WEBVTT 1 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:20.640 Hello, and welcome back to Sleepy Stories. I'm your host, Lucy, 2 00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:24.600 and my friends and I will be reading you a 3 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:31.039 sleepy bedtime story every week to relax you and to 4 00:00:31.199 --> 00:00:37.560 help you to drift off into a RESTful sleep. From 5 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:42.000 time to time, we will also read you a relaxing, 6 00:00:42.359 --> 00:00:49.079 peaceful meditation that will take you somewhere beautiful and calming. 7 00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:54.280 Once we have read the stories, we will then read 8 00:00:54.359 --> 00:00:59.719 them a second time, but this time they will be 9 00:00:59.759 --> 00:01:07.599 ready even slower. This will help you to relax even more. 10 00:01:08.799 --> 00:01:13.000 Before we begin, I would like you to close your 11 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:21.640 eyes and breathe in and out nice and deeply. Take 12 00:01:21.680 --> 00:01:27.359 a few seconds to inhale, and then hold your breath 13 00:01:28.079 --> 00:01:35.000 for a few seconds more, and then release and breathe out. 14 00:01:36.359 --> 00:01:40.959 Do this a few times if you need to. While 15 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:45.599 you listen to the music and you listen to my voice, 16 00:01:47.280 --> 00:01:53.000 give yourself time to let your body relax and your 17 00:01:53.120 --> 00:02:01.480 mind settle. It's important that we allow time for us 18 00:02:01.519 --> 00:02:10.840 to feel safe, cozy, and completely at ease. And now 19 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:28.360 it's time for this week's story. 20 00:02:29.800 --> 00:02:34.000 There lived in Boston a wise and ancient chemist by 21 00:02:34.039 --> 00:02:38.360 the name of doctor Dawes, who dabbled somewhat in magic. 22 00:02:39.960 --> 00:02:43.240 There also lived in Boston a young lady by the 23 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:48.439 name of Clarabelle Sudds, who was possessed of much money, 24 00:02:49.080 --> 00:02:54.520 little wit, and an intense desire to go upon the stage. 25 00:02:55.240 --> 00:02:59.199 So clarabel went to doctor Dawes and said, I can 26 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:03.960 neither sing nor dance. I cannot recite verse nor play 27 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:08.879 upon the piano. I am no acrobat, nor leaper, nor 28 00:03:08.960 --> 00:03:12.479 high kicker. Yet I wish to go upon the stage. 29 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:16.599 What shall I do? Are you willing to pay for 30 00:03:16.639 --> 00:03:24.080 such accomplishments? Asked the wise chemist, certainly, answered Clara Belle, 31 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:29.439 jingling her purse. Then come to me tomorrow at two o'clock, 32 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:35.520 said he. All that night he practiced what is known 33 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:40.800 as chemical sorcery, so that when Clarabelle SuDS came next 34 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:44.599 day at two o'clock, he showed her a small box 35 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:51.719 filled with compounds that closely resembled French bombonds. This is 36 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:56.479 a progressive age, said the old man, and I flatter myself. 37 00:03:56.639 --> 00:04:02.599 Your uncle Dawes keeps right along with the procession. Now, 38 00:04:02.800 --> 00:04:05.960 one of your old fashioned sorcerers would have made you 39 00:04:06.120 --> 00:04:11.120 some nasty bitter pills to swallow, But I have consulted 40 00:04:11.199 --> 00:04:16.920 your taste and convenience. Here are some magic bombins. If 41 00:04:16.920 --> 00:04:19.800 you eat this one with the lavender color, you can 42 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:24.199 dance thereafter as lightly and gracefully as if you had 43 00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:29.439 been trained a lifetime. After you consume the pink confection, 44 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:35.120 you will sing like a nightingale. Eating the white one 45 00:04:35.439 --> 00:04:39.839 will enable you to become the finest elocutionist in the land. 46 00:04:41.480 --> 00:04:44.519 The chocolate piece will charm you into playing the piano 47 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:49.480 better than Rubinstein, While after eating the lemon yellow bombin, 48 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:56.319 you can easily kick six feet above your head. How delightful, 49 00:04:56.720 --> 00:05:01.639 exclaimed Clara Belle, who was truly enraptured. You are certainly 50 00:05:01.800 --> 00:05:05.800 a most clever sorcerer, as well as a considerate compounder. 51 00:05:06.519 --> 00:05:10.079 And she held out her hand for the box. Ahem, 52 00:05:10.519 --> 00:05:14.720 said the wise one. A check, please, Oh yes, to 53 00:05:14.759 --> 00:05:18.720 be sure, How stupid of me to forget it, she returned. 54 00:05:21.639 --> 00:05:25.720 He considerately retained the box in his own hand while 55 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:28.519 she signed a check for a large amount of money, 56 00:05:29.560 --> 00:05:32.720 after which he allowed her to hold the box herself. 57 00:05:34.199 --> 00:05:36.839 Are you sure you have made them strong enough? She 58 00:05:37.000 --> 00:05:42.120 inquired anxiously. It usually takes a great deal to affect me. 59 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:47.639 My only fear replied Doctor Dawes, is that I have 60 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:51.519 made them too strong, for this is the first time 61 00:05:51.680 --> 00:05:56.560 I have ever been called upon to prepare these wonderful confections. 62 00:05:57.160 --> 00:06:01.160 Don't worry, said Clara Belle. The stronger they act, the 63 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:07.279 better I shall act myself. She went away after saying this, 64 00:06:07.959 --> 00:06:11.079 but stopping in at a dry goods store to shop, 65 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:15.959 she forgot the precious box in her new interest and 66 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:21.600 left it lying on the ribbon counter. Then little Bessie 67 00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:25.000 Bostwick came to the counter to buy a hair ribbon 68 00:06:25.480 --> 00:06:30.040 and laid her parcels beside the box. When she went away, 69 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:33.839 she gathered up the box with her other bundles and 70 00:06:33.920 --> 00:06:39.120 trotted off home with it. Bessie never knew until after 71 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:41.959 she had hung her coat in the hall closet and 72 00:06:42.079 --> 00:06:45.720 counted up her parcels that she had one too many. 73 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:51.160 Then she opened it and exclaimed, why it's a box 74 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:55.360 of candy. Some one must have mislaid it. But it 75 00:06:55.439 --> 00:06:58.439 is too small a matter to worry about. There are 76 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:03.199 only a few pieces. So she dumped the contents of 77 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:06.600 the box into a bonbon dish that stood upon the 78 00:07:06.639 --> 00:07:10.720 hall table, and picking out the chocolate piece she was 79 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:16.079 fond of chocolates, ate it daintily while she examined her purchases. 80 00:07:18.600 --> 00:07:22.160 These were not many, for Bessie was only twelve years 81 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:26.120 old and was not yet trusted by her parents to 82 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:31.319 expend much money at the stores. But while she tried 83 00:07:31.360 --> 00:07:34.920 on the hair ribbon, she suddenly felt a great desire 84 00:07:35.079 --> 00:07:39.160 to play upon the piano, and the desire at last 85 00:07:39.319 --> 00:07:43.839 became so overpowering that she went into the parlor and 86 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:49.399 opened the instrument. The little girl had, with infinite pains, 87 00:07:49.959 --> 00:07:54.600 contrived to learn two pieces, which she usually executed with 88 00:07:54.680 --> 00:07:57.959 a jerky movement of her right hand and a left 89 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:03.240 hand that forgot to keep up and so made dreadful discords. 90 00:08:04.480 --> 00:08:08.240 But under the influence of the chocolate bonbon, she sat 91 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:12.800 down and ran her fingers lightly over the keys, producing 92 00:08:12.920 --> 00:08:17.879 such exquisite harmony that she was filled with amazement at 93 00:08:17.920 --> 00:08:24.680 her own performance. That was the prelude. However, the next 94 00:08:24.720 --> 00:08:30.839 moment she dashed into Beethoven's seventh Sonata and played it magnificently. 95 00:08:32.440 --> 00:08:37.480 Her mother, hearing the unusual burst of melody, came downstairs 96 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:41.720 to see what musical guest had arrived, but when she 97 00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:45.440 discovered it was her own little daughter, who was playing 98 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:49.360 so divinely. She had an attack of palpitation of the 99 00:08:49.440 --> 00:08:53.919 heart to which she was subject, and sat down upon 100 00:08:53.960 --> 00:08:59.679 a sofa until it should pass away. Meanwhile, Bessie played 101 00:08:59.679 --> 00:09:06.320 one after another with untiring energy. She loved music, and 102 00:09:06.440 --> 00:09:09.480 now found that all she need do was to sit 103 00:09:09.559 --> 00:09:13.240 at the piano and listen and watch her hands twinkle 104 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:18.679 over the keyboard. Twilight deepened in the room, and Bessie's 105 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:22.399 father came home and hung up his hat and overcoat 106 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:27.960 and placed his umbrella in the rack. Then he peeped 107 00:09:27.960 --> 00:09:32.720 into the parlor to see who was playing. Great Caesar, 108 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:38.000 he exclaimed, But the mother came to him softly, with 109 00:09:38.120 --> 00:09:43.200 her finger on her lips, and whispered, don't interrupt her, John, 110 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:47.919 Our child seems to be in a trance. Did you 111 00:09:47.960 --> 00:09:53.399 ever hear such superb music. Why she's an infant prodigy? 112 00:09:54.440 --> 00:10:01.320 Gasped the astounded father. Beats blind Tom all hollow, It's wonderful. 113 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:07.360 As they stood listening, the Senator arrived, having been invited 114 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:11.279 to dine with them that evening, and before he had 115 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:15.440 taken off his coat, the Yale Professor, a man of 116 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:22.799 deep learning and scholarly attainments, joined the party. Bessie played on, 117 00:10:24.279 --> 00:10:28.080 and the four elders stood in a huddled but silent 118 00:10:28.600 --> 00:10:33.480 and amazed group, listening to the music and waiting for 119 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:39.200 the sound of the dinner gong. Mister Bostwick, who was hungry, 120 00:10:39.840 --> 00:10:42.600 picked up the bombing dish that lay on the table 121 00:10:42.679 --> 00:10:48.320 beside him and ate the pink confection. The Professor was 122 00:10:48.399 --> 00:10:53.600 watching him, so mister Bostwick courteously held the dish toward him. 123 00:10:54.840 --> 00:10:58.679 The Professor ate the lemon yellow piece, and the Senator 124 00:10:58.759 --> 00:11:03.600 reached out his hand and took the lavender piece. He 125 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:07.480 did not eat it, however, for chancing to remember that 126 00:11:07.559 --> 00:11:10.679 it might spoil his dinner, he put it in his 127 00:11:10.840 --> 00:11:18.440 vest pocket. Missus Bostwick, still intently listening to her precocious daughter, 128 00:11:19.279 --> 00:11:23.960 without thinking what she did, took the remaining piece, which 129 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:29.320 was the white one, and slowly devoured it. The dish 130 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:34.200 was now empty, and Clara Belle Sudd's precious bonbonds had 131 00:11:34.279 --> 00:11:39.919 passed from her possession forever. Suddenly, mister Bostwick, who was 132 00:11:39.960 --> 00:11:43.480 a big man, began to sing in a shrill tremolo 133 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:48.720 soprano voice. It was not the same song Bessie was playing, 134 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:53.399 and the discord was shocking that the Professor smiled. The 135 00:11:53.480 --> 00:11:57.720 Senator put his hands to his ears, and Missus Bostwick 136 00:11:57.879 --> 00:12:04.240 cried in a horrified voice. William, her husband, continued to 137 00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:08.360 sing as if endeavoring to emulate the famous Christine Nilsen, 138 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:15.320 and paid no attention whatever to his wife or his guests. Fortunately, 139 00:12:15.679 --> 00:12:19.799 the dinner gong now sounded, and Missus Bostwick dragged Bessie 140 00:12:19.799 --> 00:12:24.720 from the piano and ushered her guests into the dining room. 141 00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:30.759 Mister Bostwick followed, singing the Last Rose of Summer as 142 00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:34.360 if it had been an encore demanded by a thousand 143 00:12:34.559 --> 00:12:40.320 delighted hearers. The poor woman was in despair at witnessing 144 00:12:40.360 --> 00:12:45.120 her husband's undignified actions and wondered what she might do 145 00:12:45.320 --> 00:12:50.120 to control him. The Professor seemed more grave than usual, 146 00:12:51.200 --> 00:12:55.879 The Senator's face wore an offended expression, and Bessie kept 147 00:12:55.879 --> 00:12:58.840 moving her fingers as if she still wanted to play 148 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:04.320 the piano. Missus Bostwick managed to get them all seated, 149 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:09.840 although her husband had broken into another area, and then 150 00:13:10.039 --> 00:13:14.320 the maid brought in the soup. When she carried a 151 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:18.440 plate to the professor, he cried in an excited voice, 152 00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:24.399 hold it higher, higher, I say, and springing up, he 153 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:27.279 gave it a sudden kick that sent it nearly to 154 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:31.679 the ceiling. From whence the dish descended to scatter soup 155 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:36.000 over Bessie and the maid, and to smash in pieces 156 00:13:36.240 --> 00:13:41.480 upon the crown of the Professor's bald head. At this 157 00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:45.480 atrocious act, the Senator rose from his seat with an 158 00:13:45.559 --> 00:13:52.159 exclamation of horror and glanced at his hostess. For some time, 159 00:13:52.600 --> 00:13:57.440 Missus Bostwick had been staring straight ahead with a dazed expression, 160 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:02.919 but now catching the Senator's eye, she bowed gracefully and 161 00:14:03.039 --> 00:14:08.039 began reciting the charge of the light Brigade in forceful tones. 162 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:14.840 The Senator shuddered. Such disgraceful rioting he had never seen 163 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:20.399 nor heard before in a decent private family. He felt 164 00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:24.639 that his reputation was at stake, and being the only 165 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:28.960 sane person apparently in the room, there was no one 166 00:14:29.080 --> 00:14:33.559 to whom he might appeal. The maid had run away 167 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:39.240 to cry hysterically. In the kitchen, mister Bostwick was singing, Oh, 168 00:14:39.240 --> 00:14:43.679 promise me. The Professor was trying to kick the globes 169 00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:49.440 off the chandelier. Missus Bostwick had switched her recitation to 170 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:54.039 the boy stood on the burning deck, and Bessie had 171 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:57.960 stolen into the parlor and was pounding out the overture 172 00:14:58.120 --> 00:15:03.000 from the flying Dutchman. The Senator was not at all 173 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:07.879 sure he would not go crazy himself presently, so he 174 00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:11.960 slipped away from the turmoil, and, catching up his hat 175 00:15:12.159 --> 00:15:17.440 and coat in the hall, hurried from the house. That night, 176 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:21.000 he sat up late writing a political speech he was 177 00:15:21.080 --> 00:15:25.320 to deliver the next afternoon at Fanuy Hall, but his 178 00:15:25.440 --> 00:15:30.320 experiences at the Bostwicks had so unnerved him that he 179 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:34.639 could scarcely collect his thoughts, and often he would pause 180 00:15:34.840 --> 00:15:38.720 and shake his head pityingly as he remembered the strange 181 00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:45.000 things he had seen in that usually respectable home. The 182 00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:50.279 poor woman was in despair at witnessing her husband's undignified actions, 183 00:15:50.919 --> 00:15:55.000 and wondered what she might do to control him. The 184 00:15:55.039 --> 00:16:00.159 professor seemed more grave than usual, the Senator's face or 185 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:04.720 an offended expression, and Bessie kept moving her fingers as 186 00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:09.720 if she still wanted to play the piano. Missus Bostwick 187 00:16:09.919 --> 00:16:13.759 managed to get them all seated, although her husband had 188 00:16:13.799 --> 00:16:18.440 broken into another area, and then the maid brought in 189 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:23.080 the soup when she carried a plate to the professor. 190 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:27.799 He cried in an excited voice, hold it higher, higher, 191 00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:32.639 I say, and springing up, he gave it a sudden 192 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:36.600 kick that sent it nearly to the ceiling. From whence 193 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:41.399 the dish descended to scatter soup over Bessie and the maid, 194 00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:44.919 and to smash in pieces upon the crown of the 195 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:51.320 Professor's bald head. At this atrocious act, the Senator rose 196 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:55.639 from his seat with an exclamation of horror, and glanced 197 00:16:55.759 --> 00:17:01.720 at his hostess. For some time, Missus Bostwick had been 198 00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:07.519 staring straight ahead with a dazed expression, but now catching 199 00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:12.519 the Senator's eye, she bowed gracefully and began reciting the 200 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:18.200 charge of the light Brigade in forceful tones. The Senator shuddered. 201 00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:23.839 Such disgraceful rioting he had never seen nor heard before 202 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:29.079 in a decent private family. He felt that his reputation 203 00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:34.119 was at stake, and being the only sane person apparently 204 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:37.519 in the room, there was no one to whom he 205 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:43.000 might appeal. The maid had run away to cry hysterically 206 00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:47.839 in the kitchen, Mister Bostwick was singing, Oh, promise me. 207 00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:52.799 The professor was trying to kick the globes off the chandelier. 208 00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:59.119 Missus Bostwick had switched her recitation to the boy stood 209 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:03.079 on the burning deck, and Bessie had stolen into the 210 00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:07.440 parlor and was pounding out the overture from the flying Dutchman. 211 00:18:09.400 --> 00:18:12.039 The Senator was not at all sure he would not 212 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:18.519 go crazy himself presently, so he slipped away from the turmoil, and, 213 00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:22.400 catching up his hat and coat in the hall, hurried 214 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:27.319 from the house. That night, he sat up late writing 215 00:18:27.400 --> 00:18:30.680 a political speech he was to deliver the next afternoon 216 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:36.200 at Fanuy Hall, But his experiences at the Bostwicks had 217 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:40.480 so unnerved him that he could scarcely collect his thoughts, 218 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:44.480 and often he would pause and shake his head pityingly 219 00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:48.559 as he remembered the strange things he had seen in 220 00:18:48.640 --> 00:18:54.319 that usually respectable home. The next day, he met mister 221 00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:57.799 Bostwick in the street, but passed him by with a 222 00:18:57.799 --> 00:19:02.160 stony glare of oblivion. He felt he really could not 223 00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:07.599 afford to know this gentleman in the future. Mister Bostwick 224 00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:12.240 was naturally indignant at the direct snub, yet in his 225 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:18.279 mind lingered a faint memory of some quite unusual occurrences 226 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:22.240 at his dinner party the evening before, and he hardly 227 00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:25.839 knew whether he dared resent the Senator's treatment or not. 228 00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:31.079 The political meeting was the feature of the day, for 229 00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:36.359 the Senator's eloquence was well known in Boston. So the 230 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:39.680 big Hall was crowded with people, and in one of 231 00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:44.039 the front rows sat the Bostwick family, with the learned 232 00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:49.519 Yale professor beside them. They all looked tired and pale, 233 00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:54.319 as if they had passed a rather dissipated evening, and 234 00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:58.279 the Senator was rendered so nervous by seeing them that 235 00:19:58.359 --> 00:20:01.400 he refused to look in their direction a second time. 236 00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:07.200 While the Mayor was introducing him, the great man sat 237 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:12.039 fidgeting in his chair and happening to put his thumb 238 00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:16.599 and finger into his vest pocket. He found the lavender 239 00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:21.720 colored bombin he had placed there the evening before. This 240 00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:25.400 may clear my throat, thought the Senator, and slipped the 241 00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:30.480 bombin into his mouth. A few minutes afterwards, he arose 242 00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:35.559 before the vast audience, which greeted him with enthusiastic plaudits. 243 00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:41.640 My friends, began the Senator in a grave voice. This 244 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:48.119 is a most impressive and important occasion. Then he paused, 245 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:53.079 balanced himself upon his left foot and kicked his right 246 00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:57.079 leg into the air in the way favored by ballet dancers. 247 00:20:58.960 --> 00:21:03.079 There was a hum of amazement and horror from the spectators, 248 00:21:03.640 --> 00:21:07.559 but the Senator appeared not to notice it. He whirled 249 00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:11.079 around upon the tips of his toes, kicked right and 250 00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:15.119 left in a graceful manner, and startled a bald headed 251 00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:19.119 man in the front row by casting a languishing glance 252 00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:25.880 in his direction. Suddenly, Clarabelle Sudds, who happened to be present, 253 00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:31.359 uttered a scream and sprang to her feet, pointing an 254 00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:35.960 accusing finger at the dancing senator. She cried in a 255 00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:41.799 loud voice, that's the man who stole my bonbonds. Seize him, 256 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:48.720 arrest him, don't let him escape. But the ushers rushed 257 00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:53.000 her out of the hall, thinking she had gone suddenly insane, 258 00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:58.240 and the senator's friends seized him firmly and carried him 259 00:21:58.279 --> 00:22:01.799 out the stage entrance to the street, where they put 260 00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:06.039 him into an open carriage and instructed the driver to 261 00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:12.079 take him home. The effect of the magic bonbon was 262 00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:16.839 still powerful enough to control the poor senator, who stood 263 00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:21.279 upon the rear seat of the carriage and danced energetically 264 00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:25.079 all the way home, to the delight of the crowd 265 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:28.920 of small boys who followed the carriage, and the grief 266 00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:33.319 of the sober minded citizens, who shook their heads sadly 267 00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:40.480 and whispered that another good man had gone wrong. It 268 00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:43.880 took the Senator several months to recover from the shame 269 00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:50.400 and humiliation of this escapade, and curiously enough, he never 270 00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:54.440 had the slightest idea what had induced him to act 271 00:22:54.640 --> 00:23:00.240 in so extraordinary a manner. Perhaps it was fortunate us 272 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:04.079 bonbon had now been eaten, for they might easily have 273 00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:09.720 caused considerably more trouble than they did. Of course, Clara 274 00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:13.640 Belle went again to the wise chemist and signed a 275 00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:18.319 check for another box of magic bonbonds. But she must 276 00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:21.480 have taken better care of these, for she is now 277 00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:28.200 a famous vaudeville actress. This story should teach us the 278 00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:33.200 folly of condemning others for actions that we do not understand, 279 00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:39.519 for we never know what may happen to ourselves. It 280 00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:43.039 may also serve as a hint to be careful about 281 00:23:43.119 --> 00:23:49.839 leaving parcels in public places, and incidentally, to let other 282 00:23:49.920 --> 00:24:03.680 people's packages severely alone. There lived in Boston a wise 283 00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:08.359 and ancient chemist by the name of doctor Dawes, who 284 00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:13.839 dabbled somewhat in magic. There also lived in Boston a 285 00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:18.680 young lady by the name of Clarabelle Sudds, who was 286 00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:23.519 possessed of much money, little wit, and an intense desire 287 00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:28.559 to go upon the stage. So Clarabell went to doctor 288 00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:33.720 Dawes and said, I can neither sing nor dance. I 289 00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:38.519 cannot recite verse nor play upon the piano. I am 290 00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:42.920 no acrobat, nor leaper, nor high kicker. Yet I wish 291 00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:47.440 to go upon the stage. What shall I do? Are 292 00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:54.079 you willing to pay for such accomplishments? Asked the wise chemist, certainly, 293 00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:59.680 answered Clara Bell, jingling her purse. Then come to me 294 00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:05.119 to my momorrow at two o'clock, said he. All that 295 00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:10.400 night he practiced what is known as chemical sorcery, so 296 00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:14.000 that when Clarabelle SuDS came next day at two o'clock, 297 00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:18.640 he showed her a small box filled with compounds that 298 00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:25.279 closely resembled French bombonds. This is a progressive age, said 299 00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:29.480 the old man, and I flatter myself. Your uncle Dawes 300 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:35.079 keeps right along with the procession. Now one of your 301 00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:39.319 old fashioned sorcerers would have made you some nasty bitter 302 00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:44.880 pills to swallow, but I have consulted your taste and convenience. 303 00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:49.599 Here are some magic bombuons. If you eat this one 304 00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:53.519 with the lavender color, you can dance thereafter as lightly 305 00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:57.599 and gracefully as if you had been trained a lifetime. 306 00:25:59.319 --> 00:26:02.440 After you can zhome the pink confection, you will sing 307 00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:08.119 like a nightingale. Eating the white one will enable you 308 00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:13.920 to become the finest elocutionist in the land. The chocolate 309 00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:17.920 piece will charm you into playing the piano better than Rubinstein, 310 00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:22.680 While after eating the lemon yellow bombin, you can easily 311 00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:29.799 kick six feet above your head. How delightful, exclaimed Clara Belle, 312 00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:34.359 who was truly enraptured. You are certainly a most clever 313 00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:39.000 sorcerer as well as a considerate compounder. And she held 314 00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:43.279 out her hand for the box. Ahem, said the wise one. 315 00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:48.319 A check please, Oh, yes, to be sure, How stupid 316 00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:54.880 of me to forget it, she returned. He considerately retained 317 00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:58.240 the box in his own hand while she signed a 318 00:26:58.319 --> 00:27:02.200 check for a large amount of money, after which he 319 00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:06.640 allowed her to hold the box herself. Are you sure 320 00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:11.519 you have made them strong enough? She inquired anxiously. It 321 00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:16.160 usually takes a great deal to affect me. My only fear, 322 00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:20.880 replied Doctor Dawes, is that I have made them too strong, 323 00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:24.319 for this is the first time I have ever been 324 00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:30.359 called upon to prepare these wonderful confections. Don't worry, said 325 00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:33.839 Clara Belle. The stronger they act, the better I shall 326 00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:40.519 act myself. She went away after saying this, but stopping 327 00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:44.279 in at a dry goods store to shop, she forgot 328 00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:48.279 the precious box in her new interest and left it 329 00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:54.559 lying on the ribbon counter. Then little Bessie Bostwick came 330 00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:57.759 to the counter to buy a hair ribbon and laid 331 00:27:57.799 --> 00:28:02.519 her parcels beside the box. When she went away, she 332 00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:06.200 gathered up the box with her other bundles and trotted 333 00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:11.160 off home with it. Bessie never knew until after she 334 00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:14.319 had hung her coat in the hall closet and counted 335 00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:19.079 up her parcels that she had one too many. Then 336 00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:23.640 she opened it and exclaimed, why it's a box of candy. 337 00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:27.920 Someone must have mislaid it. But it is too small 338 00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:33.400 a matter to worry about. There are only a few pieces. 339 00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:36.319 So she dumped the contents of the box into a 340 00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:40.240 bonbon dish that stood upon the hall table, and picking 341 00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:44.839 out the chocolate piece. She was fond of chocolates, ate 342 00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:51.480 it daintily while she examined her purchases. These were not many, 343 00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:55.480 for Bessie was only twelve years old and was not 344 00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:59.559 yet trusted by her parents to expend much money at 345 00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:04.119 the store. But while she tried on the hair ribbon, 346 00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:08.400 she suddenly felt a great desire to play upon the piano, 347 00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:14.000 and the desire at last became so overpowering that she 348 00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:19.039 went into the parlor and opened the instrument. The little 349 00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:24.000 girl had, with infinite pains, contrived to learn two pieces, 350 00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:27.920 which she usually executed with a jerky movement of her 351 00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:31.640 right hand and a left hand that forgot to keep 352 00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:37.599 up and so made dreadful discords. But under the influence 353 00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:41.440 of the chocolate bonbon, she sat down and ran her 354 00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:47.279 fingers lightly over the keys, producing such exquisite harmony that 355 00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:53.000 she was filled with amazement at her own performance. That 356 00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:58.119 was the prelude. However, the next moment she dashed into 357 00:29:58.160 --> 00:30:05.599 Beethoven's seventh Sonai and played it magnificently. Her mother, hearing 358 00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:09.960 the unusual burst of melody, came downstairs to see what 359 00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:14.799 musical guest had arrived. But when she discovered it was 360 00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:18.799 her own little daughter who was playing so divinely, she 361 00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:22.640 had an attack of palpitation of the heart to which 362 00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:27.000 she was subject, and sat down upon a sofa until 363 00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:32.599 it should pass away. Meanwhile, Bessie played one piece after 364 00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:38.960 another with untiring energy. She loved music, and now found 365 00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:41.640 that all she need do was to sit at the 366 00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:46.240 piano and listen and watch her hands twinkle over the keyboard. 367 00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:51.559 Twilight deepened in the room, and Bessie's father came home 368 00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:55.440 and hung up his hat and overcoat and placed his 369 00:30:55.559 --> 00:31:00.759 umbrella in the rack. Then he peeped into the parlor 370 00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:07.720 to see who was playing. Great Caesar, he exclaimed, But 371 00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:10.720 the mother came to him softly, with her finger on 372 00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:16.480 her lips, and whispered, don't interrupt her, John, Our child 373 00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:20.279 seems to be in a trance. Did you ever hear 374 00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:26.880 such superb music? Why she's an infant prodigy, gasped the 375 00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:35.200 astounded father. Beats blind, tom all hollow, It's wonderful. As 376 00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:39.400 they stood listening, the senator arrived, having been invited to 377 00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:43.480 dine with them that evening, and before he had taken 378 00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:47.720 off his coat. The Yale Professor, a man of deep 379 00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:54.640 learning and scholarly attainments, joined the party. Bessie played on, 380 00:31:56.119 --> 00:31:59.839 and the four elders stood in a huddled but silent, 381 00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:05.279 an amazed group, listening to the music and waiting for 382 00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:11.079 the sound of the dinner gong. Mister Bostwick, who was hungry, 383 00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:14.440 picked up the bomban dish that lay on the table 384 00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:20.200 beside him and ate the pink confection. The Professor was 385 00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:25.440 watching him, so mister Bostwick courteously held the dish toward him. 386 00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:30.559 The Professor ate the lemon yellow piece, and the Senator 387 00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:35.440 reached out his hand and took the lavender piece. He 388 00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:39.319 did not eat it, however, for chancing to remember that 389 00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:42.519 it might spoil his dinner, he put it in his 390 00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:50.279 vest pocket. Missus Bostwick, still intently listening to her precocious daughter, 391 00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:55.799 without thinking what she did, took the remaining piece, which 392 00:32:55.920 --> 00:33:01.160 was the white one, and slowly devoured it. The dish 393 00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:06.079 was now empty, and Clara Belle Sudd's precious bonbonds had 394 00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:11.759 passed from her possession forever. Suddenly, mister Bostwick, who was 395 00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:15.319 a big man, began to sing in a shrill tremolo 396 00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:20.559 soprano voice. It was not the same song Bessie was playing, 397 00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:25.240 and the discord was shocking that the Professor smiled. The 398 00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:29.559 Senator put his hands to his ears, and Missus Bostwick 399 00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:36.079 cried in a horrified voice. William, her husband, continued to 400 00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:40.200 sing as if endeavoring to emulate the famous Christine Nilsen, 401 00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:47.200