The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-03

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- -. 80, fasbiosed with Greek suppiehos'
- ,',-...,, OF II soft aud radlant presence
49, ali wonnullness. and gestures "i'
- .,.tlo ike no other ne bad ever
- f,r charm. Of a quick, impulSiYe sat'
Ito followed that figure through sc'"' 1'y,'
s,ege. be saw primroses IN us hai'u, az" w
,,,lo spriuc blue above it, he recaI4ed 40 s'ii'
~, tsnss and still with blanched cAeeS "i1'
vel apucnllng eye. while al rounh Tue juno
- ,nurngrel in the breeze, ho sur
,.,,,,,'ied IL in Imagination with tho pomp
II circumstance OF tie stage, and realzcd
!. - a center OF emotion 10 thousands. And
- from memories 10 would pass On 70
snscuiations. from the scenes he knc" tothose
- could only guess at, from the lifeof "lich
ia had seen little 20 the larger aud une1
plored Ito beyond.
And 80 the days went a., ard Trough he
WIS impatient and restless, yct indoors us
work was cougonial 20 him, and cut on doors
rho sun was bright and ali the whiieaceftmn
lttlo god ioy hidden, speaking DO artci-a~
word but walung with mischicsoIs pc
tieuco for the lual overthrow az one more
poor mortal
At last tho old postmistress whom ho hai
almost come 10 regard as cherishing a PEI
soaal grudee against Lin, ceased 10 rspu.-'
MIN. and after bis seven years OF lamuo tle
-oafs of abundance SCI ia. For the space ot
f6rco weeks letters from Ncuicq lay waiting
for him almost every alternate morning, and
tbo boafhory lopca between tho farm ana tno
village arcD familiar VIII mo spectacle 4i
tall. th.n man n q rough tweed sli5 st4us
slingas be walked with sheets of foreign paper
which tho wiud was doing - best O. n.cA
away fgom lim.
Tic following extracts from these letters
contain such portions OF them as are ncces-
sary To our object
CASA NINGaEru
"NIx DEAR ECsrACE-l can only write you
a very scrappy ht,er today, for we are just
settling into our apartment, and tLo ROOMS
arc strcnu On the most datractng way with
boxes. books and garments, whilo my maid,
Fel.cie. and tho old Italian woman Caferna,
who Is 10 coos and manage Tor Us, seem 20 be-
able % DO nothus even 70 put a chair
straight or order some bread 10 seep us from
Starving without consulting me- Paul, tax.
ing advantage Of husbands prerosa-ye,
has zone OF % lauer ol tho piazza, wA.lo
his women folk make life to.craOle 40 home,
which is very unfair aad sp.teim version
Of his proceedings, for De has really gouc as
much ON mv business as Oh his own i sent
hini-fecing his look of misery, as be sat 90
a hacking case DID tho middle oi ibis chaos
terribly on my m.nd-to see II Doe could aud
tbo English coasal lahom De knows ltt.el,
and discover from him, 1T possible, "lera
your friends are. 1t IS strange as you say
that Miss Buthert0n should not have written
% mo. but incline % put DC down 90 our old
Jacques 40 home. who is getting moro and
more mbecie with TIE weight 81 years and
infrmtes, and is quito capable % forward
i9y tous all the letters which are noe worth
hosting. and leaving all the important ONES
piled up ln the hall 90 await our return. IL
IS provos.ae. for 81 tho BretAerg0a party are
not going 20 stay long 30 Venice, ~c may
easily spend all our time m looking for each
other, which WILL indeed, bee lame ana i-i-
potent conclusion. However l have hopes
81 Pau1s cleverucas.
And now. I o'clock. There Is 300 help
Tor 10. nay dear Eustace. must - and
instruc. Ca-erna bow not 10 poison us nolf
dinner tonight Sho looks dear ,.l soul,
but totally innocent of anything 1ut Italian
harbar,tcs iu Tue way of cooking An.le.ic
also Is well meaning but ignorant, sd ulles5
wish % have Paul. oamy hands fer 70 ~eek !
must Ok This rough p.cuicAus lle, in
Venice, of an places, Is curious A.i.e exc
perercc. tu, | mado up my mind LAST time
we were hlre tlat 49,. would venture our
precious selves u uo maro hotels. TIE heat,
the mosquitoes. tl. horrors az tho food were
TOO much Hero we have garden, a
kitchen. % cool sitting room, and * ! choose
To feed Paul on lislue 01d mls puddngsl
who is 10 prevent NO.
paul lad juse couR in with victory
written on bis hgow Cue English eonstt
was Of u1 use. Dut, As hs was 5.rollns home,
he went into ST. MWks and there, If COURSE
found them. In tle cLlcl were apparently
all the English people Who nave as $50 web
tureg % Venice. ana these or most of them.
seemed 10 ue following IA tuo wake oi a ili-o
party OF four persons--tw0 ladies, gentle
man and lame girl walking with cFutch.
AL taftttst t-tAet tnlh N'''tA t'F ''''..t
inform Paul that DO was 'tue great English
actress, Miss Brethert0n,' who was creating
all the commotlon. Then, of course, he"eut
up 20 her-t3 was provoked that ho could
hardly see her In tie dun light az st. Marks
introduced himself and described our per-
plexities OF course, she bad written. ex-
pected as much Jacques must certainly be
pensiOned of, Pau. thought the OTHER three
very inferior % Der, though tho uncle wa
civil and talked coudesceutng.y Ot Venice,
as though it we're oveu good enough to be
admired boy WorralL IT is arranged that
the beauty Is fo come and se.onc tomorrow
II, after Ca.erina las operated upon Us dur
ug two meals, $50 are stl.l alive. Good
VENICE. Aug. T.
"Weu. I have seen her, 10 has been u
blazing day. / was sitting ia tho Attle sar-
den which separates ono-hal' of our rooms
from he other, while Clter.la was arrans.
IN tho dcjguuer under rle lrt.ea acacia alo0r
10 the center W h. Suddenly Felclo came
out from t4e house. aud behind Leg a tai d..
ure la Il large ult and Waite dress IAe
figure held out both hands ID me ina cordial
uu English way. and said numuel of pleas
ant things rapidly in % delicious voice. while
T. with tbe dazzle OF the sun iu my eyes sO
that / could hardly make out tine features.
stood leellus u Art.e thrilled bv tho advent az
50 famous person Ia IL few moments. hoW
ever. as 10 seemed 10 me, We We're sitting
under tho acaclas. she was helping me - cut
up the melon aud arrange the figs as ll see
had known one another FIR months. a1i
was experiencing one Of those sudden PUSHES
OF liking which. as sou know, arc "a weakness
OF mine She stayel and took her meal Wlth
u.s. Paul, Of course, was iascuatej. and for
once has not SET her down asa reputation
surfaite.
Her beauty has a curious ar ~ the place.