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Scan 177
The second violin, 1906
14 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 149. See the scan on archive.org.
1all sides. "I'd rather play my old part," she answered.
3Jeff caught up and lifted high in the air an imaginary glass.
5"Here's to the orchestra!" he called out. "May Doctor Churchill read the score of the first violin. Here's to the First Violin! May she hear plenty of fine music in the old country, and come back ready to coach us all. And here's——"
7He paused and looked impressively round upon the company, who regarded him in turn with interested, sympathetic eyes. "I say we've called her 'Second Fiddle' long enough," he said, and hesitated, beginning to get stranded in his own eloquence. "Anyhow, if she hasn't proved this year that she's fit to play anything—dishes or wallpaper or babies—" He stopped, laughing. "I don't know how to say it, but as sure as my name's Jefferson Birch she—er——"
9"Hear! hear!" the captain encouraged him softly.
11"Here's,"—shouted the boy, "here's to the Second Violin!"
13Through the friendly laughter and murmurs of appreciation, Charlotte, dropping shy, happy eyes, read the real love and respect of everybody, and felt that the year's experiences had brought her a rich reward. But all she said, as Jeff, exhausted
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