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The Fur-Lined Overcoat :
RAE a on EE ae Ral S Santana
The second violinist handled his bow
mechanically and even listlessly. Once
or twice he so far forgot himself as to
draw the attention of the conductor,
who rapped with his baton and glared
at the offending player.
The violinist was tired, and when he
was tired, which was often the case,
the music that danced round his brain
was quite different from what he hap-
pened to be playing at the moment,
When the musical’ medley was over,
the conductor came up to him,
“I'm sorry, Jack,” he said, “but ir
you don't pull yourself together we
shall have to put some one else in your
place, ‘
“I was tired to-night,” he replied,
As Jack turned into the sweet he
was met by a girl, who clung close to
his arm. They walked on in silence for
a time, picking their way eastward
through the crowded Strand. Close be-
hind them a man with a fur collar
“The lnstrument
turned up about his ears paced musing.
ly. The girl turned and saw hin.
“Ir you had only a furlined coat™
she said to Jack, Ile laughed.
“I'm much more likely to have no
coat at all soon, Nellie, Tonight Grif
fin told me that if 1 didu’t hug I'd
have to go.”
“Shame”
“He's quite
somehow Keep
that place But
my violin I
the opera, a
rich. 1. 1
ways! Dut we
longer.”
“Must we?”
“Why
“I thought, perhaps,”
hesitatingly, “that
get ou better, I wouldn
keep, and 1 can make
by a little painting,
then think what |
housekeeping.”
“But, wy dear child, I couldnt think
of letting you work like that”
“I should be happier.”
“And suppose 1 lose my place at the
end of the week?”
“You'll soon find
hp’ if thing
[ we
wove
still, 0
ul
Qin
one,
u've
a beuer
about what been
COuM my 1 H}
Wi
do
fully
to
ire
Wors
ist put in an hour or two.”
’ minutes t her at
the door
street, and then,
thorougnfare, Le
street on the othe A
the dingy door « wigin a tall
wan in a fur-line wd
A simple supper upon
his table, whick L utrdly touched
The room was poor! ished, though
comfortable and cleats Doug ACTON
Ohe Corer stood violin
any plano were Jack's ol
they represented poss
kept hope
ald he could «
tunore beautiful
reality could show him;
him to express himself 1
which shrank from contact
world, lle drew ruled
him and began to cover
symbols which
much wore than words
But after a tUme the creative im
pulse left him, and he turned to an
almost completed portion of his work
Parts he tried over on the plano, for
other parts he took up his violin, after
each trial altering a nite here
there. The time slipped on. Hardly
a sound reached him from the dwind
of 8 sm
out
{reasures |
Wah
wer
far
wny thing which
they enabled
inner sell
with the
paper toward
with those
alive in
onjure
than
Hp VvViswus
i
goetilnes val =
ling traflic that passed the end of the |
the street itself was perfectly
still. With that silence there came a
sudden impulse to him to play. “I
wonder whether I could manage that
sonnta tonight?’ he sald, aloud,
He sat out the music, tucked his
violin under his chin, and began to
play. The instrument throbbed under
his fingers with the acute sympathy
and consclousness which only a vio
linist can understand, He knew that
he was playing finely, he knew that
the music was good, and he was the
maker of both. The thought filled
him with exultation. Yet even at that
street
Throbix
and |
-
| moment he feit how far above it all
wis the simple love of the girl who
trusted and believed in him, When
he laid down the violin there were
tears in his eyes. “If I only dared,”
he thought, “to grasp my fate in both
hands.”
A man stood on the step, thinly clad
fand shivering.
“Sie” sald a volee, “I saw a light
here, and thought that perhaps there
might be some one awake who would
| not vefuse me food, and perhaps shel
| ter.”
| “Come in. I ean
| food, at any rate”
The man followed him Into the sit-
ting-room and stood quietly by the
{ door; he carried in his hand a large
{parcel covered with a kind of water
proof material, Jack glanced at this
{ with curiosity, perhaps suspicion.
“I'm quite honest,” said the man.
“This does not contain the spoils of a
give you some
d Under His Flagers.''
burglary.” Jack smiled,
“1 didn’t suppose it did,” he sald.
“Sit down and make yoursell com
fortable. I haven't much to offer you
{but you're welcome to what there in’
{Ja os) nit $10
“Prraw
his alm
i cat
re
Up Au
“Can you play?”
“The violin
Jack excitedly
his hands,
“Try It,” he cried
“If you wish it
charity ’
“No,
turn.”
“Out of
then,” said
drew the bow
and glided Into
heating his own
as a return fo
no; not that! 1 want neo
pure compliment
the stranger
softly
to you
He rose
across the strings
the sonata, Jack
work played by an
other hand for the first time, was car
ried away by ts possibilities; yet, ex.
cellent as the stranger's rendering was,
he felt that he was holding himself in
deliberately keeping back the
highest power of expression that was
in him. When he laid down t vio-
Lin, Jack sald:
“Thank you. But if you had chosen
you might have played still better.”
| "You think, then, that | paid
you a half-hearted compliment 7
i A clook striking 3 reminded them
| that the situation had reached an em
barrassing stag The stranger ap
peared to look Jack lor tue next
move,
“When you came In,” sald Jack, with
hesitation, “you said something about
shelter. 1 have only one bedroom
here, but that i= at your service”
“Sir.” eried the other, “is there an
other man In London at this moment
who would do as much for an absolute
stranger?”
“Many, 1 hope,” sald Jack,
“Not one, 1 solemnly believe,
accept shelter, but not your bed,
check
he
only
to
1 will
This
You can trust me?”
conch will serve my turn pig
Jack made up the fire, brought a pil-
low and a rug, and left his curious
guest to rest. He himself lay awake
for some time In a condition of wonder,
not unmixed with vagué excitement.
When he slept itewas profoundly and
to an unusually late hour, He rose
to find his guest departed. His music
had vanished, and in its place was the
stranger's parcel,
At first he was too overwhelmed for
action; he could do nothing but blindly
suffer under his misfortune, His
lnndlady was able 10 give him no in-
formation beyond the statement that
she had heard the front door close
before she got up, Her curiosity as to
than her appreciation of Jack's loss.
He told her angrily to open it and
fully tricked. Under the string she
discovered a note, addressed simply to
“My Entertainer.” It ran thus:
“I have not stolen your work,
merely borrowed it. If you will meet
me at 2 k ontside the Shamrock
restaurant 1 hope to convince you of
my integrity, In the meantime
haps you will accept the eontents of
my parcel as a guarantee of my good
o' clog
weather is cold. The
honestly come hy."
As Jack's eve reached the close of
this extraordinary communication a
cry from his landlady caused him to
look up. She was examining, In an
attitude of Intense admiration, a
magnificent fur-lined overcoat,
“You don't seem pleased,” said the
woman,
“Don't you suppose my music was
worth more than this?" he said,
“You know hest , of course; hut If
that overcoat's worth a penny
worth £30. 1 know, because my poor
man wi in the line,”
“I don't want his overcoat,” groaned
Jack. Then, gl gain nt
note, he brightened up. “I'll
round and see Nellie,” he said,
Nellie listened to his story w
open eyes, an |
than might
When he ha
“You mn ‘
and if I were you I'd
cont”
“1 will |
garment
fp
J
8
incing
run
ith wide
nterruption
ted.
wer
been
ol. she
this appointment
eX Pe
sn id
wear
» with me
!
nt you to see
onsiderable replidation,
used near the
riage drove up, from wh
Jack's guest of the nigh
“Why that's the man in the furdined
overcoat who was Ww Mk
1 the Strand last night,” Nellie whis
rel. He was transformed: in place
f thin and weat ents, he
the
rance a ol
Iw fore
Cons
t seemed
with
ear it played by
han either yo
ad it fat
I think 1 «
will play it
nin
tn prom-
in public
it itan bh
s¢ you that he
within a month.”
Jack gasped. nor for son minutes
i
he find appropriate words of
Ir ago.
+ Mr Meloghlen
re) . d
Y ox
“1 th w me, IT ean
find you a better post. You appear
bew dered.” ’
“I'm much bewildered
doubt 1 vn existence.”
“1 owe an explanation, cer
n ght 1 was In the stalls
t the 1 had made a bet with a
friend that I would get food and a
night's lodging for nothing, merely by
using my knowledge of character, He
scoffed at the ea I saw you and
decided to follow you up, 1 walked
down the Strand after you, and over
heard forgive me—some of your con
versation. My carriage followed a few
yards behind, Having seen your
home and marked the house, 1 re
turned to my carriage, where 1 had
prepared such a disguise as I con
celvesl would best sult my purpose,
The rest you know, [I am under a
Fouble obligation to you. You justified
wy belief In human nature, and you
made me acquainted with a man
ose work 1 shall be proud to see pro-
duced.”
“Amd the cont, Mr. MeLoghlen?
“That, as my note pointed out, was
left as a guarantee, If you like to put
It wo, It may be considered as payment
on account of future feen™
“I can’t find words to thank you,"
Jack stammered.
| “The lady's face Is sufficient thanks,”
and the great impresario raised his
glass. Now to lunch, though nothing
we eat today will taste mo good as
your cold mutton did last night”
Only one of the party suceseded In
| doing Justice to that meal; but, after |
ward, when Jack and Nellie were
| Joined In the happy bonds of materi)
mony, the three enjoyed many a good |
lunch together, |
that 1
wo
you
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