Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-05-12

Raul fell hack on his le.l. h. hai faintsi
Tho waricr Who hal aormTanied me ran
for water, AMI sprinkl~i II On RAouis faoe
In few minutes h. rcvive.i, AL looks.l ai
mo with a smile
"The sho,k has bocn too much for you,
saii
"GalriclleH-ho answcr~i-'',lo.- she know
| am inn0.rntf'
4 have Tat nov left hsr. Yea shall your.
-lf 80 her this night
"Ah, Paul. he said. ''you are inicsl 4
frieni-hut nov tell me whA, has t..n die
oovcrri-'eli me ALL can bar u
Il shall tell you all aftervanl IN ths
meantime you must oouls with mo. But
ctp.ct suuri---IlAoul. DO you think you
arr strung enough b bar c1ci'smentr
II will 70 with you a. once o. Gabrielle
I am strong again, my friend An. Paul, II
you hAl pas--i such ws.ks - h0rur. you
would nj wunder at my weakncs--yuu
waun know al that i msant by that lttls
phra-,-l am frrc''
I do nj very well kDow how 90 out 4
that fri-a. ! only know that Raoul lranel
"a my arm. AMI that salk~i t-,.i,le hun m
an e-ssasy q jay. A cab va waiting for "a
NJ ths gate. Raul took hls aeat without Ak
ing any question. He ~rcmsi 20 conh,ie him
sslf silently % my dlrstion. II wo as h.
lived All novel In dram- AZ last, when
49, hal driven some dlsianoc, he sfoke;
"How l. Il that 80 are not yet at Cab
riells's Ithoughtyou were % take me q
hsr NJ onrcT
'Iaiienl,. patience. my daar naoul. an
sWrrtsl. "Y0u forget yuu are nj a. Yet l0-uk
ing lac yourself Your oonhnement, youi
sufering. have ALTERED you. We shall -.
Mlie Dumains @1on But, hnt yuu mus'
=, mate onoe more like tha EAoui a fnrmcS
dayS Atpr,-ent you are unshAven, you ars
Mt dr,-..i prop.rly. To aght q you, ~
changed, might alarm Gabrielle Who knoSs Z
"You are night, Paul. he ,ald. ''you ar,
more couzidsrais than l. But can y0u wun
dsr AZ my lmIatienoer
Frt 1 toak him % a hainlrs--rr's On m
RouievAri ~ Michel. Here bis long black
hair va trimmsi and the lat week growth
q bard removed Then We drove to III
Rue Dauphins AMI cnter~i cur oil chamber
ricre No hal b"n 20 harry tog-ther. and
Nhrrc hal l.-n - wrvtcb~i alone. 1he
hrns-t s-rvant all his wife Sanneite poured
out their congratulations, tot Ilaoul -s.nci
soar,.iy o. hfar them. whcn h. cTuszssi tho
thr,sholi b. shniicr.i ana pa..i his hanl
l.forc his eyss. ~ n % shut cut a sight n
lorrr. I fancioi that slme shap" aoIne
-ncne that h. has t.hei In that rucm IA h.
drvams. hal again ari-cn before him. I'm
- onoe mors rriaf-d intp a kini n siup0r
Iclnf,.s l.,an 81 s,.l alarmed about Raul
When tho -ryant AMI bis wife hal IN us.
n - A. - = Ia. =
olt IA hs i.sl
"Nos. saii. 'you VII ohllss me BY put.
ting ca tils-e.t ofoe There = not n momeni
b. sraro unis-s you wish mo o. broak an AZ
Iointmeni
Raul gave me a purslsi iook.
"what do.s this mean r h. said, Il d.
not undsrstand.
"You vii -on. nemcmicr your promi-'
YOU were % olsy me In everything for en-.
one night. ifyou a. not. varn you, Haoul, !
hall nj h. the only ono vhoin you vii di'
aTToint
Raul asked no furthsr qussiions, but a
iow-i events % develop themselves a.
wishssl
When h. hAd drs---sl. No went downstAirS
The cab was still waiting, AMI 40 again en-
ter,,l H. IN a few minutes 10 drew up t-'fors
large building. the frunt q which was on
blare q light There we DISMISSED the cab
II l. the O,i-on Thoa,re,' sad Raul
"Ah-I -.,-but Gabrielle r
allowed him M time for refertlon. ! lc
hlm up tho s,aircazs ami through the cor
ridnr g. the siag,.borcs I knockci ~ N.
dor q one - ths-e, orenoi %, AMI half
Isislls,i Raoul within. Then clo-ci The dou'
AMI wAlt~L
After an interval n fow minutes the doo'
was rsofensi. AMI Hloul dr,w me- into th'
lnx. I founi mvelf sith my fricni an
Gabrielle Dumaine. Tho light was dim, ~
De curtains u the box were drawn, bat i
uas ma ~ dim that ouuI nj dlsocrn IN,
change thA, had come over the fao-s q the..
two sincs | hal lat lookcl upun oiher
Gabrielle Va. radiant With HAPPINESS, th.
serene. pure happines which i born only q,
-,rrow. 1 lal -sn her h..fore In her mo
menis u gayety and Ina her time u anguish
but hal never -en her boxing ~ lovely A
he dii thef. II zscmel a. u her trial Ia
not only tested her hcart, but had In som'
subtle way heighisnel her beauty And giveI
il new dignity and swetns-s-a 1T witch
ery, a calm, spiritual rapture born u deep
1 ns..l not reT.at hcre what Gahrielle an
RAoul AID % me a. Ne thrce at, holdln.
each Other By the hand, In tbs dafkenei hoi
in the Odton. Suffice u % say that they :
exaggerated my share in restoring RaOul I.
libcrty that, l protest, Il was almost a reiie
20 me when the door op-nci, and thero ap
rsared N. Sapinaui, leading In Nine. Du
maine. Then there were fresh consratula
tlons. AMI We were still In the midst q a ON
ver.ation. joyful, bat on thu par. q IN
ladiss fearful alsn, when bel rang AMI I
hush sucoeslsl 10 tbs hum that hai hllei N
thaafre.
Then drew hack the curtain - cur bon
AMI looke.i, for the frst tlns. On the audienc'
that hal assembled b witncs RAOurs play
The hOu.s WAS crowded. from foo- 10 ceillng
licked from the circle, from the beauty an
Iank that flled it-from tho sn0sy, lustrOu
drr--s., the brilliant uniforms, the sparkling
jcwels, tho fower, the white sl0vel finger
toying with fans O. raising lorgnetts-l
looksd from tho circle 20 the stalls, 10 tn
black -ooatssl gentlcmen among whom, knew
were ssatsl ths kesnet dramatic critics o
Paris The thought that thsy were ther'
filed me with srultation- bal no fear ~
IN. hAottna tt ls4'AA at'AAh'Afs aAa- - N'''
that b.fore the night was over several u IN
brightest pens In the most critical city of th'
world would h. running swiftly In his prai-s
Many eyes were turned " our box tha
night Ths evening paper had alrcady an
noanoei ths fact II RAouls hbsration, and I
rumor that bs was pre-snt In The thaatre hAa
circulated through the house But IL va
not merely 10 the romantic experiences of 10
euthor that the cnmsiy owed ia sncces'
Its power, it, pathos and 10 Wit would o
themselves have insured that IL Was :
strong that Il hsi that brilliant, that fastidi
Gus audience from the frst sene % the las,
AT the clos of the second act NJ Dcsnouette
and q great critc-one of those who Cal
SPEAK IN golden pieces, II they win-csen
ruuni 20 our box 10 congratulate IN
author. Ths color came back % Raoul'
cheek and his eye sparkiei Prom IN
innate of q prison-csll-from q man a
but oondemned-to become tho cy
nouire of Parif The men an
women who had but Yesterday mention~i h
nams with a cynical indinuenos or fipp~n
affecsation of horror, were now the ~iilin
caVtives % his genius-ths unconscious mil
rors Of his moods. - ths dialogue shifted fra
grave 10 gay. Rsoui had drunk of the cup o
ds<pair; he was nov 10 taste of the sIarklin
! drsught of fame I feared The revul>io
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