Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-12-13

viii! And ] shall walk N.rh L.r round
the BoulCvarls: the windows ara flu OF
pretty things; she VIII Nrarrr.. !, :, nj them,
for fear Of VrNIug me; ard | sh. n not bt
able To turn my eyes from them, Tor thinking
Of what should like IL buy for her. | shall
ste the people Cruwdin. III and out, laughing,
joking, happy in giving and r''civiu- and
for Gabrielle, nothing! Even the booths on
the elGe of the pavement we must IEi,S-
even the most triting keepsake, c.uuot give
it her! That Is What happen, On Nrl, Years
day Ia the p,-1r man " hu has Il swocthna"f.'
'lf hal only something lett 10 send to the
pawnhrnkrr'"
The exclamation c>carnl me UnawarcS, |
was 50 muH~i hv RaaUI, "s dent pan Of
mind. II made him laugh. lrwr,rr. Dec de-
cHrHi that Was INV inStmrt.vr r~pGrru.
And. indeed, there was some truth in thu.
confess 1t.
Let u> ln"k things in the face said A.
last, ">urc.y ther" must Ia SONY r~oUryo. Il
We can only think OF IT, shall 90 to Levi
Jacob t"m"rrow; l shall demand loan;
shall tell him"
That y"ur friend Raoul GirarI wants To
buy present for his atIlaua,rl os, New Year
day! That won't soften the flint that do &
duty for heart with Levi ,Ta..oh. my Il, #r
taul! And besides You owe him too muc!.
already"
Too true And can Won, then think Of
nothing
Nothing. You know that since Ic Petit
Monde stopped 40 other journal las accepted
my articles. And my wrrtriHd salary rs
critic for l." nrame is ulr,8dg "yrr,irawn:
they VIII alvaur "a me nothing. | had srrIa
hope when the editor Of The Monde gave me
that letter t" VI. Brauyuis ] thorrht ha
might have paid u s"myth!ng III advance.
Hut that hop, has failed
For Son2' time We both sipTei our coffee in
silence. | hal never before >ocn Kanul thus
in open n'b"lllln against his poverty, had
never before seen that shadow On his brow
which darkened it tonight.
Our only hope nov. said at last. gloom
iy, seems to hc IN n mirac'cr
Say at oncc-in Il letter from the director
Of the Odeon"'
And why notf Only J would not call that
miracle, Eou know what | sad uf vaur
comedy at the time, EaDul-you know " hat
TiSson, of lie Dram 81 Il Of it"
II know. my dear Paul. that If You were
director Of the Oieon the rrhearSalS would
begin tomorrow. But evidently ". De-
nouette's opinion is not ours. | wish he
would send back the manuscript; l could
make short S.uTy Of II
Raoul spoke lightly. hut 7 knew that this
particular failure had bitterly d.~4Vpuut. a
him. Six months hard work had h,z.,l given
to that comedy. There were srru,., ard stu
atioaS in it that-bUt this i quite needless
igreSsion.
Have not heard vou spnak Of a relative
Of yours living in the Quarter / v"uturod
to say; IAN uncle, was 1t not, who Is r.cLf
Perhaps he"
Useless 10 think of it, He j. rich-how
rich nobody knows but himself But he is a
miser; he Erud-rs himself every mouthful he
eats and every tagot he burns. H. must be
leve that there are pog..ets in the winding
sheet! You remember that dev IN the gar
ders Of the Luxembourg last summer
''C-Ite well. We were sitting under the
tre,-, feeding the birds with the crusuh, lett
over from our breakfast. An Oh rlan hob
blcd past and frownad at us. What was ii
be said 10 you, RaOulr'
~ Goung man. he said, never give away
what some day YOU may want yourself
And that is the man! never Vt have asked
ANYTHING IF him for myself Twice | went
10 him. when my good uncle at Provins-his
own brother-was lying i'll and in want.
Rather than give me muney-rather than
part with his cherished coin, he actually gave
me one or two things he had abou; him, ar;i-
cles Of vertu--to sa.,,'
Il remember What a singular man.
He is'a cur; I can call him nothing else
When my poor uncle at Provins died / went
to him again. 1t vas about the costs of the
funeral. Pay for all he said; then bring
IN exact account TO me- l paid for ali:
partly with what | could scrape together,
partly by loan from You. When | went
back | found that nv worthy uncle had
given strict orders to the servant never on
anv showing TO admit me a-ain. That was a
year ago and he owes me the money to this
Lav. 1t would make me rich nOw-if could
Get it,
And YOU have not SEN him SINGER
Il have not tried. My interviews with
him were not pleasant. He affected 10 be-
heve that my story was a fiction; that l only
wanted his money 10 spend it on my tollIes.
He made me swallow adders! HaL! Say no
more Of him. He is the one man on earth
that hate
Raoul said this in tone which let no
doubt as 10 the reality OF lis hatred. |
noticed how his face flushed and his eyes
bla1ed, and could imagine how badly the old
lniser must have tSeated him, since RaOul'S
anger was the rare.t thing in the world.
Nothing more PASSED between Us on this
disagrecahle subject; but | could see that
RaOul had not dismissed it from his mind.
He was silent and preoccupied. and the
shadow rested On fis face ! knew that he
was thinking also of Gabrielle Dumainr, and
how he could offer her No gift on New Years
dav That might seem a small thing, COM
parativelv: but 1t was not 50 10 R4oul Glrard.
For be was very proud.