her consciousness it overpowered her nor could her kind - -sympathizing master sonsole her f A bird’s eye views of a sequel between t and his the illustrious composer j ’ |