Show PEARLS REWARD J BY ANNIE ANIE JAMES TA tES AUGHTER now that your school Ill i has hns closed for tor the th long Icing In summer DAUGHTER vacation you will have much time timeto to practice your jour music mURk During Durin the last few te weeks w of oC school you ou were so busy with Clams that your music had to bo bl neglected So go spoke Mm Mrs Pratt to her daughter dou Pearl Pearl Was wan all standing by bF the open win window dow don looking across the stretch of ot green greenlawn greenlawn lawn asking herself whether bether sho she should take tolo a n hook bool unit piss pass tho the morning un under under under der tho the trees or ar go 0 to 10 call on 00 some friends who lived In tho the same tamo pretty summer slimmer town ton n a suburb of or the city where the Pratt family passed the school year rear But nt at her mothers mother words a l look 1001 of at disappointment pissed passed over her bor face Oh Ob Mamma I mad borl hoped to he spared practicing during durin this lovely weather I 1 Ido Ida do da so toO long Ion I to be out of at doors door every min minute minute ute lute that lint I ran IAn And 1 J have hare such a u lot lotof lotof of oC rending nod and FO so many man calls to make moke makeI I I 1 simply limo hate the piano In 11 summer Bummer time lime Pearl spoke with some lome im patience Now ow Pearl said Mrs Irs Pratt coming to ta her bel daughters u side aide you rou really dout mean menn v what hat you ou say nay about hating music You know Inow how you ou regretted 1 last fall to be lie obliged to take only one aile lesson a J week during the school year and salt said that you loved your ou music more thou your our books And Antl when Professor ProCessor save gave ae his bis recital last winter you really wept of ar disappointment to think that you jou ou tere not In trim to play piny pIn nud and de tle declared elated that at his bis next recital your name must be bc on nn the program No ro Now the pro professor fessor Intends guying giving n a recital this sum lIum summer mer Ir so se an sus to give she an all opportunity to those younger pupils of oC hi his who too 1130 much occupied with school during the fall tall to take part on the program Ho lie spoke to rue me the tho other olber day about your playing for tor the recital and said old he would arrange to 10 give she you ou three lessons a week during the mention n That will put you rOil In once more and play piny In n milliner mAnner to matte malic us all nil proud prou of o you I 1 am nm sure sur But protested Pearl Oarl ft n nIrl girl Irl who has hs been heen In school for nine nino solid months wants recreation from study during dunn the summer mer And Aud If Ir 1 J take tn kc three lesson 1 a n week Oh And earl mode made an nn awful face nce at nt th thO the terrible Ide of t Ing during the summer Well dear child you know that I 1 want you rou to have rest recreation pleas pleasure pie ure and nil all that explained Mrs Pratt Prat But three lessons a week and nn In hours hour practice each morning will leave you plenty of ot time for or those other occupations O you JOIl want and deserve Now Ol wo WI might arrange It f his hi way 11 on Monday Wednesday Koch Each I ch lesson lasts hut hat three of or nn on hour That would give Ilc you JOIl practically all the duy for tor your lessons leMon might bo lie taken early curly In Iu the tho morning suy say at ut S So So o clock Then ThenO tn an hour In III practice each ench In the early curly lI before Dont you JOIl we see e how much you might accomplish DUll and still NUll have huo n I most the entire lime to lo yourself y t s 3 s r y L n N NI Nt I t J A J I I J Oliver I If I cX f Pearl rose roe n n hurst burnt of v Mil applause Pearl sighed but sold sohl Well mamma Ill do as IS you jou say any but I shall be make mak making log ing a n I cnn can an assure you JOU of oC that Ill begin ht ln my m legions leSS tomorrow My r practice tice lice shell shall begin today And Amid Ill call cill y iu when your hour U is up promised prom L ed Mrs SIrs Pratt And so the first r week of or Pearls vaca vacation tion lion work began belan and nod passed amid nt rat the beginning of o the second week she did not have a to lo be called to take her lesson 01 or to put lu the hours practice She be ue became became came bo so deeply engrossed In her bel music that Unit she Rhe would wealth often Insist In on ou halt half an no hour longer logger than thon was her cus custom torn tom but to tills this her mother Dot bel would not lIot agree No Q Pratt would say jou you must of too much ot vacation time In III study One Oue hour each day Is quite quill And she Ahe would force torce Pearl awny awn from the piano and Fend send her out on cn the lawn lan with Ith n 0 book bool or orto orlo orto to lo n a friends house to pay u little social call Thus the tho month mont of ot July Jul and three weeks kl of ot August pasted passed away A AY Pearl making time the most pronounced progress pro en In her music See Seo m my dear young lady 1111 1 I ha barn baA put pot you ou on 00 the program to lO piny two solos polo nt at my recital which I Is b to be b given hllen the last lasto ot of o August So said Mid Professor to Pearl one due Oll morning after her piano lesson was Willi over And nd I 1 wish to tell lell you JOU some n secret ecret known only to my m pupils pupil an on c that our old patron of ot tho the tholine line fur suite niti Dr Joseph Blair Is U offering n o the pupil of o mine mimic under 15 Hi who lulls jw herself hen I or himself most meat creditably tt rat t the recital next week Now N 01 as nA I litHe have Just learned this bit of ot good news new I make moke haste to acquaint my m pupils of oC It amid n lid allow them nil mill tho chance to lo try for or the prize You are a n flue aue lUlu pianist for tor one under 15 Hi and I shall ex cx expect expect pact great groat things of ot you Oh think you rOUt Professor said Pearl her face RC pink from rom the splendid oomph compliment room ment paid her tier by bJ her tier I J shall do 10 my lily m best for your sake like and aud for or ma mama maI mama ma n is more than n for r my own If If I 1 W But Pearl P rit wild Sold no more m thinking ink lh how r utterly Impossible It would woold be for tOr her to carry carr off orr the tile prize over oler BO no many inan others for tor or the professor had arranged a t long Ion program nail and several who were ware to participate pate po te might almost be called even eren though they ther were of at the Junior class Pearls Penns mind for tor the following week wad wn entirely on her ber music The professor sor sur or had encouraged her to play two quite difficult compositions timid she ho worked like n as ns her mother declared II tad And 1111 Mrs IIiI Pratt was JS obliged to consent to Pearls P practicing two hours a day then three hours n day during the last three days of at grace race before the evening of or the recital On the day of o 0 the great event cent ci ent as n all those tho taking port part In limo tho recital called en lied It Ii Pearl was vas quietly nervous I feel eel Capable of playing better belter than I had hud hoped to do she sh confessed to her mother as she shu nas dressing for Cor the even cen evenIn In lug Ing I am nm nervous n slightly but out nut In my w fingers They The feel tee I so O strong lit ran ond nad I am nm sur of ot them born Mrs Irs Pratt ed her daughter stood her off olT to look at nt her bel and pronounced her tier beautiful Mr Pratt proud of or his little IUlio girl Irl had given her bel a lovely new while French embroidered lawn frock rock for tor the tho occasion and ant a n garniture of ot soft l Ot white blossoms about her dainty shoulders and a cluster of oC the same me In her hep brown hair gave Just tho the artistic and simple finish nl h to the toilet needed L Mother Iother Is proud of or her Jer Pearl Peurl Mrs Pratt whispered tears of ot n erection affection and pride In her eyes When Rhen tho the Pratt family entered the re ro recital r cital hall holl they found the tho crowd assem assembled n m bled and ond the professor proCessor frisking trl about cr ex cI Pearl went nt et once Into loto the tho dress drosa lug room and greeted the others of at the junior class there Her Bel nervousness had hn worn off ort to some extent and when she was Vas told that she was to bo be an nn flounced for or the next number on the pro program program gram she got her bel roll of or music mu lc and went bravely vel out to the stage While the at ot attendant ott t placed her ber music on the piano rack Pearl bowed low In response to the applause from Cram the audience In glancing over oler the faces face before her she beheld her bel parents countenances smilingly hopeful but n a bit anxious I must mast I must for tor their dear sakes Pearl whispered to her ber herself herself self us Ill she tool her sent lent at the piano At first her lingers glided gently over Oler the tho keys then of or n a sudden a n strange power lOWer seemed to possess po her and her hor lingers be became became became came strong strom powerful following the notes note like executing perfectly splendidly Pearl forgot Cor o the people peaple listening to her forgot the place the tho occasion Only the piano before her the music her eyes eye rend read no faster than her bor hands bandit executed did dd she have c In 11 mind And then came the grand finale Then trembling from Crom head hoad to foot oat Pearl rose amidst a s i burst bunt of wild The room swam scam before her but situ shu retained presence of ot mind enough to bow and anti find her way wn off orr the stage back to tu the roam There congratulations tons were poured upon her You Ton dill did I whispered the old professor running Into the dressing d for tor Just juet n a moment Then the last number on the program pro was rendered and tho the Judges chosen n by Dr Joseph Blair retired to nn an anteroom to at ot their decision And when whenn n few Cew moments Inter these same Judges stopped Steppe l upon the stage where In 10 the tho th meantime the thc Junior class had bad been heen I Into place and the spokesman stepped forward bowing to 10 Pearl Pear her confusion became great First she blushed rosy roy red ted then turned Illy lily pale Tho The of ot the Jury of or Judges made mado a little speech to her saying something about Dr Blairs prize being belu awarded a to her for or her most mo t finished rendition of oC such and loJ such music but exactly what was wall sold Id nt at that supreme moment Pearl never could remember But nut she sho took tooL the tho little box bonded betided to her a n small silver affair and opened It slowly 1011 Her fellow tellow class elMs classmates mates gathered around anxious to see Ice t the generous Dr Blair given a athe Oil as the prize the prize each bi bed d done his bla bl or her Jer best beat to win but which all nil heartily agreed was rightly awarded to their dear friend and comrade Pearl Slowly Pearl the box glanced In la Inside inside side It and aDd then turned cd gleaming eyes cos on onILe the ILe good old ahi doctor who had jest stepped upon the stage e In response to the tho call for Cor him There In the silver box was 15 n R lovely bejeweled medal with a place for tor Pearls name to be engraved Half Halt an liO hour later Inter Pearl with her ears cars ringing with tho the words of at congratulations and praise walked homeward with her bel proud parents I owe oVe It all nil to you mamma she ebo said tenderly you rou urged me rue to 13 take up my earnest during the vaca vacation tion I would not have touched torched the tile piano 1 owe this night of oC glory to you ou dear And ADd 1 I am um fully tull repaid for tor ray my m pm part of or the work 1 I hope you ou are repaid for or youre A dearie dean sold said tho time mother putting her arm around her lIer Pearl P orl who scho ho had that night carried carded oft off the he honors honor honorof of the Junior class cla I In Professor ur MM Illy I School of o Musk Music |