The Washington herald., 1910-05-29
4 Fathers Love

/ Translated for the San Francisco Argouaut. from
the French Of Rene Baisin.l
/ He was a very old gentleman. at whom
the street boys pointed because Of his
long locks. He wore them long and curl
ing ike the Bretons in pictures. al
/ though he had come from some obscure
place In Flanders, and was living in a
\ little city in the south Of France The
people Of the neighborlng villages.
dweliers by the Rhone. folks Of the land
/ OF garlic, sun. and wind, asked. when
/ they heard him speak:
Who is that strange man with the
northern accent?"
why. don't you know him? That is
, the organist Of our cathedral
! His olean-shaven face had the tone Of
old Delfts faiences, IN which a tinge
OF blue can always be seen between the
! white enamel His face was broadly out
! lined like a Roman bust. AS 10 his eyes,
| they were buried beneath such q berest
Of eyebrows that only two persons knew
! the color Of them. And yet these per-
sons differed in opinion as 10 their color.
Blue or brown. they had an anxious
! tenderness when they looked at Cathe-
! rine, the only souvenir of the most pain
! ful episode Of Bretwilers l!fe mis- mar
| riage. BTetwilIer, a musician Of the
/ northern school. whose very gayety was
pensive, and whose enthusiasm was mel
/ ancholy, belonged 10 the race Of those
great barbarians who came down from
| their forests 10 sunny Rome at the time
Of the iuvaslons. They felt the sunbeams
| delightful upon their helmets. and their
/ hearts were stirred by the glow, which
| awokc within them d new song. Their
weapons trembled IN their hands az the
| sight Of the beautiful Roman women.
/ and they said % themselves that they
/ would do well 10 pitch their tents in a
land whore the olive shades the twofold
harvest Of grapes and wheat After their
manner, and with great cageTness, they
tasted the delights Of that foreign land.
/ But 10 understand is not 10 be under
! stood Bretwiller made proof OF that
truth. His southern bride had not the
/ least suspicion what a German musician
might be, and she died Of H.
! Catherine alone remained 20 prove that
! the organlst had been married. She
] was puny and iI-favored. as the prod
uct Of two classing civilizations. Her
| hair was too curly. her forehead TOO
I low. her eyes, which could not decide
between the North and the South, had
| the hue Of dead embcrs. Her mouth,
1 4
antique types. full and severe, large and
/ always moist like the lips Of shells
] which sing the eternal song She sang
divinely. Her father knew no greater
I Joy than 10 hear tine melodies which be
| composed come forth from that believe
voice and pass above the mimosas n
/ the garden. borne by tie 60 % Prov!-
dence. which carries music more lightly
than any other air, 10y reason Of habit.
Of the language. and OF the fragrance OF
the flowers. He said 20 her simply
Sec Catherine. the greater part of
men have not soul enough Tor two.
They have only enough for themselves.
Those who have more soul than they
need for themselves are the poets, the
philosophers. the musicians. and the
composers. Above all, the composers,
for they speak the language least OF
an subiact IN restraint and therefore.
tho most universal note has DO
country A melody is merely the KEY
which opens the door of dreams in all
dialects" He also said.
7 know very well that 7 am not IN
derstood here in the South All the
members Of the chapter have the Ital-
ian ear. The priest rebels against the
fuzue. The chapel master. Catbise. may