The National tribune., 1892-01-28

be talk ing organ 10 Won. Potter ought TO have
had sense enough, when he knew pipe was
false not 60 have spoiled his music
go And how ] inquired.
90 Simply by not playing that particular
note He onght to have evaded H. false
note is like yice-aud vice may be inherent.
| IL is the part Of a wise man never TO give ms
special vice prominence
Somehow Matthew Gaines had touched on
! a particular doctrinal point Of mine. What
was better TO my mind was that he undoubtedly
knew about the doctoring Of organs.
80 You want TO play for us thenY' j asked.
49, Only until you have the means 10 hire a
regular Organist. ] am hell founder, brass
worker, and not a musician
49, Well. thank you. Let me think u over
a little will send Tor you If we come 10 ade-
cision, but j am not the only one TO be con-
suited
"Thoreupon Gaines left. When Mary came
in, AZ once ] asked her: Did you ever have
any dispute with Mr.. PotterY'
What reason have you for thinking SOP
She inquired.
e" Did il happen last Sunday2'
go How did you know il, fatheTP took
! that for an affirmative reply.
go DO you know how Mr.. Gaines can acquit
] himself on the organ
go oh. know he can play very well. Almost
/ a year ago there was something amiss with the
]
IL made, and how the little boys, and as for
that the whole congregation misbehayed them
selves2' Mr.. Potter made great TODD about
! IT, Mr. Hobbs sent Mr. Gaines 10 the church.
! j was walking in the street when j heard the
organ peal out grandly, in way had never
heard before. i knew IL was not Mr.. Potter
playing, for / had seen him lOunging about
somewhere
Then Gaines must be prOhcient2'
90 ] should think So
80 You know nothing prejudical 20 Mr..
Gaines's character MAry2'
80 What can you mean, father2 j know
nothing about him, only that he is more Of a
musician than anybody IN the town. You re-
member hat old hymnal Of 1886, stray copy
Of which has been in one Of the pews SO long 2
/ j happened TO open il a few days ago. and
found many Of the chords corrected In IT,,
marked with pencil, and am 10 suppose Mr..
Gaines did IL, because-nobody else could
Mr.. Gaines played for Us that Sunday, and
for many other Sundays, and the music was
pleasant TO my ear and the congregation
praised his performance. So IL came about
/ that my Mary and Matthew became better ac-
| qnainted. ] really did not appreciate him at
his worth until highly cultured Boston clergy
man, who had brought a letter of introduction
10 me- went quite wild over Matthew's playing
OF a voluntary.
"'Mr. Austin he said. where did you find
such proficient Organist2 Ia my church be
would be worth $1,000 a year. IL he ever
wants 90 change give him word 10 me- and
! Of course you would indorse his character
Some OF the congregation then made up a
purse. j WAS told about il, and arrangements
were made TO give the money 20 Gaines. j
sounded him about il and met with fat re-
fusal.
80 have no desire 10 be your organist. II ]
have 70 overhaul your organ, which may have
A. A. II. -. a. N
/ from Mr.. Hobbs, and you will have 90 pay him
Tor that. j am more interested at present in
my work in the foundry than organs. Mr..
/ Hobbs's bells are wretched. A bell TO him is as
a stove, q casting worth so much pound
go But you have improved our organ, Mr..
Gaines
"'Oh, doctored the flute stop; IL snufied.
The tone is, perhaps, better, but increase Of So
| nOrity brings with il harshness NibrHtoTy i'm
pulses have their limitations You can't crowd
a pipe or bell. Put too much stress on the
one or the other, and the purity vanishes. The
great lungs Of lion, the delicate laTynK Of a
lark, both require their exact volumes of air.
49, Let me hope, Matthew that you will then
doctor our organ Tor many years 10 come ]
eaid.
land If careless organist were 10 play on
u Mr.. Gaines would be like Penelope said
Mary. laughing.
Then we talked organs and ! preached the
yoK humane. ] was quite elated when ] said
yox humana,' for i supposed IL was the cruI
Of an organ.
Mr.. Gaines laughed. NO. Mr. Austin. II
is the Latin that carries that stop through. The
/ human voice can never be initiated. We may
make all the wind instruments, for then man
only repeats his work but the song that gusbes
from human lips dehes us. We can ape o
brOken-dOwn voice, lie nasal defects, as 10 a
Punch and Judy show, but with metal or wood
shape and turn IL as we may, we only produce
the saddest limitations Of those sounds which
God has given alone 10 those be made like unto
himself
4" began 10 know Matthew better and liked
him much, and when Mary, though she was
EOrely troubled, said 10 me, Father i need
must blush, but IL is not for shame for Mat
thew loves me- took her trembling hand in
mine and, kissing her, said Mary, the rest OF
your sentence is understood you need not tell
IT, j knew IL was coming. Matthew wrote
me about il all when be was away for 10 days
aud you were so unhappy; but has be told you
everything Of his past life2 God reclaim'
many burning brand. There are Calling
which through temptation lead 10 sin. Had
only your poor mother been alive
90 Father Matthew has told me al about hii
, life, his early misery, his education In an OF
phanage, where be was harshly treated. Their
be was the musical prodigy, the show boy Of th,
Tagged beyond his powers Of endurance, ht
was thrown among the worst associations II
time be freed himself from the clutches o
these men. His mechanical instincts seen
early to have shown him way 10 live. Their
) Is nothing he need be ashamed Of
, - And, Mary, you loved him after he hat
told his story 2"
: g" No before, before. and Mary hid her fac
from me.
J 80 Mary. the Austin blood Is good. and thos
! who bear that name have been mostly patient
plOddlng people. Sometimes ] am afraid YOU
I Matthew wants tcnacity Of purpose. lie as
0 tOnished me Ut times. j live in a sober world
= lie flies unto space. ] try 10 follow him, d
would a heavy winged bird, aud he scars an
e circles far above me. Hobbs likes him. but
s Sly Of him in business sense "Exper
Q ments," says Hobbs, other chaps may pa
Q for" but Hobbs confessed that the rule
d thumb didn't always bold good in bell casting
4 Hobbs b. eiose-tstod and honest. There was
& bell 10 be cast the biggest job Hobbs has y
., made, aud Matthew wanted certain miEtuI
Il OF metal aud particular form for the eastinl
and he backed up his argument with q row
o algcbraic signs What do ] know about thes
d here figures, Mr.. Austin2" said Hobbs, whe
he showed them 10 me- quite as much as
:; do, Brother Hobbs" i replied Then ] agree
to refer the calculations % a great professor
physics a. Cambridge. You know, Mary,
IL mentioned has name with awe at times, but h
with that patent lawyer, are old friends. Tho
figures expressed acoustic equivalent,
came the answer from that blessed professo
d and that great scientific authority called u
has dear Old Oliver" aud he said that Ma