| Show I The Story tor of of a Polish BoI sh Musician In III his room III In the Hue Past Pas- Pas t 1 high up UI above the thc city said t hI ulL It IR IB to you OU that I 1 will lull tull the thc story tOI because you rou ou are a n. wanderer like myself Also e I you have ha lived U and known In Inthe the streets some some- thIn tho point at me nie and anti they thy any Thero goes Vat ho ho sInus Ings little songs In the cafes caCes How should I tell it to Lii them if Ir f their hearts will not understand I 1 do not understand sill all myself J there l ll be e many things s too haul hard for or us little P JI But Hut you OU are arc of or our tribe al although al- al though you mi u are English You are arc a II aman man inan with whom ono one can talk talle I have come back to lo Parly Pari To ro Paris or to i I every born honl wan wanderer f Ier will cornu b buck bucl cl In time lime Is It II not nol so u How v old should you vou think I am ani I looked cd at thu kind anti and quiet eyes oyes and worn Vorn face f and whitening hair hall Fifty I said saki nh and thought it il would be more than that I I nn am nm not nol yet ct forty Corty You are arc not the t 10 tO n make alo me certain that I I p look out old Once I used to have ha anger angor 4 about It it hut but I am am wiser l now ow I am nn 1 only tho man who does docs not matterI matter I It Il hap happened nl In this splendid Paris Parla v. v that t now Is a n deed dead place to me ne In In tho the en cafes res I 1 get till up an and they move inov f the glasses glass s very ery carefully on fh Ow he tables so that thai thc they shall make n no iio f nul noise floIse c. c anI anti and the waiters aiters talk silently and aUth whisper for or their orders Listen Lisle r now he they say t i. i It is II Tie Hc LI sings little songs on Before I finish I IH 11 H have 0 them all laughing anti and I smile l' l S nt at them but hilt I do 10 not laugh It IL I Is IsI f queer Is It not that I should live lI bj by making people laugh lauh and yc yet ct sut sad I JI i We e come corne you and r f from fron cold hard races that do not laUghr laUgh lauh r cn easily I In their l S I think that I need not be so lonel lonely or 01 so sad sail Do you OU know wow I r think that worn women n like c mc me because there Is r i perhaps some t t h shadow do about me and a woman lik likes mystery about a nan man I know mow whet when 1 a n woman likes In such Much a way wa that a n kiss anti and a cal caress would change chanso swiftly swift swit j ly y her hl liking Into love lo Tho Thoy are arc all sweet and good and very cry kind am and tho do me great greal reat honor but I do not nol want them I have loved on and all that thatIs J Is finished Have Hav you ever loved n a woman so su that every pr tiniest thing thinS that thal she sho did mattered lo tu your you I open heart Jf Jr yon Oll have han you ou would not tell me here licie It is 11 my time for fOI the telling i.- i. You a stranger arc firc the thc first who has heard You arc alc my friend c I am am Polish born bUIn and that i is a bitter biller and aini an evil birthright Black i hate halo comes cas easy and almost one ono is isborn V born unhappy In that land VII When en I Iwas Iwas Iwas was young horsemen came and anti whipped us forth from flom our villa village go They camo caino in tho the morning anti and they made the clean elcan snow grey gre and dirt dirty J t with their coming coining They rhey were evil 11 inch en One of them slashed my 01 mother I across the thc rOle forehead Ha It was long lon be before be- be fore fOIa tIC It vanished from flum my mothers mother's face but even en then it did not nol go It ItIn Itt t went tn In my IY heart an and amid it is there now I ji- ji There is the slash of a my I t heart That is another Hl thing tIming by lJ which I am am on oni only 1 who ho Is Is si silent sint nt and docs does not lot laugh I We e 0 came to London I have sun sung in lit your 11 0 streets I have o seen ren your yoni queen I have he begged in iii your str cl As the children run after you a forI for for- I cl eigner cigner ncr In the Iho country between Rouen iF and Paris Pari and t or cry penny A a penny so to I navy run tuu ant and ant In your cU city when ug ryas hunT hungry I I I-do not your our J people except you and your queen lueen anti and andu u n gut girl who was kind to my mother mOlher In Inthe t the part you yeLl ou call Her Tier 4 name was Rachel Hachel and she sho had dark darl I f She was a Jew hilt but her father did not mint lend money or rot rob poor 1 itO peo people itOI 0 I lIe who wanted to lii get Elt away on a ai I i shut hIp ship like the Jews Jc's I 1 had my country It Il In that mother was your our city m my died They her burled in a aery very ery u ugly I churchyard near one of your our railway Il stations Tho Flie stones are all nil so 0 dirty i 1 that thal it Il Is to rea read the Inscriptions inscriptions I and beyond the railings tho the heal heavy hea imea- l v vy goes hoes au nil all day long bug It Is not nota a n good place for or her resting I 1 stayed I till tillI i had hail enough monc money to bit buy a n stone t for my mother and then I 1 came to Paris There was not much difference or c at al first It was jus just t another place to 1 starve o In That chat was all But nut presently I Idid I 11 did ill 01 ilL t lit little tic work for a paper a 1 i sketch now and 11 th then n. n and n mi man who vho was wai a good milan man bou bought ht mo nic a a. violin J I And 1 back hucl to the HIP streets a again and the students gathered round meI mo me mont I nt nl time the corners I am ama vagrant you know They toll me inc you yim ar are aln rich in itt your t. country you country ou you h have vc a bl tug big house and servants ant But nut you do not love hove tin thit house inti antl servants clu day after day ulay year mutter after year ar nut and amI often you conic come hero here lo Iii live c in two little rooms room ii by hy yourself You are arc nol not nol how ho do you call it re lt-re- re re- re It U menus means a r- r treat rat at deal in your out country that word woid You are arc runt lant like me inc It Il Is wh why I talk to 10 you Then I 1 met Pere Didier and he heS S helped me mime anti and soon I 1 took a tin tiny I room roum and amid andu was u quite And soon soomi there thol was as a little band of or us old lis-old old Pre Pore Didier Didiel anti and Anton Antun and amid and CaMS Gassy Cassy the Am American who pul us UM all in the picture which ho lIP painted paint paint- ed long iong afterward I wish that thai hl hH hIs picture would bo be forgotten b by now although I 1 love lo It so so- 0 much Ivery time hue that T I s soc see o a n print of or It In a win window will will- dow the tho slash sl Is across my heart again My I own Col copy OI Is a proof thit Ca Cassy s signed for me mc It Is Es s ie In Iii Inthe Inthe the time corner with a n. red curtain o oi el i it itI it II I 1 look at al it once a a. month I do tot nut sing for them tham on that day But tonight tonight to to- nl night ht I have havo to lo liln sing I looked hooked to tho tim dock cluck oil co I the tb h mantelpiece rho hands Were Yere at I 1 That stands always at noon noon Iid i J I am ani tired of time In time In this room I II I pulled pullet u anti and went neat out on un the narrow balcony into ih tho summer evening evening- Leaning forward over o the railing I could see sec the thc big clock of dr the tho Gare St St. Lazare t Tomorrow I 1 will tell teU you about Rachel Hachel I am ama going to the Caf Cafe dOi dOr dOrto t to slag sing three little songs on s that thai nilE lit make thorn them laugh I 1 have ha made a t anew new one about a boy and an orchard and a girl rJ Il It goes like a nr nursery ory rh rhyme me Jl lt Is cr very poor POOl anti and silly III Ho lie sat down at tt t the piano and anti tin till about children and an un 01 orchard chard came in a tinkling tune lune i iRed Red ned apples In an nn orchard grow A ho dC desired cd boy Just one or 01 two two two- In a corner of tho the Cafe des Vms du thu where her no nolo came Var Var- he said salt I I Ina na Rachel had dark flail hair an and becaUse because because be be- cause of ot her hair and hot hOI eyes un and her lips she sat to 10 painters m and l everybody loved love her hel Tier Her face Caco In lf In Int t three r e great greal pictures but u the picture of or Cassy the American is greatest of them all She Site wn was just Rachel liln und nd there I is nothing llOr to 10 sa say We Ve all hn had our own names for her her beautiful ful names except Didier and ho called called call call- ed her hir his dear little dau daughter H He lie was was a a widower and anti childless I 1 I called call call- ed d her for that was as the name I of the girl Irl who had md been heen J kind to my mother In London It II Is a name namo very ery sweet If H I hear of any woman haing having hav hav- ing Inh that name I am fim angry We v used to meet lOet In Ca Cassy's sy studio I It t Is ls time the studio that ho brought Into Inlo he time picture which he lie painted Jon long bug after after- WO vard Cas Cassy Is rich now He lie married five hundred thousand poun pounds s and a n in iii America but lie he I is not hapP hap hap- P py Ills His picture Is of his It 13 Lt an eternal sl sigh h for those good days s 's when we ve were young and amid dill did not care for tur In Cassy's Casey's studio Didler taught tau to play the time violin I 1 could play pia a little and amid Anton Anion could play pla an anti and Rachel when site she reamed and amid chose could play ol also o It was o a playing hers that thal was different t from rom an any wa way we wo knew She was quick an anti nd easily tired of anything anything- hlin being u a woman Oman liti hll but L time the old man was very cry pal patient pa- pa tient l ni with sith her hor You do JO not want t the lie music lI lie hl said In 10 0 hor her yo ou II want vant tho th dark half of nf th the tiit ludio studio and mul your own dreams and u us to o. o listen and not say a worth word It is iEl yourself t thai iut L you tJI etI play In Into Inlo to ih th the violin ou Ii understand II d aim i. i And is 1 Anton Ia lau laughed holl taking the thc violin i awa away anay and anti he ito made nUl I ht h Ii instrument all uhl kinds o of different bold LollI and amI loud as lR h he lie was S him him- s jl sf r. r jio 10 u was a lint fine t big 1 man Anton Anlon md he lie could never get et any parting to show In Iii his mug hair Anton was waN big bigand bigand l and masterful antI and a h leader and sometimes some some- times ti he lw could bo tie vcr very cr cruel That Is myself he hc said al when he lie had iad finished I will mal make o them listen Lo to m me moo yet lie Hc looked hooked suddenly ud at anti and L his ayca challenged I saw her Nr turn t l liTi f lCJ YO afraid I I 1 was vas is nut hl big and anti strong 1 I Iwas was exile exle an and I was weak and poor pOOl to 0 look al at then because often 1 I lint not nol hair laiti enough h food But limit Rachel was as kind kinti to lo me nun in ill those days Once I 1 Ivas wn was vas playing In III tho time studio and I r thought hl T I was alone all nil time the time lime I played till tillIt tillIt tillIt It wa was tuttLe quILl just dark Just time the things that thal came anti when I finished and was nas back in Paris u again a soft voice spoke c and frightened me rue rue- It Jt is you ou OtI who arc are tIme the player It was Rachel You Yon pia play In m my way except except ex ex- that your mu music ic is always grey anti and low and sad I lau laughed anti and ald ti tn her ller I 1 have not been een much in the time timeS S sun Iun I 0 people begun to a ask asIc l An Anton Antonto tOil to dinner because of or his bitt playing We Ye lau laughed nl at him hini because f he lie lint hud lo to wear proper timings but hut be lie was as proud and I IVas IwaR Iwas was waR envious l although I lau laughed I 1 was as watching always anti and man many lim times I 1 saw him him look quickly at nL Rachel with that thal look of a man which which's Is roSY easy to lo read rend We Vc had hail kent her from Crom all harm but hut site she was WIl a J woman anti and for Cor every weman woman wo wo- man there wal walls aI ts somewhere one mann man Ilan who has only to tu call her hel antI and at nL time the calling she hl will COllie ome Sometimes lucy meet mert I think that Anton count called to lo I Rachel on nit 01 th the lie nl night ht that Ihal Father I Dller d lo I ni us I That I Is the lit night which Cassy ha has put nut JUI into llO hs his picture Anton was huddled up upon upon upon on the thc divan with his knees up and auth ant his hands clasped round them hi huM hl hlOi coal Oi t t tinned up UI ninth and buttoned tonell u p I he had no collar and the tho stove had gone oue out Ho lie was wa straight Firelight li In iii front frOll of oC him of or tl tl U e when lit hf would i ie be e famous And nd he h. Vas as tas thinking o 0 o. o I Rachel who was close to lo him her item check on hl his She Is 1 looking out lul of the picture Just JUI as aN s she hc was time then thel 1 J sat nt on omi 01 time the other ether wide n a. II avav awn from rota hor My ly IS' elbows W wore vere le on my knees and anI I Imy j my head was deep dtp between my hands because 1 was vait and surd sad gid and h he he- cal cause e Rachel seemed so 50 quiet quiet and hap with her check on Antoo's shoulder Caa Cag Cassy y was In the lie shadow hatow anti and a n man mal whose name I r do not remember leant against the chair ir by time the plaster east ral on the nl wall wail Anti And across the room r Duller his old long Ion black coat coal over oven his lila baggy s trousers played beautifully to u uW lS its W vEi VC i were all al thinking I was thinking nf of ofa If Ifa a Pails without Rachel Tachel and Anton Amiton was viv wondering ho would take lake her first I Ini cull all ni this illo into a picture though perhaps he lie hI did not know It U then And Father Dl Didier dreamed as lS he lie played of t the h. h years irs that hint had gou gone Father Dl Didier ier slopped lJ pl playing antI and our I dreams went very vI slowly from u us us an and amid after a n long while Cassy Cass time the the American said aid You Yol had us all ala beat with that father It I was a wonderful thing that hint ho lie bath hod played and we all al knew lint he h. h would never nevel JI pin play again ain as a he hint had then H It I was given 10 to him on that hint night night It I was waN t the lime last time lame Indeed that thai IK hl played on omm 01 time the violin for it was In Jess Josa than thal a mouth month front from floO lint night that thai he lie herld died It I was vaa as If Ir wo we Were out out of some sm desirable bondage when hi his music I saw Anton niton give he that thai look 1001 again to tn Rachel This mime lime till she Iw did not turn lurn l her r reyes eyes away When we went away I behind h fo for a lomen moment t for It I set med to tome tome me nil hat thul there something the hit Ut studio that hint would never he lie there again nain I heard hearth the he others co go JO down time the UH woolen wooden stairs hut butt tonight tile they Y U were not laughing laugh laugh- In hug ing a as aM on op o time the other othir night I sniveled In Inthe Inthe Inthe the emptiness of or the cold coid cIll and mt the hue dark lark And Rachel 1 made mantle some Rome and ad came back up the Iho narrow Jn Suddenly S Sud Suid- denly j n lh n l 1 cold with ni nH itt 1 ier on o-m o m shoulder Y You Yom are are my may IY dear ilear Iler friend frend sh sha said saki and ant she kissed me twice Wl was gone e. e It I It was waR the time first time home she sue Iad tint had over ever ver lg Kissed hissed mf me and ami It It was It-was was tho the first frt limo I 1 had over known a kiss from n woman lint lintala ala mattered It I was sas |
