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It was late the following morning when Von Barwig returned from his interview with Van Praag. All the details had been settled satisfactorily, and his three friends were to be engaged. Von Barwig had not yet left the Museum; his sense of obligation to Costello was too great to permit him to desert him without notice, so it was understood that he was to leave at the end of the week.
He had failed at composing, at teaching, at playing, but surely he could still conduct an orchestra. The desire for success grew on him again. Van Praag seemed convinced, and at the end of the dinner, after taking his address, he promised Von Barwig he would do what he could; but he must consult the director first, etc., etc. Von Barwig went home that night almost happy.
"You've had an offer from the Harmony Hall Concerts, under the management of Van Praag," stated Schwarz. "Yes," assented Von Barwig, who began to perceive for the first time that his visitors had come on a matter of more or less serious Import. "Well," began Schwarz, "you've got to hold off for the present." "I do not understand," said Von Barwig. "You've got to throw up the job," broke in Mr.
He mustered up courage to go and see him. Van Praag received him cordially and invited him to dinner that evening at one of the big hotels. Von Barwig put on his old dress suit, and Houston Mansion quickly recognised the fact. Miss Husted especially was most enthusiastic. "Oh, professor, how well you look!" she cried. "Mrs.
"I know you don't; but I want you to come to this one," said Sidney. "You'll love old Mr. von Praag. And Richard, the son, is a dear! I really want you." "He's an artist, too, isn't he?" said Barry without enthusiasm. "Who, Richard?" she asked, something in his manner putting her a little at a loss. "Yes; and he's very clever, and so nice! He's like a brother to me."
Finally he managed to gasp, "What does it mean; all this?" "Our association has been notified that Van Praag is having his new music hall built with non-union bricks, and " "Scabs," broke in Mr. Ryan, once more banging the inoffensive music with his stick. "Scabs! We called out our men and they put in scab carpenters.
Surely there was never yet a man so exposed to calumny as poor John Dangerous! Then, to make matters worse, there came that sad Affair of the Beguine. How could I help Wilhelmina van Praag being a Beguine? Moreover, a Beguine is not a Nun. The Beguines belong to a modified kind of Monastic Order.
She alone saw through his smile, and felt rather than knew that it hid a heart torn with suffering and emotion. A few days after this Von Barwig read in one of the papers that a man named Van Praag, whom he knew years before in Berlin as a ticket-taker in one of the theatres, was going to give a series of concerts in one of the large concert halls in New York.
To be admitted to this Order, they must be either unmarried or widows without children; and the only certificate required of them is that of Good Behaviour, and that they have a Competence to live upon. You may ask, if this almost entire Liberty be granted them, what there was to hinder Mynheer Jan van Dangerous and the Fair Beguine Wilhelmina van Praag from coming together as Man and Wife?
Von Barwig produced some cigars that Van Praag had forced on him, and the men sat talking of their prospects, and smoking until the room looked like an inferno. While they were debating as to where they should dine that night, there was a knock at the door, and, Von Barwig hastened to open it. A somewhat portly, rather well-dressed, middle-aged individual entered.
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