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Scan 27
The violin maker, 1905
16 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 21. See the scan on archive.org.
1deed, a misfortune, a terrible one, as they soon discovered.
3When Stainer saw them he rushed toward them with every sign of rage, calling out:
5"You rascals! it was you who hanged these poor men! But God has sent me to reckon with you."
7"God help us!" cried the oldest workman, with horror. "The good master is mad!"
9It was even so. Jacob Stainer, the most famous violin maker of his day, had suddenly become insane.
11It was only after great trouble the workmen were able to overpower their raving master and render him so far harmless that he could neither injure himself nor others.
13Matthias wept bitterly when the sorrowful loss of his dear master became clear to him. It was as if all his hopes and his future had been swept into the grave at one blow.
15Master Stainer was pronounced incurable by the physicians. Science at that time had not developed the skill in treating mental diseases with which we are now blessed. Jacob Stainer
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