St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-01-21
Something.
ONE OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANpEH>EN'>
STORIES.

ONE OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANnEE>EN' :
STORIES.
Il want To- h,. Something" said the
eldest of five brothers. Il want to do
>"mclhimg i'll The world. don't care
how humble my position may hc in so
CictY, If | only effect some good tnI
that will really he something. I'll
make bricks. foI they are quitr imdi>-
pem>ahlc things. and then shall truly
have done something.
But THAT something will not h,.
enough :" qunth the second brother.
Nv hat You intend dong is Just a>
much as nothing ut all. 1t is journey
mans work. and can br done 10y Il ma
chine. No. would rather hc Il brick
layer at once. for that i> something real:
and that's what | will Ice. That brings
rank ~ Il hlickIaycr. one belongs t" Il
guild. and is Il citizen. and has ones
own flag and ones own huu>, of call
Yes. and if all goes we'll, | will keep
joulncymcn. | shall hccomc Il master
hricklaycr. and my wife shall become
Il masters wife that i what / call
something.
''That'> nothing at all :" said the
third. That l. beyond the pale oi
tine guild. and there are many of those
in town that stand far above the mere
master artl You may hc an hon
est man but as Il master Nou will
aftci all. only belong to those who are
ranked among common men. | know
something better than that. | viii hc
an architect. and Will thus enter into
the territory of art and speculation. |
shall he rcckoncd among those who
stand high IN point al intellect. ! shall
certainly have I" serve up from the
pick 81 To speak 80 | must begin
as Il carpenters apprentice. and must
go about as an assistant III Il cab. though
| am accustomed Ia Wc:Ir Il silk hat.
shall have to fetch beer and spirits for
the common jourmeymcm and they will
call me thou, and that is im>ultin"
But shall imagine to my self that thc
whole thing is oml y acting. and IL Kind
of masquerade. To-molIow / that is to
say, when | have served my timc-l
shall go my own way and the others
will be nothing to me. shall go to
the academy and get instructions in
drawing. and shall he called an .arch-
tect. That's somcthjng, | may get t"
he called 'sir. or even 'WorShiptul Sir.
or even get Il handle at the front OF at
the back of my name. and shall go on
building and building. just as those he
fore me have built. That will always
be Il thing to remember. and that's
what call something -
but | don't care ut all for that
something's" said the fourth. Il wont
sail in the wake of others and be IL
copyist. will be Il genius and will
stand up greater than all the rest of
you together. ! shall he the creator of
il new style. and will give the plan of
il building suitable to the climate and
the material of the country. for the
nationality of the people, for the de
velopment of the age-and an addi-
tiOnal story for my own genius"
But Supposing the climate and the
material are bad" said the fifth, ''that
would be ii disastrous circumstance ::
for these two exert great Influence :.
Nationality, moreover, may expand it
self until il becomes atfectation and
the development of the century may
run wild with your work, us youth often
runs wild. quite realize the fact none
of you will bc anything real, however
much you may believe in yourselves.
But do what you like, will not resem-
bic You. | shall keep on the outside of
things. and criticise whatever you pro-
duce. To every work there is attached
something that is not right something
that has gone wrong; and | will ferret
that ont and find fault with it 4: and
that will be doing something's
And he kept his word and every
body said concerning this fifth brother.
There is certainly something in him
he has il good head; hut he does moth
ing" And by that very means they
thought something of him
Now, you see this is only little st"ry:
but it will never end 50 long as the
world lasts. But what became of the
five brothers. Why. this is nothing
and not something. Listen. it is IL cap
tal story.
The eldest brother, he who mauufac-