The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-16
n. BILL HrF N PARIS.
He tets Lost Among the Tennis
Under the Pantheon.
Memenss 81 A~fai Suspense reek
pteEer ia ths EsH~s rew~r
Wfsh@as afs Purse.


tower while engaged in the pleasing
occupation OF astonishing the innei
Man.
Tinse rolled on. that being lis sole
business. and at last came the cofies
and the hill. Ii was q gos~i-ssxssl
eroad-shoulderei bill. issile above
the medium height. / went down IN
my pocket, after rinsing of nay fngers
on the corner of q cloud, ard discov.
cred that had left nay purse ~ home
on the coiffeur In other words. |
had ssined ia some style on the tower,
al French restaurant. where the
great people al the earth dine and ban
quet each other every day. and kasi
I then found that hadn't the sn.sey
! 20 pay for the meal.
The head waiter. Charles, [" speaks
Eaglish. | rose 10 my fun height aud
told him that had dane q very care
less thing and hoped il would IL con
yeuient for nina to send the hlii Ia my
address the next day, az had for
gotten 10 hiring my golfers with me.
/ He said. Very well. DO not let that
annoy yoa. Tomorrow or any time
viii send my boy 10 your house 9ith
I IT, | bore you have been well served
monsieur. and that your dinner vas
good y
yon may believe this or not. bat il
( j. the gospel truth, for ! got the hsll
/ two DAYS after and still have il. with
| the date of the difficulty and the date
IF payment on IL | do not know
what this teaehes-w whether ii be that
honesty il the best policy or that the
/ fool and his money are soon parted
but anyway. il illustrates that a good,
/ kindly, open face and a courteous air IF
| sincerity are OF more value than great
riches do not say this in hoastfal
way. but jast 20 show thst srue merit
is Frequently rewarded on the start.
OF course Charles was duly fabricated
afterwards, but that did not account
for his previous urbanify.
This is great country for fefes
There are the ordinary fsfes. like ri
Coney Island, only with many curious
additions in the interests of trade and
Inducements for calling forth the
centimes and sentemens If the crowd !:
then comes the fetcs chsmpetre and
the fetes national. One OF the latter
is Just in full blast. Bunting
covers the city and extra lights in fam
ciful designs illumine the whole Of
Paris. The Champs Elysees Is feS-
tooned with soft white globes al light
few inches apart. for miles. Ii looks
like the old days oil the Lonises OF the
Roman notation at the end of their
names Russell II. Harrison is here,
and there is really nothing mere 10
ask for In the way Of attractive fea-
lures
Last week I visited the Pantheon
for an afternoon Ii IS large build
ing, larger than the courthouse of
Richmond county, Staten Island, and
bsiiii more in the style OF Louis Nv
| II is on high ground and Is on the site
of the tomb OF ST. tsenevieve. who
died in the year 5is, according 90 the
retentise memory aud historical
accuracy OF Mr.. Baesiecker. whose
bright red book carry con-
cealea wherever l 20. Soufot
designed the present building and
/ believe is buried in IL In modern
architecture this would happen OF.
tener II the architect would visit his
building during strong gale. SotIlot,
however. lies their peacefully SUM
hering. with no fears that his work
viii collapse.
Lagrange also has a cool summer
tomb IN the Pantheon and many peo-
pie come there 10 rest their cold. red
curious noses on the stone Enclosure
and wish they could have gone to his
funeral and taksu their dinner and
stayed all day. Mirabeau Was the FIRST
man To present his remains 90 the
Pantheon with the compliments OF
Charlotte Eorday. They we're affet-
ward put somewhere else. do not
know where they are | cannot find
out AZ the norgne and may have Ia so
without seeing them. Victor Hugo ~
buried there and bis burial case rests
i'm full view OF the visitors and is COW
cred with immorteiles. Many people
go there. some with gentle interest
and affection. many more with hungry
curiosity in order that they nisy spit
on the hot grocery stove and brag
about il next winter.
need not go deeply tito the his
tory o: the Pantheon, for that has
been printed before. but IL has bees a
chapel owning the tomb OF the patron
saint OF Paris, then . church. then
Something else. then restored - re-
ligioas uses in iSti, then a temple.
then consecrstrd in ISL and at last
sealed then Victor Hueo's body was
entombed there In iss5. IL shows how
France has been aiternatinEiy pious
and wicked through those years.
Sometimes peacefully pious, and sosne-
tunes pionsly savage.
The ground plan - that OF Greek
cross. but the dome IL what tbe archi-
sect really Dragged on. II cost less
than the paper-mache ceiling in the
Albany state house, | presume. and
will last fully a. Icing, II not longer. IL
il ~ feet in height and rests Oh
cyiinder concealed behind beautiful
colonaese OF corinfhian pillars. stat
ptes Of illusfrioas men Of the past are
20 he seen ever and anon, aud among
them the peace-loving Marabeau. the
somew hat beiiigerent Ronsparte and
the brilliant bat secular Foltaise
Going doxn cellar 10 visit the graves
OF greatness, preceded by man with
linen pansaloons and a tn lantern is a
very strange style of dissipation. /
think the lantern ~ supplied with q
short and iotid-ssneiling candle of the
time OF Marie Antoinette. IL gives
Just light enough 10 feel certain Ia lis
own mind that il has not gone out
E&tt TIC AAfaG WIZ rtFaAS va
Paris. paused 4 moment In the
darkness to look az very desirable
tomb. and while speaking 10 a
Nsx York laiy about the delay which
mixht occar in the resurrection be 9
{ in case Gabriel should resase 70 fee The
guide, the lantern aud other visitors
raeit<sl into abe darkness.
/ A cold, heraesiek feeling came over
me. because IL was getting late, and
( the Pantheon would no doubt close Ia
q few minutes. and the next day Il
Wa not 20 open 30 the patlsc. said
10 usy-tlf Was there ever ans bod J
! in All the world who seemed ~ show
! less discretion in the nsafses Of coming
in when IL fairAed than | do SO
through life falling over Eny cwn is.s,
ard uow ! arr Ga close fuy iinsfr1oHs
career by knocking out pay iiasscytssi
brains against the ansserrinntsag 81 the
Pantheon Is may seeFn ike funny
tnsng 20 the reader ! hope IL Sili-
/ That il one ~ the taing~ ! Ike about
me- ii can make ans one HAPPY
even at uas own expense. siis NOS -
too BROAD IL tell H. | Was scared.
We ezsiad siiusly hear the farswAy
I voices in SpHse damp and distant gal
isrr. where the echo male II import
{ Esle 10 Tell in wkEcA direction. ! tbsnk
il Il had sos tse~n for sise gaisle's Lam
tern we might bssS hzuez1 abe e. Pc
nat that. ~ eossE~< Intensified iise
sfarknese. took fsw st<Ds. Ike >
kaina horSe trying 10 climb . tree,