The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-06
WOTEN WIND.
Confessions OF n Man Isesotted with Music
--Orciee in an ORGAN Loft.

-OrEie. In an Organ Loft.
II have been thinking about Joubert's re-
mark that our lives are woven wind" said
the man. have tho expression alone to re-
fleet upon. for know very little about Joubert.
and what do know comes through Matthew
Arnold and few short essays by tho French
man which once found translated into Eng
lish and bound UP together with things by
Saint-Beuve. II l knew Joubert better
should then know what he meant by the woven
windness or the windy wovenness Of our lives.
AS 1t is. have only tho discreet remark to re-
fleet upon. and see what of value it contains.
1t Is almost the same as If the thought had
been borne in upon me by the night wind. as
tho Lord spoke to Job from the whirlwind."
"What do you suppose was meant in the
case Of Job and tho whirwnd ?"
Possibly it was the voice Of tho 1ord-that
is to say, complete comprehension and appre-
cint.on-spenkinE to tie Man OF w out Of the
storm and stress and CONSERVATION OF his af-
fcted and overthrown life TO me the whirl-
wind and the voice over rising. clear and
mighty and dominating. above the turmoil.
give the keynote OF that whole great book.
The patience Of Job is commonplace beside his
power Any man who Is not u child may be
patient but there arc SO few men who are not
children and there are so few who are patient.
popular mind"
but isn't patience itself mark Of power?"
by no MEANS" said tho man. The merest
duilard and BOBBY may be patient so far rs the
world can see. though in his case the patience
is really apathy. Also. continual trouble with
no kindly light to lead out Of il and not tho
faintest hope OF such light may make man
patient, but such situation implies no
thought OF power"
Il should say that such a man was in de-
spair rather than patient"
"Oi course q hopeless man is in despair"
said the man. That's what tho word Means
But despair does not necessarily exclude pa
tience as apathy does. A despairinG man
may simply accept the situation and not tear
his hair or rend his clothes about it. Now. in
this sense. Job was not a patient man. Tho
ashes and the potshcrds and tho cursinG OF
his DAY show that he wasn't. lie was shaken
by his troubles. but as Napoleon once said
the heart may be torn IN pieces while the soul
remains unshaken.' In other words. o man
may be ratified without losing his head and
his grip Job didn't lose his head though
Elipha2. tho Temante, thought h" did. His
heart was contained in his soul. not his soul
in his heart"
What has got into you? What In the world
are you talking about"
"Wcl" said the man. tho thought. or tho
semhlaIco of thought that our life Is woven
wind. mndo me think OF job and Of Hamlet
and Faust. and even OF little Wilhelm Moister
no doubt il would involve Bismarck. deaf old
beethoven. Mozart. buried in Q pauper' grave,
Haw,horne,,,s Ienohia; stephen Guest. Daniel
knows whom else. You know
".They say the lion and the lizard keep
Tue coIrts where JamsLil rtEr.Iei and drank deep
The wild stamps. but cauno, break his sleep"
You are exceedingly chestnutty this morn
don't like. WHAT'S up"
u was on, n fearful and unsoemly, solitary
II was ulono in an organ loft, aud I couldn't
stand the temptation. ! KNOW it was n weak
thin. to do. and / am as much ashamed Of my
me to he. First l took lust II Tito nip in G..
That started mo off into +, where. got per
volved in that terrible d Hat. and then. Of
course 1t WAS al up with me: And so on. from
don. inant chord to dominant chord and from
one keyto another IN rapid progress. butwlth-
out unity OF keyii was drunken thnn have
b be for years The G1mrant ,aI in tonic
wl!y-nilly. the return by rodaI point tn 9ugh
a whirlpool OF dominant chords and all
IN huryhnIy iE sr2Gnns ana EfnmnhnE ana
ssobbing like 4 gigantic booty. and q" whole
going M 10 heaven 10 tho blaro OF trnmpctI.
through an air nIeh With. | don't know
with what though 1t may have been he'll IRE
And all this was wind woven in the organ pipes
and rushing no one knows wnerr. IT was all
woven wind such stuff as the FGenchman tells
US lie Was made o.
Look here boss. You shouldn't 90 on such
snroes, especially whom you AZ" alone. GU
will dc Yourself Il hurt som" t,Mr. Your
friends ought t. he anxious Al, ~ yuW.'
What the use Of talking rad tho man.
Don't know ana feri my doGra IHtion with
out yrgr speaking about it, ann weak. ] ac-
knowledge it, Int there was ia" organ ard !
was alone with i. az course ] 'eil. for 1t was
in nay blood 20 do 30. ana partly. too. II WAS q.
matter ~ uers nal temperance. Sometimes
] think the manufacture md su'"n' 'he deadly
organ ought to ne prohibited hy law, l knew
II uHu ~ pnGnn once who Wrcr sad hts WN"!o
lifron "a" KY Of Il l,at a!Uno.Hut ilnIH|i lruken
ur ih n UllhOu-". u may 'nripRsly ne ar
gunu tut the ley o' & AM 'Un koY Of \ ara
CON. -. lT"ly I'D. nj $50, tut y..u know how
o." Lin; Load {, another, "a ner or later
VII Md l'wn'n ynGQii in p nn.
H., VIZ. lis cu;;r"m. H. iorCuns, lis lbs
good same Viii hr E,rg ten val liz Will sink
into Il mtis!cian's -llN". ! see my fate before
me-. ! caunpt ny ii H. Don't twlt me- on IT,
Rather p',y nae, "ni @"t soin"h oly to put mo
under hook aud kry. Our" | srt Al tho key Of
I ~ \ ! will kr"i, on til | am blind. stiT,
Saving drHHp%, IL + AMI fetch urwI'h deirium
~, ant you co;l'ro! yourself and stop at A
,"}2n dop',, know what, YOU are talking
about. SAID the man. "Wham Il man reaches
4 Hat he is pretty far gone. His Judgment Is
Ia. l.ah nal ~. IA L. A