The Fifth String 

 

 By 

 John Philip Sousa 

 

 The Conspirators 

 By 

 John Philip Sousa 

 

 Contents 

 The Fifth String:  I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII 

 

  The Conspirators  

 

 

 I 

 The coming of Diotti to America had awakened more than usual interest in the man and his work. His marvelous success as violinist in the leading capitals of Europe, together with many brilliant contributions to the literature of his instrument, had long been favorably commented on by the critics of the old world. Many stories of his struggles and his triumphs had found their way across the ocean and had been read and re-read with interest. 

 Therefore, when Mr. Henry Perkins, the well-known impresario, announced with an air of conscious pride and pardonable enthusiasm that he had secured 

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