Thomas K. Beecher tells a story of finding his father’s old
fiddle in the garret, where on a rainy day he had taken some
children to play. It was all covered with dust and had only one
string. And Mr. Beecher held it up to the children and told
them how he used to hear his father play on it the old tunes,
“Merrily, Oh,” and “Pompey Ducklegs.”
Of course, they cried “Play on it. Play the old tunes.” “I can
not,” he said, “for it has only one string.” When he tried it
he could only pick out with three notes a tune. Then he said,
“If it had two strings, I could play six tunes, and if it had
not only a G string, but a D string and an A string, and an E
string, I could play all the tunes. You can not play real music
with one string.”--N. MCGEE WATERS.
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=Stress and Storm Gains=--See ADVERSITY.
=Striving=--See STRAIN, NERVOUS.