New-York tribune., 1903-02-13

in its curves perhaps; with eyes that were triae
many behind him for the retention OF absolute
freShness-oaly tey out wnac @ a1IerenSe s silfg m
the minor, and left off again
die aged by even the very accurate He had been
called handsome III face by-Te!l- Dy women VI -
usually women who say such thtngsl; cou!d not oe
called uncomely in form; wasn't oy any means means
oaIQ-jusL LIIiIAre ol~li.lS - a. 80
he looked again at the slight gtrls1 hgure n Ine
big armchair at the other end OF the long music
.sPoofr' he said to himself Too stout7 Just
confortabIe-not an atom more than connfor'aOie-
Stout inGeedi'' and he laughed.
What are You laughing at no"I quesuoheo Ih7
.Not myself. he smiled. Let me tell you was
not Laughing at myself But he told her no more
Those fvor5 KEYS at any rate cared nothing about
mans age or his hgurei ne rrign6 nle@suFe FI 45
rigFt sort of cunning st their tips 50 that man
understood them they gave a 1sar 1saInig of Ser6
thew added a little TO bls power Of mastering
Lb9g cs1S ris Urbtegt to;:ch awoke them; they
ro9lz his widest moods for their moods: there
never was time when they could not give e9E nm
back taousandfold al ne haq o2 3riOsG te refTesh
msnt for untring patience , piDFo2r r1s85eyond his
first youth-possibiy need than his grand Rla9SS 10
Most me PRfysa f5ysrse sPa6ch 1aGSh 0f 81 ah as pP
POOR he said to himself agsln S tIEe ~ fhs
eeSaGisfte air in the middle Of a phrase 4,
why did you do that? asked tne siFi ii
Z have 10 further FOR the thinEwst n zsHt tas 61
7 have unearthed sons 12T & YEA 6aved G5e preI I
sing Do you know know lnl :rYou nlust know it, for
your great-grandmother sang it-no didn't s ns1.
sung It. and belong 20 yoqE eat r no o-s
You can say what yog aKs' 0s 95d r YOU do not
sing this song well as you can @ sas isa any yrat
should turn fatterer at my age SO It isn't Wortn IN
mqeh-noE is my my age Sar qS ~efi 'VE Come and sing
Now kindly tell me you know it 49,. o-.,t,p
lines in a soft flexible barytone-
NV mother bids me bind my hair
With bands OF rosy nue.
Come bind your hair! Bins your +, nar- 11 h,r iO Is
45sea nare Ir sol9 10 s raaseune hearts, With dark
airyou hagsnt os g9s 20 4S it, even-and rosy r16
bon round it. and you might Ds WeaIe - eobs}yfraTaIv ~
as ilS3SdG5 an o5laHens Tene. q bind Come, bind!
are not S i ig and Ient her Voice TO his music.
Almost it seemed pity that so Ene1 i 1,rTSs
6Jr At anv rate the putting his soul INTO ne
simple. Old World tune as va wSS ms ss vet alert for
every note every shade or exprsss2t ~ .e w. t.s
derf1I clear voice he followed Notnlns OF IL. Us
cFarn WAS lost TO him. although as u turned out
there were lnInS nsnse Of music welded dramatic
even 9rsesion e. m as he was always preaching II
Speaa For there was yearning there and soEsow and
heartbreak-tears uIsneqI; I;o<f O T1nercepffb bo1e
And he knew her-well enough He s- hS9 L wa'cnSG nee
her acting for him or il might De for others very @
lack Of emotion mere OF intensity tuefe
i her Lor bisnl, for which all the pure. rotes
49, -. ybCiiv atone. And he recognized the
Sceasfon when she sang for the rrst time with her
mole heart because tHe words happened 70 be the
49, pe- heart was ever aching with when, re-
,sS-,Siees unknowingly. she became an artist pc
gareeeSb gaae sbe was woman who had forgotten her
audience anu herself
"AIast-I scarce-can go-or creep
While Lu-bin IS away.
And then
THE village seems-a-sieep-or dead
Now Lu-hiu is away.
puf IN the silence that followed she recovered
consciousness looked at him quickly. read wLlat He
had read IN the face he had perhaps not iIitehGeo
10 mask And WITH sob. stlned cry. sne ran
quickly ike the child she was. oot OF Iho Eo0l'i.
taking his last faintest doubt out with her =.
But Il wasn't WORTH dsnli-ssIIi-G4afer rest
said he -. - ,.-.- -oo--.
more than once he passed glass wItnoLt - sooA.ne as
IN 10 assure himself OF the boytsh ng4re ne pre-
tepded 10 or the visionary hairs ne uade as pro-
''El am not her mother. ne rsilscteII. -
then am not this Mr. Lubin either. snonio nsser