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Scan 15
The violin maker, 1905
22 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 9. See the scan on archive.org.
1over the rolling stones of the hillside and slowly approaching him. Their keeper was a handsome, brown-haired boy.
3"What do they call thee, my little man?" questioned the stranger, upon whom the boy's dark eyes looked fearlessly.
5"I am called Matthias Klotz."
7"And whence comest thou?"
9"From Mittenwald. My father is a tailor there."
11"And thou—what art thou to be some day?" continued the stranger, with friendly curiosity.
13Matthias was silent for a little; his healthy, brown cheeks flushed red.
15"Ah, sir," he said, hesitating, "I would like to be something more than a tailor. But——"
17He stopped.
19"Well?" said the man looking at him with mild eyes. "Why dost thou fear to say it? Speak freely and open thy little heart to me. I am the violin maker, Jacob Stainer, of Absam-in-the-Tyrol; thou needst have no fear of me."
21At these words the boy's eyes opened wide; he looked with astonishment at this man, who
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