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Show H STOKY OF A WALTZ. HR IJaenoeeOnVnbafh.tkeeothorr.Mhe follow B Inn alcrr,Utfco well known comiweerof HtM Kl My motlicr and sisters utl to lull B I tno to sleep by sinking to mil hh cct, HM dlowwnltr, Ih.nl nocr lionnl nil 1 I ot ' T1'0 firat c8Ilt llr vr,!ro "l0 H $ only jsirts of it that I know. Per- HS a liatis thoxo lornl ones thcinsches HLiij wcro Ignonut of tlio rest. Thoso HH clffht Uira lnunteil mo-Jlxod them Hf aclvcs on my Imln with all tlio Hjj (mater font) lxcnuo my clmnnnl Hk honrt ojvncJ wltlo nil tlio tloore to Kjj them Did not cncli nolo liring to Htfj 1110 a tliounnd tender recollections! Hjj 'When they Ititted throiifili my mind Bl I t,w our old homo my father' Hf homo Ihennl tho Vilccsof nllthohO Rlt from whom I hvl lonR Um win- Hfi' rnted, whom 1 had lood and who Hl liid lo; ed mo most wannly. B' I was tn Tarts nil alone, earning Bl my daily bread ly iilnjlntt, tho lo- HHJj loncello In tho orchestra of tho Optra HV Comtiuo I wi4 then nt on hro Hk when most children nro still nt Djl school, with many J cara of school Rf dtys still ucforo tlicm Although I HB win qulotly jogRliijr on tonanl tho H future, I regiittcd tho jinst. Boll Hj itndo wnn s motlim-j v cry opprefssh o Hj mo H 'fill' waltz, thoiiRh notlilnptcry H -wonderful, hid at hut roino to n LH cumo tironortioiH In my mind It B lnd ivawil to Im a mero waltz. It H hail liecomo almobt " )mcr, which H I hummed from moroini; to night, H cot ni n HUiitillcntion to liearen, but H ixcnuso It scemeil to tno that when I H npented It my family heunl mo, mid Hj when it echoed in my memory I Hj could havo snnm it wo.1 my lornl H ones nt homo whi rcjiomled to me, Hj I cannot express how eagerly I do- H sired to hrar the wholoof that waltz. Hj I could not deceit o m self Hy con Hj tlnuntions seemed ilinrmliii to mo Hj when Icxlcmporired tin in,lmtwhcn Hj I reiiontnl tin in they Kpoko tu mo flHI only of mywlf, and nothing of my H lovetlones nt linino, nor of tho do- HHH jiarteil da) a of childhooil HHl Yean cumo and went, hut tlio BBfl eight barn did not fadu nwnyfrom M my memory, on tho contrary, they seemol deepor gnueti on it with HH inch succeeding jenr. H Ouo day, feeling tint I could stand H it no longer, I ret out for homo to H hunt for tho waltz. As tht.ro np H jxarel to ho no seciul iiuu for my H 30Unu,y. my father and tho rest of Hj tho family covireil mo w ith circwH H Thty attributed my return to an in HDh crenso of affection for Hum. They H noro mistaken, for I lot oil tlicmno H dearly that I could not, for tho llfo H of in, hao locd them more than I iiB did HB I dared Dot brcatho to them ono B word about tho waltz, lest I Bhould K destroy their Illusions ltsetmedto H mo 1 should wound their foclltiK H wcro I to refer to it. TIioho who KB know what It Ii to loro will undir- B1 stnnd w hat I mean H Ono o cuing my father, who wn.i VH 'oud of Inarins mo piny, asked for ID Fomomutla Ho was a Icaniedaud IflB Fue Juil-e, ami I ulunjn fdt n lit- IIB tloncrtous nt King asked to play IHH lfomhlin. That ucniiig, howouir, IBR I did not wait to 1o iireiwetl, and lluCi without any prvludo to nmko my nlji lingorB iiRilo I played tho famous IHf bars of tho waltz which persecuted Hi no HI ' "Is it loviihlot ' said my father RHi "I0 J0U '"" fcmimbcr Ziinmir'ii UVi waltzl' lift "Zlmmcrri exclaimed. "Is that HB ' waltz by Zlnvmerl Aro jou suroot Hi tuutl Who wan Ztmmcrt ' IHV.L "Zimmcr wauu joung composer I li who in times pant hud omo ogue," I B i replied my father. "Ho begaj un I H , uiually well aud was becoming po-I po-I Hi J ular when ho disappeared, nnd no B ) lxK'5' kno" 3 " llllt 1eciino of him " I H "Do jou l.nuw tho waltz fiom I Mll beginning to end I' Ml' . No, I do not " mV "How could j on, with your pro I El' diglous mimory, haoforgottiuitr' ffiu "For tliu exultant reason that I iBRljITf nccr know It. Your poor, dear lUtfiill mother sang (t to put jou to sleep, nnd I daro fay shu net cr know moro of It than thoo tight b irs " Tlio next day I isitod o cry muslu shop in Cologne IHUHK Iaskeil tho dealers for ZImmcrVi Iffinfll waltz. I did not Unow its title, so I MuMi'll said, "It beghw lu tbU way," mid I KIHIbhiI Bangtheflrbtci)rlitbirs Uheylooked H Mill It I nt mo smilingly, but ourywbero I Hlllli'i "K' ,v'"' a "eKl"0 reply. I ro Hllliji 1 turned qulto cu to Pal If Blpls Si Por jeounttcr HiH oxiierionco nnd llMlfli during all my tranls I nuur in IhViIv tered a muilo chop without asking BWH ! 'or '''n1,u'r'B w"itz. But all my Hlnli'l iffortito uncaith It were in nlii Hnbliw At last I gat o up all hoio of oxer Hljll. Jjj iindlngthuUkt of It and contented HH H 13 1 iH mjsuU with tho tight liars whlchiu mill'V' variably haunted my mtinon, Hllnilfi Onomorning whilolwan fettling Uluiil! nniierount with llrindtii, tho inuala Hnrll publlnhcr in Paris, ho said to moi Klltil'Il "' '1IU0 -Ul,t 'iean' "' " I100r fellow I'jlll'ilf) w'10 lx''l"y h" somo tnknt " iiVijlC 'Aid jou golu to publish liU llllmfi' Diuslcl' IliHlfl " vrc;' ''"', to (' r0' ')Ut '3 HVmI Hi 1 nni' 'ms "M rl'utnltoii " Plij; ' HowllIac(uiriiuputatlon " 'IlllHIli! "Ho pretends liu had ixputatlon HTlmlli onco" Hjjllijl ' What HlihnamoP Hnlliilfl 'iuuner" H'i! 11 ' iiumntr) Did jou pay Zlmmnrt HIIlHj' V.'liruo (loiM ho lio Ciito mo hil HUjnllll; tiildroMl (Julclc1 Quick" HI ft) fJ ' I don't know hU nd Iress. Hois HW I -K to tomo hoi u lomoi i nw to talco bad: Hf m his manuscript " HJllil $ ' Urandus, my dear friend, do mo HJII'I R " fat or i ttrj' tixat futor Pub HHJKI i?, Uhli that manuscript, pay him ten Hpj B timea what it U wotth anUhnrgo HHp ) tho monoy to mo, but Haul tho ox H! ft ccllent ftllott to see mo I would HH H W & n"'t''l"K to xco him " HTJIiI !k Braudus proiulsal to grvnt both HJII S;i requehts I waited impntitntly nil UIR M UiuuuctdaytosooZluimtr. IlodiO Hil a3nV not come t waltcil tho f ccond daj months years. Zimmer noter put In an appearance. I w is texeil nt first, but nflertrnrd 1 liccnmo resigned to my dlsapiwint mclit I said tomjfelf that nfter nil n wlso mm ought to content himself with a lltllo, that thiso tight Ixirs had occupied a sufllcient sharo of my life, nnd Hint I ought not to glto further thought to tho resti that, nfter all, It could not amount to much rlnco It had passed Into oh lit ion, nnd, tlmiik heaven, tho daj had gono by when llitro wcro uu know n innRtt rpieces In 1R71 1 went to Vionim to attend tho rcheat-sils of ' U-a Brigands " Vienna Is fond of mo and delights to ppollmo. I am ttry proud of this, and I not c Into nn opijrtunlty to confess it Ulicnotcr I tlslt tho Aiistrim capital, my frit mis, who nro it Itgion glto me nmost hwpi tablo reception, nnd I nm forced to tnjoy nil tho iilcnsurcs of thnttltj, width Is tho city of pleasure par ox celltnco Ono night, tvhlto wo wiro rctttni Ing from Dlo Ncuo Welt, which Is ono of tin imrtt curious OKtablish ments in tho world, our carriages wcro brought to n standstill b n mob whit.li had assembled In front of u fifth rato Killroom, frecutiilcd by soldicro nnd suburlnn w nrkmeii. Vo thought nt llrst tho trowd ha 1 lietn attracted by n lmttlu tutucm drtmknnts or a conflict lstweeii lot crs, for a man wns lj Ing on tho ground Dr I'ulkncir, w ho was ono of tho partj, leiped from tho car ringonud tttnt to wo what wns tho nntttr Ho was told Hint the ticket taker of tliuluill hnd diedsuddtulj, Dr Falkncr vxainined tho man on tho ground, nnd presentlj' Midi "Ho Is not dead, hut is djlng of start ntioilt" Kvcrjbody tried to do something for tho poor ticket filter Ho was gitctin gluts of wine, nnd n (ollec Hon was taken up for him Wocon trlbutcdllbiridlj, Tho doctor pi out iscd to call on tho jioor MVtv in tho morning, nnJ acked hlsnidros A wouuii gate him a t Uitlng tnnl nnd going up t" the carriage Inmp tho doctor read nloud, "llodoli ho 7.1m mer, professor of music, bttingosso, IC8" ' Immerl" I exclaimed. "I know him I l'utlilmliithocaulago. (Julckl I will tako cbnrgo of hlml ' W'o droto to tho nddrtss on tho card Zlmmer'ri iihiih wns on tho fifth floor. Tlio door was opened, mid our henrts uthrd whin wtisuu, not in tho room, but tho holo in which tho poor follow lltul 1'our naked, solid walls, n llttto fctmw in ono comir, nu cnrlhrnw aro jug, an tarlhiiittalo poiTlngtr, u bit of soip nothlnc tlo. Luckily wo went In vi hat was called a "f uniUhoil lodging house," and tho rooms on tho llrnt lloor wpro almost decent W'o hod pour Zimmer placcil lu tho lat of thein Dr.'Fnlkncr promised mo thut ho should bo w rll taken caro of. A week or ten dnjs afttrnard n scrriutnnnoui ced to mo, "Mr. Ito dolpho dimmer," At last I had got Iiossetalon of my waltzl A tall, old mau with n noblo faco tntcred my room Mlsfortuuo had cruelly scratched his wrinkled clinks with lit r claws. Ills oj i s wcro gi ntlo nnd resigned tongwhtto locks Ml on Ills black coat, which was almost threadbare, buttery in ally brushed In fact, ot cry thing about him excited Bjiupnthy. "hlr," Bald he, "I Imto como to thank j ou for j our Mndnets to mo " "It U not w orth nu ntlonlng," I an. Bwtnnl. "I did nothing but follow tho oxamplo of j our friends " 'I into no friends I hnto not long enough to lit o to talk to on of gratltudo ; I lmvc comp merely to bay, 'Thnnk j ou.'" "I epu it again, j ou on o mo noth ing. Do you know who I ami ' I re piled nulto testily, for to till tho truth I thought his Thank jou' rather n poor icturnforall I had dono "Jntnues Offenbath " "Yeas that Is my nnmo Now, yo J can understand thnt between brethren breth-ren of thosamo profission tho t cry Hnst thing that can bo dono is to hilp luchothci." "Brolhn n I ' murmured 7lmmer lu a bltttr tone "You tay tint out of politeness Alasl I nm nothing but n xor professor with nhsolutely uoth ing "Ibeg join pardon, but j su Into hadjourslnro of populailty. Yon hito had talents" "J am obllgid for j our courtesy " "It Is not courtesj. It is my elu-ciro elu-ciro oi Inlon " "You may pcrlnps Into hetnl that and ou ltivat it to mo to lets tu thu bitterness of alms. oii do not, jou cannot know nnj thing about me " "You mo mistaken nud I am going toiirotoittoiou" I went to tho piano, mid I phvyod tlo,ly tho eight lure I knew so w ell Tho oil mull lifted his hold lit tho first notes blupifuctlou was fol low ed by inflnlto delight. 1 ho ill list in him btialghtcned himself up, anl n beam, ot joy shono through tho tor which flowed dow n his hollow cheeks Hlo emotion nffoctod mobo that I hid tho utmost difficulty to (,et through thu tight burs As I arose fiom tho pUno ho ran toward mo and tool., my linuds oxcHimlng ' Ah, maeti-o, dear inntntiol Miy Ooil luwaul joul You liatodotiun good detd ou hat o prot tuted mo lrom dying that was nothlii,; Y'ou felto mo btrength to Hto that is ot tiythlng Bo thtro is Indted somo lxxlyou turth who still knows mi nud that somibody is ou. Ah, how can I bhow my e,ratltudo for this delight, which is lo git it, eo iuie. lettedl' 1"Inn tcry slmplo manner," I to-pllcil to-pllcil "You hato but to play for ino tho rest of thu waltz " "Tho list tho lest of tho waltzl' "Yes, It is tho gieatcst fat or jou tmiiitilo lor me When I hnto told jou why. you will seo that nil Is not r-cttleil between us nnd that I nm dill jour debtor" Xlmiucr sat down nt tho piano nnd plnjcd, as 1 had just dono, tho eight Isirs. Then ho hlopiwd I wns nil attention Ho stcmed to liotrjiug toiecnllit. Hisfiiiothinged fiimi nstonUhment to pain .hiiddonly ho Llospid his brow in his hands mid t xi lnlmcd In terror "I cannot rrcol leetlt! Itnnnot m-ollttt HI Good henttns' I nm goln crazy! IV. r has it is llio excitf ment j ou nro llittnlng to mo nnd jtt this Verj' morning I plij4 It. Thatwoltrls my life, mjstlf-a tcry mournful life Let mo go homo nud I will bring tho wnllz to jou. I will not lie gono long " "Ile still inoro gt norous," I repllcil "Como mid breakfast with mo tomorrow, to-morrow, ami thin J ou w ill pi ij tho wnltz to mo and tell mo jour history." his-tory." That very evening n telegram sum niomsl mo to Paris A month latei I returned to Vienna. I then founl tint Kiiurair had died in thu Intorini, lent Ing n parcel for mo I confess it was with motion that I opened tho packet. It contained tho w altz, a small ring set with tap phires, nn mtilopo jellowcd hy time, nnd these lines traced by it tumbling handi Mautoo-I owe lo rou UiOMlor-lmurel 1 nro tujojnl In forty rrart. Allow- me, fbll llnff, lo LtqutA u to you lit tLrot oulttu wlllcll 1 BVorrrllHl to tno mr Put I AMtnr't. 1 rumlil 1 1 UU iitl lujr Llttt rrlitni It U M II eoof twontr fl ro I lit I bttn lln ttrd fur lltrro rrart. I dorril my love Willi all mr lirnrtenlpuul. I vrttkeil ilr o I nUhl lo U rtmie r1cbrkltl, II el 1 e might to run 1 r.f n o en I lie Impi r I Mlpre it vre ero ellll tn le llvlDtt Vfha ktieer tcr Were Itilr eku-they- HNiortillir woull eey Ibet Ibcre ntver ap )-arel oa eertb etroineo more perfect tbeu eberriue line ctcdIoii I tr mother eat 1 lo me. Sbe U twenlf yt-er oM-you mar marrr I tr." lkl4w.Hi. tli tan lDf tor (larllaica tnotl r lit Uln tbrJ I ikl at toe In llento. Tberl MM each ) eprilbvtt vlitble In her wbote ex I mlon tl al 1 (lt too luttrh to- Lo able lo K-ak I t(t Ihem to so to 1 renue. In ortlrt Ibat I mUU brim mrtattcr tooiirwMldlm When 1 returnf.1 with btm a rortolbl niter vanl.nl J buu)anlMllb liapplutt 1 bmutlbt 1 tin lo 1 er 1 ium lo meet her n neighbor met me at her iloor anil aalili 'Dj nbl knoikeo luii.llr (-bel.de.l- It nae true Mho Wftl ileal Irn'eretltle 1 nufte nud fauml her ol t mother tl ere weepla-all weepla-all nlone. She wae dead There aro roun? elrte who die nt coneumptlon Deatve a 1 vabvee are rotUinrd day by day, and Iqelx luontbl ILo loreof nlltetlme ll given thru, hutiny betrothel died without an bonralll tit., all su Idenly, wltbo it any warning, with no lime for tail wnrde. with no lime fur farewell!. fare-well!. My father aoblmd lie led mo away, aaylni MUo not deipatr lie lal Leverectn Since that day I lave vegetated, ltopelme, rlUheaitrned, Ktlirlnst nn I oincurrd The In t loved envel tie rootalne Iter hair Peelnt death api mark I hare wM M lo burn It but tlenl re-vvored,! )ou do let die you will never rorsolo yt urt elf for lit loel I hrvecrb yo l to burn II without untenlln? Iheenvelbls The ting I gave lur nu the dvy ot our be trotbal Itcoit me n bun IrcJ florlne. 1 hare been tlarrlnc for marr a day at I rare I on It ellll llleave me only with life. I tirquealh ll lo ou that It may remain untold Unco more I thank in Mr Hod ktep all Ihoee ) nu bl ' |
