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Scan 104
The violin maker, 1905
20 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 98. See the scan on archive.org.
1as possible. No violin maker in all Italy, up and down, can make a better," said the youth, smiling to himself, while he carefully shaped a thin board for the sounding-board.
3The door opened. A stranger entered. He was the servant of a certain business house in Padua, commissioned by his master to carry a letter to Matthias Klotz.
5"Are you he for whom this letter is intended?" asked the bearer.
7"I am he," replied Matthias.
9"Then here it is," said the other, and handed it to him.
11Matthias glanced hastily at the writing.
13"From my father!" he cried, joyfully. "How did you come by this letter?" he asked the messenger.
15"A carrier from the Tyrol brought it with him to Verona, and from there a business friend of my master brought it the rest of the way."
17"I thank you. And take this trifle," said Matthew, taking a coin from his pocket. The messenger accepted it with thanks and departed.
19Matthias opened the letter with a beating
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