The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-07-01

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Yes on the deck Of the steamer "a
you were starting for Europe"
. Exactly. Aiicr landing, | went nj
once tn london. where remained for
several months. doing nothing i'm mar.
ticular hut passing the timoasa youu,,
man naturally would who hal his pockl
cts lined with gold and an abundance
of leisure time ON his hands, After an
idle. aimlcss life IN that old city.
crossed the channel and made my way
to Paris You remember, Weldon.
when / bccauo Of age my guardian
turned the whole of my income over to
me. unreservcdly, while he still retained
the management of the estate, at NV
particular request. As ! had never
been abroad. and. IN fact, had not
travelled much In my own country. I
naturally felt u desire Co see the
world
"Ohie natural, I'm sure
"lNru. hoEu to make the most of
the two resources ut my command
Time uud money and wis soon living
gar wd perhaps somewhat fast life iu
thl-. the host. or ! ght say the worst
oi French cities. ~ amy rate, J found
myself enjoying IL all very well. and u
WAS Ulo cp1solcss round of gayrtios.
vNa theatres succeeding balls, and
ihr.n rIH.. iy followed iu their turn hy
Tine opera ~ .0uCthing equally enter
tanning cWrl tho most of my intro
ductious into society tu ana artist friend
ol muc who, though already famous.
and on the iiuIug road tO riches
through The medium of his brush, lived
somewhat ~ a bohemian life among
the multitude of artists studying under
Those NJrWlq Partisan masters. Per
hHpt ynu 'u.N 'hIS Arthur pcrrypuntY
l'n W., u.Wrly from New York
SCI lurV hm 10y reputation only
owe V.rr quite intimate, and had
many % jolly time together. There was
NcCr.aIu club 100 existence in Paris then
1t which hr was one Of the leading
spirits. II was their custom 10 hold re
coptiuUs every two weeks 40 their ele-
glnt club house. which were attended
by the members who were almost en-
tirely actors, actresses. journalists and
musicians, tOge,hpi with their friends.
These were always most enjoyable af-
fairs, and we went u number of times
during the season.
at was atone ul the parties or recep-
tiuns. that ! first met Jules Dupres.
lie was typical frcnchmau, in stat
uro small and Wiry, with COal-hlack
hair and hushy eyebrows. and heavy
mQuStacho. almost hiding his thin.
trelcheruus lips. His eyes were small
and deep-sct. piercing in the intensity
OF their hlacku'.g, while they darted
about So rcstlcssly, and with such
sinister expression, that | instinctiycly
felt dislike to him before | had been
fairly presented. This bad impression
speedily wore oil as entered into con
Ncrsul.lu with him, when | found him
one of Oh, most accomplished takers
had ever met. There was no subject
could touch upon but what he was per-
lcctly ut home, and could outtalk me
twice over"
"lle must have been remarkable"
Ned smiled as he responded, IL see
you do remember mo, after ALL
Yes; but go on
AS ! was saying. this man was so
entertaining that ! soon forgot my half
formed preiulceS. and was completely
charmed by his manner. As time ran
along, and we met at a number of social
events, | became quite intimate with
him. My artist friend noticed this, and
did not appear to sanction it.
~ don't half like that black French
man OF yours, Pierce, he said to me
one day, while was watching him at
work IN his studio
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