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Show STORY OF A P.ANO. I A nealea Uk I.UH,I Dime lie U Keep l Utf la IN. t-,,.i.erl VroTeAhly tha mv.nt i-rd. il that penlin can und. rjni In to be th priv 1 vt theeierelaeof ltifinrn. M l" I'ont martin had n tMlbelle ltntratlon ut thi In hU Afrimh.tAnoe wlllimte of the pmtt plnntf It nf the retcnt eenliiry He relate tho alranire atory lit ' Ia B..inmlr d'un Yleut Critique ' TIkurIi not a t-'T" lilnmlf, M tie I'onttiiArlln haul n fine einno One dv tlte proj rletor of the vlllaire lntel oil 11 to lAVUiat the evenlufl before n iitl man, ppArefltly a lluiiffartnu or an AiiMtlau, hivl arrlve.1 at IiIIhu. a prwm about M Pimtmaiilii' atre, eK rant cf nppeAranee and wearlna on el pre km of touching tnelanehnly. In the iiTrorntnir, It aeemexl, tha t ranger would take rto break fait, but Ueoujlht Jl. I'ierroli, tlie IjoUI keejur for a 1'iano, anjlni that drumtanw had pre veil twl hit touching (no for a A little later the atrangcrwaa aeote-l at M. l'ontnmrtlti'a i-tano, and It wai oon inanlfeat that ho woa not only A wonderful artht hut au lineiitor of new methotU, nlKim touch tripled Jh (owrr and volume vt the tnatrument He plated ouandnn. Shortly before mMnlitht he m-med to puthUvthol aiyul Into iinprmMiitf n funeral iiiatrl., which ended wltli a tltiale of wonderful traglf hmutyjiut na the village eloek itrurk 2 "AiIIimi and llmnka," fahl tlie atrane fpiHt, not pittiiff to hear M. I'ont martin' nthimalloiii "It h t wMj thank) out My plnriu l9Aerel lienre fort li Tho next I nomine he ttent nway, ligglntf M. Iterrou not to tuk hi real name The follow In year, Juit nfter Iiear In? l.Ut It, rmitmiirtln ralM on I ill friend, .Immenuann. Iea'eiplalu lnjf to the IncrvOuIuua mutlotnti that hit fidmiratlitii tor the tfrvat IJtt wb temiercd hy the iininory of nn Incoin I-arnhle (renin whom he hadhrdnt Arlffnon. wtirt ttitm wn n knock tit tho door, nnd m the critic relate, "I heard a volco that thrilled mo my, i liny I enter r SlUmund TlmlUrf,' crleil Zhnmenunnii hi Jojfut aurjirlea. "I rreoarnliMl my myaterloua Wtor, I hut my delight wn checknl by the and j nea In hi fara. Ho mM tome, 'Hy iknr air, I owe you an explanation. I On tho sWtli of Apr.l I prtHiilwl Calh erlnolt , a lMfltitlfiil kIi! whom I loved, that I wouM not touch a pinno until April 3f) of the iiext)enr; tide 11 an cildance that my piano ami my art were not fleet In my refnnl At the i nd of tho year alio una to become my wife, ' 'Well, you know the rear. I thought that terrible year would itfver end I traveled corw-tniitly to dMrnrt my mind nnd to pantile thuo mom, cudurabty. I reachcil A.ljfiiou tlw l".th of April "Ho itopiiL 'Am! Catherlner I wkol. "Mho died on the 30th, at the very hour when 1 tlnMiod tho fumnil unrch, Jut a the clock tit tlie Ulfry fctruckmldnlfiht. |