Dorothy's Triumph

ather to remain for that long, and the girls explored every nook and corner of the old mansio

girls were good riders, and very fond of horses. Jim was not so anx

f the evening, were enjoyed to the utmost. Gerald came over freque

e of it. The Herr refused to have the attention of his pupils distracted by visitors, so, while impatient to begin his labor

see her off, besides Dorothy and Jim, were Gerald and Aurora. Molly waved

ears still ra

ill spend Christmas wi

Dorothy h

onsent, for you're

he had promised to write her chu

eparture, Herr Deichenberg having kindly consented to come to B

dence in herself, was not the least bit flustered when she met Her

said. "I have been t'inking about you a great deal vhile you have been

Bellvieu, Herr. I feel that I s

t mention

can afford to exercise myself a l

in looks. I valk pretty straight, yet, eh, Miss Dorothy

few occasions when you forget yourself. Then I have n

self, yes-und I fear

ink you do re

t come to my studio at all. I vill be happy to come to your great home, here." He looked out through the window, where

red in a charming morning gown, well-bec

rose with a broad

said to Dorothy, then turned to Aunt Bett

to Bellvieu, He

ng de flowers und de trees, I shall forget dat I have come to give dis young lady a mo

you occasionally forg

yes,

ing to say-that you hav

t'oughts of an old man who is supp

cess. As for the money, Herr, is that a

, madam

t, which thinks of nothing more than to catch the dollars as they go rolling past. Then, after the

fear. I plead guilty. But I also plead, in extenua

her the question whether she would prefer to have you slave f

am wrong. But come, Miss Dorothy, de lesson! I have br

lin case and began to unfasten the clasps, wh

girl, "you-you didn't

you are not good enough to

u know I didn

ed. "You meant dat you vo

s,

here

ed as she gazed at the rath

heard so much? This-this-why, this looked more

strument tenderly in her hands while the old German watched her intently.

to try it, yes

r, if I

it, my leetle girl. Here-use my own bow, too. It iss well resined, u

orothy realize that in her hands she held an instrument constructed by one of the finest of the old masters-

oom was filled to overflowing with matchless melody. So clear and pure were the tones that Dorothy

e brought her back to h

. I did not believe you cou

his wonderful violin," the

o a fine point, de Cremona iss not so differ

en. Why, I seem to be dreaming w

whole vorld, und have prepared yourself to hear somet'ing vhich iss not there. De tones are clear

sbelief, unable to appreciat

chenberg

ll. Let us on with de lesson. I sh

hard time ever convincing me

sic master's direction, she ran scales for the better par

ber, Herr," she returned,

you doing vhat you Americans call 'stunts' on dat violin. Really, it vill surprise you! Your fingers are stiff. Se

w. One-two-t'ree

a difficult scale in the third position. Somehow her fingers would not go

essor. "If I vant to be mean,

ers are stiff. They are all right for ordinary music in the first and second positions,

tant application to a certain method dat great violin players are made. Dey are expected to accompl

impossible for me to play. But I keep everlastingly at it until I can

exactly. Do you t'ink you vill be able to

u set for me, no matter how lo

l young ladies vere like you vhat a beaut

would,

rjoyed dat dey vould be avay

Aunt Betty, who had been an interested listener to

into my studio, t'row off her t'ings und prepare for a lesson. Vhen I say now you do dis or dat, she vill reply, 'Oh, Herr, you should not ask of me de impossible!' Und I try to explain dat it iss only by practice dat she vill ever make a great musician. Den perhaps she vill reply: 'Vell, if I had known it vass such ha

ch caused the Herr professor to smi

spirit," he kept re

otes, until Herr Deichenberg would nod his head that she had played it to

when he left he told both Dorothy and Aunt Betty that he would

early love the old place, for during her first four weeks of lessons D

n should be in the studio, but only af

her, "for if I have my vay, I vould m

wait for the time o

t-niece, to meet Frau Deichenberg, and on the morni

bungalow, yet about it were certain lines which suggested that type of structure. It was all in one story, with great

Betty met for the first time Frau Deichenberg, who had been out on the occasion of Aunt Betty's first visit. Th

o room examining the rare curios and works of art, which the Herr and his wife had g

e scattered about on the shelves, or lying on the old-fashioned piano, while clocks of every conceivable size and shape, bronze statues from the F

fied, Aunt Betty and Frau Deichenberg were shown into anothe

at the Herr turned to his pupil with a

know dat every year I give a concert in de th

" the girl replied. "I have longed to go to t

re going to

how good of

for there you shall meet one

" she replied, unable t

pered to a soul. But I don't mind telling you. D

henberg, you do

mp came into her throat and

ghts. "You are to play at de concert, vhere you are exp

upon me this year. Why, surely there are other pupils who ha

it iss I who shall be

didn'

young lady refuse an invita

t refused. You don't

e surprised you and you have not yet found

s,

But it is not necessary. I have made up m

w, Her

de people of Baltimore vhat a really f

rse I shall play. And are yo

ing dat. But you shall have a full orchestra at your beck und call to t'u

ou overw

truth. You are a remarkable girl und nothing I can say vill turn your he

chenberg's studio that morning she