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discouraged long ago of anybody's ever making it out。; 

     ;Make it outmake it out ─cried John Holly excitedly察 I should say I 



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could   It's   a   name   known   the   world   over。   It's   the   name   of   one   of   the 

greatest violinists that ever lived。; 

     ;But howwhathow came he in my barn拭─demanded Simeon Holly。 

     ;Easily   guessed察  from   the   letter察  and   from   what   the   world   knows察─

returned John察his voice still shaking with excitement。 ;He was always a 

queer   chap察  they  say察  and   full   of   his   notions。   Six   or   eight   years   ago   his 

wife died。 They say he worshiped her察and for weeks refused even to touch 

his    violin。    Then察    very    suddenly察    he察  with    his    four´year´old      son察

disappeareddropped quite out of sight。 Some people guessed the reason。 

I knew a man who was well acquainted with him察and at the time of the 

disappearance he told me quite a lot about him。 He said he was n't a bit 

surprised at what had happened。 That already half a dozen relatives were 

interfering   with   the   way  he   wanted   to   bring   the   boy  up察  and   that   David 

was   in   a   fair   way   to   be   spoiled察  even   then察  with   so   much   attention   and 

flattery。 The father had determined to make a wonderful artist of his son察

and he was known to have said that he believedas do so many others 

that the first dozen years of a child's life are the making of the man察and 

that if he could have the boy to himself that long he would risk the rest。 So 

it seems he carried out his notion until he was taken sick察and had to quit 

poor chap ─

     ;But   why   didn't   he   tell   us   plainly   in   that   note   who   he   was察  then拭─

fumed Simeon Holly察in manifest irritation。 

     ;He did察he thought察─laughed the other。 ;He signed his name察and he 

supposed that was so well known that just to mention it would be enough。 

That's why he kept it so secret while he was living on the mountain察you 

see察   and   that's  why   even    David    himself    didn't   know    it。  Of  course察   if 

anybody found out who he was察that ended his scheme察and he knew it。 So 

he supposed all he had to do at the last was to sign his name to that note察

and everybody would know who he was察and David would at once be sent 

to his own people。 There's an aunt and some cousins察I believe。 You see 

he   didn't   reckon   on   nobody's   being   able   to   READ   his   name   Besides察

being so ill察he probably wasn't quite sane察anyway。; 



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     ;I see察I see察─nodded Simeon Holly察frowning a little。 ;And of course 

if   we   had   made   it   out察 some   of   us   here   would have   known   it察  probably。 

Now that you call it to mind I think I have heard it myself in days gone 

bythough such names mean little to me。 But doubtless somebody would 

have known。 However察that is all past and gone now。; 

     ;Oh察yes察and no harm done。 He fell into good hands察luckily。 You'll 

soon see the last of him now察of course。; 

     ;Last   of   him拭  Oh察  no察  I   shall   keep   David察─  said   Simeon   Holly察  with 

decision。 

     ;Keep   him   Why察  father察  you   forget   who   he   is   There   are   friends察

relatives察an adoring public察and a mint of money awaiting that boy。 You 

can't keep him。 You could never have kept him this long if this little town 

of yours hadn't been buried in this forgotten valley up among these hills。 

You'll have the whole world at your doors the minute they find out he is 

herehills   or   no   hills  Besides察  there   are  his  people察  they   have   some 

claim。; 

     There was no answer。 With a suddenly old察drawn look on his face察the 

elder man had turned away。 

     Half an hour later   Simeon Holly  climbed the stairs to   David's   room察

and as gently and plainly as he could told the boy of this great察good thing 

that had come to him。 

     David was amazed察but overjoyed。 That he was found to be the son of 

a famous man affected him not at all察only so far as it seemed to set his 

father    right  in  other   eyesin   David's    own察  the   man   had   always    been 

supreme。 But the going awaythe marvelous going awayfilled him with 

excited wonder。 

     ;You   mean察  I   shall   go   away   and   studypracticelearn   more   of   my 

violin拭─

     ;Yes察David。; 

     ;And hear beautiful music like the organ in church察only morebigger´ 

´better拭─

     ;I suppose so。;。 



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     ;And know peopledear peoplewho will understand what I say when 

I play拭─

     Simeon Holly's face paled a little察still察he knew David had not meant 

to make it so hard。 

     ;Yes。; 

     ;Why察  it's   my   'start'just   what   I   was   going   to   have   with   the   gold´ 

pieces察─cried David joyously。 Then察uttering a sharp cry of consternation察

he clapped his fingers to his lips。 

     ;Yourwhat拭─asked the man。 

     ;Nnothing察really察Mr。 HollyUncle Simeonnnothing。; 

     Something察  either   the   boy's   agitation察  or   the   luckless   mention   of   the 

gold´pieces sent a sudden dismayed suspicion into Simeon Holly's eyes。 

     ;Your 'start'the 'gold´pieces'拭David察what do you mean拭─

     David shook his head。 He did not intend to tell。 But gently察persistently察

Simeon Holly questioned until the whole piteous little tale lay bare before 

him此the hopes察the house of dreams察the sacrifice。 

     David   saw   then   what   it   means   when   a   strong   man   is   shaken   by   an 

emotion that has mastered him察and the sight awed and frightened the boy。 

     ;Mr。 Holly察is it because I'mgoingthat you careso much拭I never 

thoughtor supposedyou'dCARE察─he faltered。 

     There was no answer。 Simeon Holly's eyes were turned quite away。 

     ;Uncle SimeonPLEASE II think I don't want to go察anyway。 II'm 

sure I don't want to goand leave YOU ─

     Simeon Holly turned then察and spoke。 

     ;Go拭Of course you'll go察David。 Do you think I'd tie you here to me 

NOW拭─he choked。 ;What don't I owe to youhome察son察happiness Go拭 

´of course you'll go。 I wonder if you really think I'd let you stay Come察

we'll go down to mother and tell her。 I suspect she'll want to start in to´ 

night    to  get  your   socks    all  mended     up ─  And   with   head    erect  and   a 

determined step察Simeon Holly faced the mighty sacrifice in his turn察and 

led                                         the                                         way 

downstairs。        。   。  。   。   。   。   。   。  。   。   。   。   。   。   。  。   。   。   。 



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                                                        The   friends察  the   relatives察  the 

adoring   public察  the   mint   of   moneythey   are   all   David's   now。   But   once 

each year察man grown though he is察he picks up his violin and journeys to 

a little village far up among the hills。 There in a quiet kitchen he plays to 

an old man and an old woman察and always to himself he says that he is 

practicing against the time when察his violin at his chin and the bow drawn 

across the strings察he shall go to meet his father in the far´away land察and 

tell him of the beautiful world he has left。 

        End of the Project Gutenberg Etext of ;Just David; 



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