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Home My WebLink AboutThe Signal, 1910-12-15, Page 9is t lies ear to -beftsr, ley -titre perfe.- lit men s1 l!, Is 01 all, ()Bahl, , Leg - 11 ea•N ! earl'. he Square TUE SIoNAL CODE1tICE ONTARIO ht. 1810, b> stop by preference before the more girl re- humble and sorrowful dwellings to the old instrument, the young g< if the modest wishes of those wmerae•n Press ossa- The gnat y elation-) gambled We statue of Melancholy. simple gonia who have faith to thy light of the lamp illumined her classie Christmas, grant NUMMI/ menta: thou who this winters night, 4 V. in the with shy snowy beard floatln;, ,r�,;, � _ _• " '�`�ti ;�- .. frosty air. doth inverse the world an d struggling agatust tier emotion. Thea aa sovereign m ltrpes of the evening 1n au outburst of exaltatloa she ex- ray, and the scene whicb it illumined was of extraordinary beauty and re - "Oh. Frew that height the view eel. "Oh, to hear him outs more -only ;n»e• w birds ouce- bliss!" ould be a foretaste of !estYa. bracedclimbs the Path's* alvug a tails. trav- blitssP' the erred by its sperliiing-river, now hid - theme played of her beloved andante as an ac- thing It.'i w !Statuette in the veal. Immo- "Bright kt kingo of following prayer: WILL, of the landscape, in the striking "Bright of this holy uight- Christmas, Father Christmas. good Fa- contrast of the immaculate snow Cher Christmas, who concealeth thy which covered the city like a shroud venerable head under the hood of the great red cloak op full of enchant - In R. DU PONTAVICE DE HUESSEY V(I;TT ;� veers ago there weenprofile and blond hair,het eyes D this solemn vigil the wishes of th) very parr young man who1Tran,1•lad from the Fnn.h br U•r1 sented a peculiar appearance as 1f they Morehe.d.l were covered by a veil; she seemed to bumble and devoted servants. O , lodged lu the attic of an atude kind and loving friendt01 Iomen and hear dllahe city house i, ter many. -ciente and wlemnitp of that winter's therebe were t 6eosnd; in ber toftsorrow adaresig• children• grant, I pri- , in the city o[ Bonn Germany. hi ht. him once more!" ve At la they reached the heights of nation, but in the light o[ her forehead Fritz had arisen, much affeted by e so sent app orf his po ttJ faith and bo `shone with rays o[ tit• ei• ;;e was would not aDDear on the street the suburb called C;oWeotz, which (1e itis fervor o[ the girl's preydaytime, fearing that strangers "ceNookx the ancient city, and were vine purity and sweetness. All the sur- when the door suddenly and two strangers sdde wool,' ...MT at his soiled liners and tad passing through one of its 'most re- rouudings of this young couple fetal- about to speak • the arm of erybravely borne, a life o[ toll marled upon the threshold. red erred clothes The neighbors declared. !INA streets when the young man sud- erred poverty, even misery, but a mis- opened � with reasonable cause, that the d.•n'y- stopped and grasped y nndrPride, 1 by decency wee was demeaned, for his grey' rata tits companion. ,ned with a strange light beneath -Slush!" be said. '•Listen!'• __..Ymes �eaaler," said the. yegeg. his pale and massive forehead. Him Master Joachim, bending bis head to hpg hair fell in disordered masses one side. seemed to increase the vnight about bits emaciated cheeks. The set expression of his thin lips betoLened e deal- thesr inbitterness wax tapers 1 who e lodged h in the "(limning room asserted that the young men passed his days and nights furinusla playibg upon an old piano and covering great sheets -of white (a- per with incomprehensible scrthe awl& Whenever he ventured upon treet the housewives ran tp their'doorateps lo gee hen pass by, and the children �offel at him. No one knew his same or profession. whence be came or whither he went. He had only one trtend. who called every evening at Finset. The latter wits a person well known In the city of Bonn. lie was the tell, gaunt drunkard. Joachim ytioeeher, organist of the cathedral-iicsn, ' un. sail). "acerae!" ant l:epell-moister for monseigneur the airy and as deep as the ocean. Every east over the heavens Its im- am -oily - -- area of his rubicund ears. and in the time 1 play It the -Whole scene returns The younger of the two visitors now. which draws lift deep -silence of the night he beard. to my memory. You remember. Fritz, approached Alice. She trembled vital- pal mantis, dotted with g s=tns e -oily tlensconced ere Dlhiser 7iquated r1e you had taken me that night to'Aunt bly when he touched ber tightly on. stars; you do not I:now wbattn eD au' westey climbIn his sty stairs antiquated iliur lmodula.orneted tvagtire and feeken ble sounds Gertrude. who was very ill in her UWe the shoulder and said in a gentle tiful, round moon says to. and �at t climbed the rickety seairs voice: souls and .ticiturn hearts •that love and without knocking entered the ah that issued from a neighboring house. attic to the I'laV. Roemer, and as you child?' sotdtade arid" sorrow. .d.h, w.e11. 1 shad rte of his friend Just at the beginning The two friends remained silent and had some. work to finish you left me You like that music, my 1 " ••Oh, yes:" she murmured. '-I love try to tell you all that!" there for several hours. Sitting at the Onl She was' almost on her knees be - "GIVtr Ma IteaPIRSTWIs•" and traced upog the distant heights s great white lin* which formed the II. horizon and of that deep blge.sky now EFOHP; the_ young maru:r 01-Unrizond shywind-as deep Saud. man. "R was on Christmas evne,Do3 the humble cottage ha.1 reeov. "O nf�ht •• marmuted the musician sat just such a adventure. as this that re ered from his astonishment as he leaned with his elbows on that fanu adventure that would bring a pitiful smile to the tact the elder of the two strangers the window sill -"O mysterious moon. person. and yet I- approached him and said: you are my .friend! I understand eb my but a swot be everylhiilg you say to me. The les - cherish and bless it because ft brought "Excuse ourend and I anretwo•very son of resignation you tech me tes- a ray n[ sunshine Into the dark shad- master. My We 1 never forget! a Give owe of your the Tell nit once More, poor but enthusiastic musicians. when eveningminspiration. shall. Descend upon'.me dear Alice, story of your thedven- were piggish through tbehstreetnrwhen o �1jeStand sure. I love to hear you the deep yo were attracted by resist our with all the tram of your of the night relate story id deli piano and could O°t bent splendors skin order of yousendthat d,acl may your slow and geode voice, which desire to become acquainted with the W that poor se seems to come from above. while your artist, the unknown brother or sister, your immortal beauty fingers lightly cause the keys ot•tour who is concealed in this remote emir chid who has never known yea." old friend." orb." The two spectators of that strange She resumed her place before the in- rales, sir," replied the young man. The remainedope mute. awed and fasge aei- trument and dreamily Played a few ." eve are not aRists, but only bauble uated by the exaltation.,_ of the young chores. 'orking people. Our life bi a very musician. ile returned to the piano, "Oh, res." she said, "that was a dl hard one. but my sister sometimes near which Alice was sitting. losi .in vine melody. Alas, I can remember brightens It with a ttigirive ray of sun- a deep reverie lie took her band nothing of it but this one air, but that shine by playing, as sbe did this even- and said: r sunple air is as broad as the winter ing, some -melodies that she has learn- "My child. you do not know the air I,earaa S of the - clear, soft night, of the wlbter twilight Ile found t yonnC man sitting at the window. gaz- ing sadly at the fantastically carved genies, the turret.' and spires of the ancient city, over which the stow had spread a abroad of uniform and gllt- o-nue whiten. "Ido. ho!" exclaimed the kapelt- treater as he slapped the young man en the shoulder. "What do 1 see? R hit do you mean? Do you wish to he forever damned? Come! No black t rterflles oh Christmas ere! Look! The city Is clothed in its wedding gar- ments, tbe church bells are pealing merrily, and already, in anticipation of mldnizht• the streets are odorous with the flavor of Mayence ham and greasy [sitters. Very Troon the taverns will tits , Presently they recognized the melo- side of the invalid's cot, I could hear It -I cherish it! It Le subltm . y 1 could . fore him. Ile resumed his place at the dy., It was an 'andante, possessing ber breathing. and, althoughpiano and played. breadth, sweetness and melancholy, not sec ber, 1 Imagined the appearance P of her poor face; y fi What he played no facility of style, and despite the mediocrity of her in- allow.. wrinkled and �,., ,� of language, can 'ever ez- strumeot and the crudeness of her emaciated by age, privation, Ulnessand --+r no artifice anti ce of are certain ver ea - le performer- im- suffering. A profound silence- reigned } P method the tnvisib pressed upon the magic a tenderness around me. My habitual darkness ap- of expression that denoted a poetic peered to be deeper, heavier and more sout cruel than before, and '1 uembled as "Abe by my faith!" exclaimed Master 1 thought bow sad and burdensome Joachim. "1f 1 mistake not. that mu- this life was to the poor and unfor- sic••- tunate such as 1. "Is mine," said the young man. "Suddenly some one began to play a while two tears glistened in his eyes. piano in an adjoining room. The mu - "Listen. Joachim; listen! It is the sic commenced with a soft prelude like andante from my drat symphony. Ah! the beating of a bird's wings In the works which seize upon the soul, soothe it, soften -it or agitate it. Each chord, each note. causes the vibration within us of some hitherto unknoWn sense. Our sentimental personality is deliciously or terribly awakened. Final- ly the 'Last note dies away. We re- turn to ourselves, we try to analyse what we have so vividly experienced, and we quickly perceive that it is an impossible e task. SO the devotees of h of a cohort I was cursed a few moments ago of n gel or the a he rhythm the occult sciences pretend that musie when 1 curses my fate, God Is good• of angels, and as the rhythm expanded a of the spirit world. and life is worth living, since here 1n and increased I imagined i saw the is tbe lingo ge mx native city some one knows me. seraphim, all white and tlazzlin'g, de- When the musician had finished he oderatan me. oa •d illumining �r looked arouQd him- The blind girl, Tuu1It11DAY. Dat g.�rui�tt 1,, IOtQ., 9 THE SIGNAL'S' CLUBBING LIST 7rS1) u da I vets me! Since me sed from the stars an transdger ed seemed spirit is the consoler of soother, and n the darkness that surrounded me. ens Lu9Iaw*+Q •r a, Hata' motionlesss smotionlesssad woman no ddabt Yea, yes: ft is s Then 1 was seized and inundated by da it as it to be in heaven In one corner the the soul, the which open- I feel that 1 can never play boy, to whom this bumble dome be - rather. for 1 recognize an overwhelming harmony longed, was weeping freely his head touch the feeling that a woman. or,De col to me the gates of paradise. ' in -Ab. should be plated•" n who was heaven In its between his hands. Master Joachim mercy, of an angel Sow rigid tions s the torrent of in- "But" said the maskda behind. his companion mercy to the poor and despised has Effnble sensations and delicious pleas- standing now before the instrument, was standing ht as n mouth open to sent to earth this feltive nig urea that submerged my senses in •'yon have not the mule. Do you with his enormousfixed on the balm of celestial joy to my peer - those -enraptured moments! Inspired by ear?" .voila the broth- amazement and his eyes by the wonderful notes that were ere- Upon hearing these amazement In absolutes anryrlse• the wounded heart," ated by the fingers of magician, ec- er ran to his sister's F'do and took her °maiyoung' man smiled, aottiy closed the "Hum! Broil!" oma growled Joachim.coached '{.be blind girl and who had become critical on bearing erything around me ted file and lived. hand, while she rep . •1 u a sad voice: piano, app ddant visions greeted ins new found "Look at me, s:r-yon who are en lciaaErj her ou the forehead, then whet - hie favorite instrument "I a the performer dleplays tome feeling. but. m7 Food Ludwig, the left band 1s feeble- acrd the arpeggios of tbe right hand lanclinesse and breadth. The method of- a pipit my boy." Sikora, blasphemer!" replied th" younger man, whose face was now r• •sol" tiQCLalytsu rns urrs.rcetatarxa epiendent with joy. 'That wombs 10nmina bs tr elt windows as an invite- doeot merely play my mule -do dos�(bd welcome to the passersby. you understand? She expresses my And, above all, monaetgneur'a tress- thoughts. 1 feel it here!" !" cbe said. neer did not forget to pay me my sal- striking his heart ary. Come. comrade: Let us go." must see ber. and here is the house." Suddenly he ceased speaking. and his Eagerly he drew Master Joachim to- gauat features assumed a sympatbetic ward a humble cottage. A light filter- expre tdon. When hu resumed his ed through the badly jointed shutter epeech it was In a gentle and tender „t a lower window. and it wee from tone: _ that room the music came. But s-' "Ah, your are suffering as always. my they leaned forward near the window poor grand genius!" In an effort to bear the better the in - Theo the young roan trope brusquely. s I r tot one ncf tsuddenlybecame site a ahnt st it savagely wiped away a tear that wall coursing down bis cheek and exclaim- resembled a sob. ed in a violent manner: "Oh, be quiet! 1 hail the world! Its pleasures are to me like so many thrusts of a knife. l hate the human race; l hate myself! Genius. did you stay? Yee. 1f thnt its to be the victim of every tortnre and every sorrow; to see oneself the subject of insult *un- plcfon hnd public indifference; to hear hunger. thirst end disease knock at one's door: to feel that all the .nbllme voices• all the vast inspirations of one's heart and brain, are stifled by the cold - hefts of death; if it is t0 be a recluse and a pariah. then. indeed, am 1 a gentile Rut come! These walls, the silent witnesses of my despelr. e the hort'ert" Then with unaffected tenderness paternal anlleitneie the nM orgsnp moved his greatcoat and placed1't over Rot the lived the tet rbed was he In hie he honae End walked slow- tn arm. through the narrow a, which now were thlekly tai` peted with *now. The old ergentat vele-t.v1 the mate. kept a watehftal eye „n h1. ,.•mnonleu and ween triad. cattle hon ,,,er1 rtes fall of tear*. to bring • the face of Ida ynnng fries& whose features ur'es tialsf die ttais Melt Id !lits ware basked mom* aim 1.111 wavoslsse. se it is lsriarelll wIM►t�/ the shoulders of his ynnng man *carrel of kindness, so a 'wn meths They 1 I t I a onr sight I am sight Beautiful saints, brilliant with fortunate as to have t gh Parsed to the old organist: light and glory, pointed out to me the blind." "Come, and do not make a noise." heaven whence they came and 'hither There was a moment of painful id- Silently they gained, the door and they returned -without me, alas, the •red. cruel ones! suddenly all this world of\\1enAh my ebiM" said the musician d Apm ruent later the young artisan dreams,lsded away and disappeared in "Gd afflicts in this Ute those be wish - the night: then, vast, profound, rets- a to glorify in the next world. I also gloss, consoling and inspired. the an- have a heavy cross to bear. a d some- ome- dente that i have retained and learned times I am tempted to Cursemy arose !majestically In the midst of the'bot I always have at m7 side a divine 'mysterious darkness." comforter -,nit Sir! Let it console us •'Ycs." said Fritz. 'and when 1 re- now. What' you were playing a few turned I found you tr•mbllog and moments ago is not unknown to me. W me that the IO it now?" weeping, and ft seemed May I play features of our pressed with an an serenity. In fact. 11ma ther Christmas had paid a of you during my absence. Bn�on our' not the good Fa way home you related to me tbat ed ber praye strange adventure.. Next day I made Under inquiries and learned that Aunt Ger• a� sea II. HE young girl had censef plae- Ing suddenly. 1n the middle of a phrase; then she remnlned nwdonleas and appenred to be absorbed In a reverie. while her fingers skimmed mechanically over the keyboard; iinelly she uttered a deep sash. and a moment later. with a time of despair. she closed a old harpsichord and rested n her el- bows with bet ace between her hand*. on. not Play? "Little eisteta✓by do y it does m g'sod to bear yon." • ,rhe iipester wsa a young man with tetbonast but atatwally serious conn- . I It'lts ba ore a e roe tenancy. �� Bred with little pots and brushes and r under the light of a Urge lamp. he was coloring those fantastic little animals and grseeigns dwarfs ent in wood stitch are the triumph of the Nerene berg wareabotea • Toe I!e to hear me play my poor Peitz," replied the girl, "hecanse ynn have heard no one else. hot I Aa•palr and grleee when 1 think how for 1 nm ram my Ideal. Nevar. n" never. n'111 I remise. with thaw townie end nal: „rd Ottawa the eeleatlal and .uhlims melody that inethed and alarmed me ea (ltidelsa OM • per Me hie 11s�f�a'�ts - is*! "'lad old aunt were im- nal degree of ned that Fa- iait to b Without waiting for a reply he himself before the old ha . cord. At the sound of the firs w notes the blind girl trembled' th joy. Iliad Christmas grant - e tooth of a master, light oehly as it was. under ---the a of that divine inaplradgn. this•-. old instrument became sonorous and pathetic. Ah, bow it throbbed. sang, n was as arsu>ay• wept, laughed and elgbed by turns! --.(1 raised his head aM-...said. "Ah. how Yes, yes. ft was the same that she strange, .Ulce, they are not here."' hnd heard n year ago at the bedside of her dying aunt. As the volume of -It was an angel. my brother. Ile music reverberated through the hum- has flow 11 away, but Lam sure be will ble room tom•' iestatic glow lighted the return." girl's fat furea. With clasped hand'. with parted lips and 'with her poor sightless eyes raised toward heaven she listened with all ber noel -as a atclau saint might 'Mien to the stnghtg of Invlilble ant;ekt bitterness of spirit bad van - His afeo was trensflgured. [shed. lie kindled his meager fire, His face no longer bore the bitter and lighted his lamp and throughout the somber evpreakiAe that we noticed eight covered with bis accustomed there before he began to Way The scrawl many of those long white *treat, wa1>DOTOII wo'r PLATO" ere ef_eethnetaats now bland 1a hie sheets of paper lined with Meek which crude's neighbor was a young musician, eyes; a powerful o-�dfi E� his so nTneh suspicion In the myttertoae and eccentric. who wick on Ilps. Framed in the waving torrent` minds of tbe good women of winter's the verge of being dlapnseened by 'bis of his long heir. his face was that of uey;h..ior,,nc,l. When the p• leIanditted because be was No poor 10 s master nt human thnnght sun again ahoue upon his widow was pay his rent and for the additional rim He neared playing npon a final ma- composer. overcome by fatigue, son that he disturbed the sleep of his Issue chord: then he bowed his heed. sleeping with his head resting upon hefghbnra h7 loud and nutimely np- mid hie eyes gaged vacantly into Apace. 11s scatterer( sheets, but before le fell mors lutist to that which regaled His theaaUts wen no longer of this :asleep he had flnl'ahed his work, wbi.'h pnrth'\ The inspiring pnwpr of hl. man he called in memory of that eventful your pan" night "The Moonlight Sonata." "Do u ant say the. dearftFrits. even mnele \h overwhelmed fMtires with the 'ro1ay that sonata is eon,Mered one in tun. ew you win offend me. The marked s IM strange mimic -tan whom I heard that frait. of �Mnihe. area*fielonly. 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