| vol. iii.—no. 152. | Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York. | price four cents. |
| Tuesday, September 26, 1882. | Copyright, 1882, by Harper & Brothers. | $1.50 per Year, in Advance. |
"PAPA HAYDN."
BY MRS. JOHN LILLIE.
One day nearly a hundred and fifty years ago two elderly gentlemen weredining together in an old house in Hamburg, Germany. They weremusic-masters of great note in those days. Herr Franck was the host; theguest was Herr Reuter, Capellmeister at Vienna. Their conversation verynaturally was on music, and the new and old musicians, singers, andconductors. Suddenly Franck declared he had in his house a prodigy, aboy of nine, whom he had brought from the country. Reuter was delighted.The boy was summoned from the kitchen, where he was dining with thecook, and no doubt enjoying his Sunday pudding with great relish, for heworked hard and did not fare too well.
I like to think of that picture: the old wainscoted dining-room, thegrave musicians looking up from their dinner as the door opened on asmall dark-haired, brown-skinned boy, a dainty, delicately modelledchild, who came in shyly, and stood at a distance from the table, withhis hands behind him, and his head bent down, until his teacher, HerrFranck, bade him sing. And then the boy's voice broke all the bonds ofrestrai